Tag: Herdsmen
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Tinubu’s godson, Sen. Adeola threatens to join kinsmen in self defence against Fulani herdsmen
Senator Solomon Adeola (APC-Lagos West), who is one of the many godsons of national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubuhas threatened to join his kinsmen in self defence. The Senator, who made the threat in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said his action in that direction is being fuelled by the inaction…
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‘If you kill a herder, don’t go to sleep, we will revisit you’ – Miyetti Allah
‘Ifyou kill a herder, don’t go and sleep, we will revisit you,” National Secretary of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Alhassan Saleh has said. Saleh added that nobody could evict herdsmen from the south, saying that they would resist such move. He also said nobody could stop herdsmen from foreign nation from entering Nigeria to graze…
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Beyond a republic of herdsmen – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta By a curious subterfuge, cattle and their handlers have finally managed to conquercentre stage in our national attention and discourse. Our security agencies and nearly all state governors are now engrossed in some form of interrogation of the herders’ menace. A few weeks ago, all the governors of the South West states held…
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Three killed as suspected herdsmen storm Ogun community
Unknown number of herdsmen on Friday night invaded Igbooro, Oja-Odan in the Yewa-North Local Government area of Ogun State, killing three and injuring two villagers. The prowling herdsmen reportedly invaded the village, closed to Eggua in Oja-Odan around 11 pm on Friday, shot extensively, and set ablaze three houses and storehouses in the village. A…
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Ogun begins recruitment of Amotekun operatives as herdsmen crisis persists
The Ogun State Government has commenced the recruitment of Amotekun operatives to curb incessant attacks and killings by herdsmen in some parts of the state. In a notice on Thursday, the government asked qualified individuals interested in joining the State Security Network to submit their applications. It also called on local vigilantes, hunters, and ex-servicemen…
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BREAKING: Herdsmen kill 2 in Ondo State, set Amotekun vehicle ablaze
Suspected herdsmen have attacked Sanusi Village in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State and killed a farmer and a member of a local vigilante group. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Public Relations Officer of the Amotekun Corps in Ondo, Mr Adebayo Ayeni confirmed the incident on Friday In a statement Mr Ayeni stated that the…
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![Insecurity: Herdsmen will drag Nigeria into another civil war if you don’t act fast, Ortom writes Buhari [Full Letter]](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/buhari-and-Ortom.jpg)
Insecurity: Herdsmen will drag Nigeria into another civil war if you don’t act fast, Ortom writes Buhari [Full Letter]
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to act swiftly before the killer herdsmen drag the nation into another civil war. In a letter to the president, Governor Ortom said the security challenges faced by the country have assumed new dimensions where the now emboldened assailants and armed herdsmen daringly enforce their…
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![Disturbing video: Angry mob lynches Fulani herdsmen caught with firearms in Edo [Graphic]](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/herdsmen.jpg)
Disturbing video: Angry mob lynches Fulani herdsmen caught with firearms in Edo [Graphic]
An angry mob in Edo reportedly lynched some Fulani herdsmen who were allegedly intercepted with firearms and assorted charms within the state. In an undated viral video seen by TheNewsGuru (TNG), the five herdsmen were ordered to sit on the ground and interrogated by the angry youths who displayed the firearms, charms and other weapons…
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Nigeria police lied, cattle, herders invaded my home – Soyinka
The Nigerian police lied when it said only one cow strayed into the compound of the Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, the professor has said. Mr Soyinka, in a statement entitled ‘Mad Cows and even madder narratives’ sent to newsmen, narrated how the cattle invaded his home, how they were removed and how the police took…
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Alleged invasion: Herdsmen didn’t attack Soyinka, they only violated his compound
Professor Wole Soyinka’s first son, Dr Olaokun Soyinka and Soyinka’s friend and protege, Dr Olu Agunloye have debunked the trending story that the Nobel Laureate was attacked by herdsmen in Abeokuta. Agunloye said: “The trending story that herdsmen went to attack Prof Wole Soyinka in his house in Abeokuta is not true. Herdsmen did not…