Tag: Herdsmen
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Miyetti Allah reacts to Obiano’s declaration of AK-47 carrying herdsmen as criminals
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has backed Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano for tagging herdsmen with AK 47 as criminals. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Obiano on Tuesday, at the Prof Dora Akunyili Women’s development Center in Awka, said such persons would not be allowed into Anambra State again. The Governor reacted…
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Just in: Any herdsman that carries AK-47 in Anambra is a criminal, must be arrested – Obiano
Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano has declared herdsmen bearing guns as criminals. “Any herdsman that carries AK 47 is an armed robber and we will not tolerate herdsmen carrying guns in Anambra. Addressing a security meeting comprising security operatives, traditional rulers, youths and other stakeholders in the 181 communities in the state, Obiano said…
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Herdsmen crisis: Nomadic movement of cattle will end soon — El-Rufai
Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai has said the Northern Governors’ Forum is committed to ending nomadic movement of cattle in the country. El-Rufai also said the disagreement between the Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom and his Bauchi state counterpart, Bala Mohammed, over the activities of herdsmen was not a fundamental issue but a difference…
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AK-47: Fulani herdsmen unfairly treated in Nigeria, have right to defend themselves – Yuguda
Former governor of Bauchi State, Mallam Isa Yuguda has supported the incumbent governor of the state, Bala Mohammed over his recent comment that herdsmen have the right to carry AK47 to defend themselves . Isa Yuguda who was interacting with journalists shortly after he revalidated his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi…
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Governor Bala Mohammed, herdsmen and AK47 – Hope Eghagha
Last two odd weeks, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State was in the news nationwide, at the closing ceremony of the Press Week of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the NUJ in Bauchi State. For a man who hardly gets national media attention, he certainly had to say something outrageous and asinine to get a mention…
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Again! Bauchi Gov. tackles Akeredolu, says forest dwellers in Ondo don’t need his permission
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, says Nigerians don’t need the permission of any governor to reside in any part of the country. Mohammed and Rotimi Akeredolu, his Ondo State counterpart, have been in the news over the farmers-herders crisis. Akeredolu had given herders who are “occupying Ondo forests illegally” an ultimatum to leave. He also…
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House of Reps member cries out over herdsmen attacks in Kogi State
The member representing Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency of Kogi State, Hon. Teejay Yusuf has cried out over the menace of herdsmen in his constituency. Yusuf said the spate of attacks on innocent, lawabiding and helpless communities by the rampaging herdsmen in recent weeks has led to the destruction of farm lands, loss of properties and other…
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Pastoralists And Farmers Conflicts In Nigeria: Time For Fulani Capitalism, Not Herdsmen Terrorism, By Magnus Onyibe
By Magnus Onyibe Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka’s country home in the forest area of lbadan, Oyo state capital, has reportedly been invaded allegedly by herdsmen. Although the police has denied the invasion of Soyinka’s sanctuary, he has confirmed that the peace of his abode was indeed violated by herdsmen and their cattle herd,but he successfully…
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‘Thousands of’ criminal herders being tried, convicted across Nigeria – Presidency
The Presidency on Monday said “thousands of” herdsmen are being tried and convicted across the country for illegal activities. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier faced criticism for taking a soft approach to the herdsmen crisis based on ethnic affiliations. Most herdsmen are Fulani, the same ethnicity as the President. But speaking…
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My AK47 comment not in support of criminal Fulani herdsmen – Bauchi Governor
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed on Sunday described as erroneous, claims that he had, during his speech last week in Lafia, shown support for crimes committed by some Fulani herdsmen. He said nothing could be farther from the truth, adding that as a “constitutionalist”, he could not support anything that would subvert the Constitution. Mohammed,…