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Angry words flowed yesterday as regional socio-political groups yesterday blasted the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, and Coalition of Northern Groups for calling on Fulani herdsmen to leave the southern part of the country and return to the north.
Read More PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has enjoined all Nigerians to ignore the recent call by the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, to Fulani herders, asking them to leave the southern part of Nigeria.
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ABUJA—A Ward Collation Agent, Aliyu Abdullahi, on Wednesday, told the presidential election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja that he was shocked when he heard results the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, released in two Wards in Nasarawa State where voters ran away owing to attacks by herdsmen.
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IBUSA— herdsmen invaded farmlands at Ibusa community, Oshimili Local Government Area, Delta State, last weekend, killing a 20-year-old motorcyclist and damaging crops of farmers with their cattle.
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WHILE the Federal Government had adopted the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led National Livestock Transformation Plan, NLTP, in order to solve the insecurity problems posed by marauding armed nomadic herders, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, FMARD, suddenly issued a memo for the establishment of what it termed “RUGA Settlements” in the 36 states of the Federation a few weeks ago.
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CHRISTIAN Association of Nigeria, CAN, South-East Zone, has warned against looming anarchy in the country, noting that urgent measures were needed to address the worsening security situation.
Read More Nigeria’s deteriorating security situation took a turn for the worse Tuesday night in Abuja with the Northern Elders Forum NEF and the Coalition of the Northern Groups CNGs ordering Fulani herders to leave the Southern parts of the country and return to the north where their safety and those of their cows are guaranteed.
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ENUGU – CHRISTIAN Association of Nigeria, Southeast zone, has warned against the alarming anarchy looming in Nigeria if urgent measures were not taken to address the worsening security situation.
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Former Aviation minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, Tuesday lampooned Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore over its call for the arrest of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, who advised President Muhammadu Buhari in his latest Letter to do something fast to curtail the incessant killings credited to herdsmen, noting that Nigeria could experience a situation similar to Rwanda where there was genocide in 1994.
Read More ASABA – A one-time Commissioner in Delta State, Dr. Christopher Ekiyor, who narrowly escaped death, early last year, in the hands of suspected Fulani herdsmen on the East-West Road, has called on the Federal Government to close down the Northern borders where herdsmen- militia and non-Nigerian terrorists migrate into the country with light arms and artillery vehicles unchecked.
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