Okowa advocates stronger voice from FG to tackle herdsmen killings
OLEH—GOV-ERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said Nigeria needs a stronger voice from the Federal Government in order to tackle killings by suspected herdsmen.
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Herdsmen destroy 50 public primary schools in Benue — SUBEB Executive Chairman
The Executive Chairman of Benue State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Dr. Philip Tachin has disclosed that over 50 public primary schools were destroyed this year by armed herdsmen who sacked several Benue communities.
Read More ILLEGAL GRAZING: LASG seizes 30 cows, 10 rams, warns herdsmen
LAGOS—THE Lagos State Government, yesterday, impounded no fewer than 30 cows and 10 rams found straying and grazing illegally on the road within Lekki axis, saying it has zero tolerance for such action in the state.
Read More Herdsmen killings: My troops were not ambushed in Benue recently – Maj. Gen. Yekini
Makurdi…..The Field Commander of Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, Maj. Gen. Adeyemi Yekini has debunked a purported online media report that his troops were recently ambushed by armed herdsmen in Benue state.
Read More Herdsmen say ‘All lands belong to Buhari,’ attack, rape, chase Delta women from farms
EWU—WOMEN of flood-ravaged Ewu-Urhobo community, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, have cried out that suspected herdsmen attack, rape and chase them away from their farmlands.
Read More Ughwanogho condemns herdsmen attack on Ewu Indigenes
Delta Central Senatorial flagbearer of the Social Democratic Party ( SDP), Dr. Ovie Ughwanogho has condemned in strong terms the recent unprovoked attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen on the people of Ewu Kingdom, Ughelli South Local Government Area.
Read More Host community moves to end herdsmen grazing in Plateau varsity
Jos—Following the growing insecurity within the Plateau State University, Bokkos, and its environs, leader of the Butura, the host community of the institution, Saf Butura, Dr. John Makwal, has assured the management of the institution that the traditional council and leaders of Fulani people in the area are working on a peace pact to end the incessant clashes between Fulani herdsmen and native farmers.
Read More Traditional ruler warns herdsmen against cattle grazing in Nasarawa
Agwada (Nasarawa State), Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq-Obagu, the traditional ruler of Agwada in Nasarawa State, has urged herdsmen to eschew cattle grazing in farmlands to avert clashes with farmers in the interest of peace.
Read More Again, suspected herdsmen kill three, chase returning IDPs from their homes in Benue
Suspected herdsmen have reportedly hacked to death a 30 year of farmer, Shiaondo Goom and two others in their farms at Tse Goom Yogbo and Angela community in Guma local government area of Benue state.
Read More Herdsmen crisis: over 400 victims treated in Benue State University Teaching Hospital – CMD
Indications emerged yesterday that over 400 persons had so far received treatment at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, BSUTH, following attacks on Benue communities by militant herdsmen from the beginning of the year.
Read More 2019: Herdsmen vow to remove Ortom in 2019
The Fulani Nationality Movement, FUNAM, an umbrella organization of herdsmen has vowed to mobilize its members across the country to unseat Governor Samuel Ortom in the coming 2019 general election.
Read More Gov Ortom appeals to FG over victims of herdsmen crisis
Makurdi—TWENTY-FOUR hours after Vanguard reported the story of a 24-year-old Tiv lady, Joy Terna, who had her right hand chopped off by marauding herdsmen in Giza, Nasarawa State, while four months pregnant, Governor Samuel Ortom has played host to the victim and appealed to the Federal Governments to pay attention to the plight of victims of herdsmen crisis in the state.
Read More LEFT TO DIE!: ‘I was four months’ pregnant when herdsmen attacked our village, cut off my right hand!’
24-year-old Mrs Joy Terna is from Giza, the Tiv speaking area of Nasarawa State. She was four months pregnant when militant herdsmen attacked and sacked her community, killing several persons and injuring scores.
Read More HERDSMEN: Afenifere rejects Tinubu’s Miyetti Allah’s choice
THE pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, disagreed with former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu that the herdsmen terror being witnessed across the country is a fallout of water scarcity.
Read More Concept of Fulani Capitalism answer to herdsmen killings
As Nigerians, our common goal should be shared prosperity. Since herdsmen are part of Nigeria, we must all do everything to integrate them into the loop of a prosperous Nigeria.
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