Tag: Taraba
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How we’re tackling herders/farmers clashes in Benue, Taraba, others – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday unveiled the strategies by the Federal Government in tackling the herdsmen/ farmers clashes in Benue, Taraba and other states. According to statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and publicity Laolu Akande, the government has been deploying mobile police forces, army and Air Force to troubled areas and…
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Herdsmen/farmers clashes: NAF to establish operational units in Taraba, Benue-Nassarawa axis
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar on Friday disclosed plans by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to establish a Forward Operational Base (FOB) in Taraba State, as part of plans to further tackle the incessant herdsmen-farmers clash in the country. The CAS, who disclosed the plans while delivering a lecture…
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Herdsmen/farmers clashes: Army launches ‘Exercise Ayem Akpatuma’ in Benue, Taraba, others
The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that it will begin Exercise Ayem Akpatuma covering Benue, Taraba, Kogi, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger states in order to tackle the cases of kidnappings, herdsmen/farmers’ clashes among others. The Chief of Training and Operations, Maj Gen David Ahmadu, who announced this in Abuja on behalf of the Chief of…
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Herdsmen/farmers’ clashes: Enactment of anti-open grazing law responsible for killings in Benue, Taraba – IG
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris on Friday identified the controversial anti-open grazing laws in Benue and Taraba states as the source of the unending crisis in the two middle belt states. The police boss told s Senate Joint Committee on Police Affairs and National Intelligence that the enactment of the laws against the…
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Ten hours after Gov Ishaku’s alarm, herdsmen invade Taraba, kill four
Barely ten hours after Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State raised alarm over impending attacks by Fulani herdsmen, they (herdsmen) went on a fresh rampage on Thursday night killing four persons, including a couple at Ngutwsem village in Gassol Local Government Area. The couple were named as Mr. Shiriga Vaawombo and his wife, Ngunan. A…
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Islamic State terrorists behind killings in Benue, others – DSS
Security agencies, including the Department of State Service (DSS), have identified an Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) network operating within some areas in North Central and South South geopolitical zones as mastermind of recent killings in the country. According to them, the ISWA terror group use foreign terrorists and recruit young men to fight…
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Taraba, Benue governors dragged to ICC over killings
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State and his counterpart in Taraba, Achitect Darius Ishaku has been dragged to the International Criminal Court, ICC, over the spate of killings in the two states. A civil society organisation, Initiative for Civil Rights Advancement in Nigeria stated this in a petition dated January 16th, 2018 and signed by…
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Taraba to rehabilitate 19,000 victims of Katibu herdsmen attacks
Taraba Deputy Governor, Alhaji Haruna Manu, said on Sunday that the state government would rehabilitate the over 19,000 victims of the recent violent attacks, allegedly carried out by herdsmen in Katibu, Lau Local Government Area of the state. Manu announced this at Shawuya Primary School, Jalingo, where some of the Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) were camped.…
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Police place N10m bounty on killers of Taraba lawmaker, Hosea Ibi
The Taraba State Police Command on Friday placed the sum of N10 million as reward for anyone who will provide “useful information” leading to the arrest of killers of Hosea Ibi, late member of the Taraba State House of Assembly. Ibi, a lawyer, who was representing Takum 1 State Constituency, was kidnapped on December 30…
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Sanusi’s genocide claims against Fulani in Taraba false, misleading – CAN
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Taraba State on Tuesday described as baseless and misleading the recent claim by the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, that over 800 Fulani people were killed in Taraba in 2017. Recall that Sanusi had in an interview with journalists last week alleged that in one weekend,…