Tag: Killer Herdsmen
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TRENDING VIDEO: Edo community detain cattle over alleged killing of vigilante by herders
A video clip has emerged online depicting cattle arrested by Uromi Community in Edo State over alleged killing of a vigilante by herders.
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Time to arrest the killer herdsmen, By Sonnie Ekwowusi
By Sonnie Ekwowusi If the Buhari government had deployed the same dogged commitment, policing expertise, capabilities and material resources which it had deployed in re-arresting Nnamdi Kanu and now chasing after Sunday Igboho in apprehending and prosecuting the Fulani killer herdsmen, Nigeria would have been a better country to live in today. Last week Benue…
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Benue killings: One word from Buhari to killer herdsmen will go a long way – Deputy Governor
The Deputy Governor of Benue State, Benson Abounu has said one word from President Muhammadu to killer herders will go a long way in ending incessant killings. According to him, some drastic steps need to be taken to put an end to killings by some herders, and Fulani leaders need to speak up against the…
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Threats To Lives: Ehanire, Where Is Our Covid-19 Vaccine? Magashi, Where Are The Killer Herdsmen?, By Magnus Onyibe
By Magnus Onyibe The level of insecurity in our country is at such a frightening stage that in a recent travel advisory to her citizens, the Canadian authorities directed her nationals not to engage in nonessential visits to Nigeria. Not just that they face the risk of being infected by the novel coronavirus, but to…
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Youths issue seven-day quit notice to killer herdsmen in Ogun
Youths in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, under the aegis of Yewa-North Patriotic Forum, have issued a seven-day ultimatum to suspected killer herdsmen in Yewa-North Local Government Area to vacate the state. The youths gave the ultimatum on Friday, in a statement signed by the President of the group, Sanni Omobolaji, 24…
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Killer herdsmen: Ortom is Ortom’s problem, not Buhari, three CSOs attack Benue gov
Three civil society groups have condemned the attack on President Muhammadu Buhari by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue over the activities of criminal herdsmen in the country. The groups are Nigeria Project Initiative; Initiative to Save Democracy and Global Economic Policy Initiative. Ortom was reported to have accused the president of being “lenient’’ towards criminal…
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Buhari not silent on killer herdsmen, Presidency tells Ortom
The Presidency on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s position on the issue of killer herdsmen is that anyone caught with illegal arms should be arrested and tried, spokesman Femi Adesina said on Tuesday. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina revealed this during an interview on a monitored Channels Television programme. He was reacting to recent comments made…
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Killings: Stop crying like babies, protect yourselves against killer herdsmen, Asari-Dokubo tells Meddle Belt
The founder of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has advised the people of Meddle Belt region to raise up to the challenges of protecting themselves against attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen. He said even though the people of Plateau, Benue, Kogi, Taraba and Nasarawa states should not be complaining of having…
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Army draw battle line against killer herdsmen, warn commanders to act decisively
The Nigerian Army has warned murderers disguising as herdsmen to stop their evil act or “face decisive action by troops”. It also warned that commanders who fail to act decisively would “face court martial”. Killings have persisted in Taraba, Benue and Adamawa states, despite the ongoing operation “Cat Race”. No fewer than 24 people were…
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Benue massacre: Treat killer herdsmen as terrorists – Fayose tells Buhari
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Tuesday urged the federal government to arrest and treat Fulani herdsmen on a killing spree in Benue and some parts of the state as terrorists. The governor said the killings in Benue state have attained a frightening dimension beyond herdsmen-farmers strife. In a series of tweets, Mr. Fayose…