Tag: Herdsmen
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Herdsmen kill three persons in Ondo, set community ablaze
Three persons have been feared dead in Ondo State following an attack on a community in Ose Local Government Area of the State. The community, Molege village was said to have been attacked by herders over the refusal of villagers to allow herdsmen graze on farmlands in the community with their cows. The herders reportedly…
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How bandits, herdsmen, armed robbers terrorise Nigerians from forests – Ganduje
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi
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Four killed, others injured in bloody clash between villagers, herdsmen in Kaduna community
At least four people have been killed and three others injured following a bloody clash between some locals and herders in Kaduna State.
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Pig farmers also want grazing routes created – Dele Sobowale
Dele Sobowale “I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.” Ulysses S Grant, 1822-1885, 18th US President. VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ p 122. Grant was an American Civil War General who defeated the Confederate army before being elected. His victory was made…
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Three herdsmen arrested in Ondo for open grazing; 180 cows seized
ONDO State Security Network Agency, popularly known as Amotekun, have arrested three herdsmen and seized their 180 cows for violating the state’s anti-open grazing law. Chairman of Ondo State Chapter of Amotekun Adetunji Adeleye revealed this to newsmen in Akure on Wednesday. He said operatives arrested the herdsmen and the cows at Oke Ala area…
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Ranching: Delta denies acquiring lands for herdsmen
Delta Government says it will not acquire any land for the purpose of ranching in the state as reported in certain quarters. The State Commissioner for Information, Mt Charles Aniagwu, made the clarification in a statement he issued on Friday in Asaba. He said that ranching and livestock breeding, rearing and marketing was private business.…
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Olajide Sowore: We’re combing forest to arrest killers — Police
The police on Sunday said that they were combing forest to arrest the killers of Olajide Sowore, the younger brother of Sahara Reporters’ Publisher and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore. The Edo Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kontongs Bello, gave the assurance in Benin while addressing newsmen. Suspected kidnappers shot dead Sowore in Okada, Ovia…
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JUST IN: Jide Sowore, brother of Sahara Reporters’ publisher, shot dead by killer herdsmen
Suspected herdsmen have killed Olajide Sowore, the younger brother of Sahara Reporters’ publisher Omoyele, the activist said in a statement. Omoyele Sowore said his brother was killed by armed men suspected by witnessed to be herdsmen while travelling between Benin and Ondo on Saturday morning. He was studying pharmacy at Igbinedion University, Mr Sowore said,…
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JTF intercepts migrating herders in their hundreds
The Joint Task Force (JTF) has intercepted a large number of herdsmen, believed to be Fulani, who have the intention of settling down in Kwara. The JTF is made up of personnel from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Nigerian Army and the Police. In a press release on Wednesday in Ilorin,…
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Herdsmen kill two aide workers, volunteer in Benue State
Suspected herdsmen have killed two aide workers and a volunteer for 360HSCD, a non governmental organizations working on HIV/AID testing and counseling in Benue state. The aid workers had been on routine weekend supervision at Tomanyi village in Guma LGA of Benue state. This is according to local sources who called the telephone lines of…