By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Benue Youth Forum, BYF, has raised concern over the recent statement credited to the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, MAKH, a Fulani sociocultural association, lamenting that armed herdsmen have turned Benue state into a killing field. The BYF said it is saddened by the content of the communique issued at the […]

…it’s a sad day for us – Ukum LG Chair By Peter Duru, Makurdi A Police officer and 22 others have been reportedly killed in a fresh armed herdsmen attack on Gbeji community and Police Station in Ukum Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. The attackers also left another 12 including women with serious […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi No fewer than 14 people were on Wednesday night murdered in two separate attacks by suspected armed herdsmen on Mchia and Mou communities of Logo Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. The attack also left close to 30 persons with serious injuries while many others are missing and unaccounted for. […]

There was a crisis on Monday morning at Age-Mowo area of Badagry when suspected herdsmen reportedly lynched a 30-year-old commercial bus conductor after their vehicle rammed into their herds killing two cows in the process.

APART from Boko Haram and the North West “Bandits”, armed herdsmen embedded in farmlands and forests all over the North Central and Southern parts of Nigeria constitute the biggest threats to our collective safety. Herdsmen, in times past, were harmless nomads who went about tending to their livestock. But since Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association […]