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[ad_1] A policeman, who participated in the rescue operation of victims involved in penultimate week Saturday’s attack on farmers in Agadama, Ughelli North local government area of Delta State, has recounted their encounter with suspected rogue herdsmen who, he said, warned them against entering their (herdsmen) enclave. The rescue team, made up of policemen, soldiers […]
[ad_1] The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has said farmer-herder conflicts require a real-time, practically-oriented solution. Malami said this on Saturday at the AB Dikko memorial symposium held in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi. In a statement by Dr Umar Gwandu, SA Media and Public Relations Office of the Attorney-General, issued in Abuja, […]
[ad_1] Leadership of the Fulani socio-cultural group, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Bauchi State Chapter has expressed dismay over the ugly development of incessant clashes between herders and farmers that has claimed many innocent lives. The newly elected leadership of MACBAN in the state said that the dispute between farmers and Fulani herdsmen has […]
[ad_1] The Delta State government, Nigeria Police and bereaved communities in Delta State are currently trading words over the number of folks hacked to death by suspected Fulani herdsmen last week at Uhweru Kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. While the Delta State Police Command has continued to insist the number […]
[ad_1] Meat is one of the most used food on our daily plates. I don’t know the extent to which you personally eat meat but you probably eat it at home or from restaurants, and if you are a vegetarian you have a friend who likes meat, don’t you? This story serves to highlight some […]
[ad_1] The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has condemned in strong terms, the killing of eight persons in the Uwheru Kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. While calling on the Nigeria Police to immediately bring the suspected herdsmen who carried out the unprovoked attacks to justice, Senator Omo-Agege […]
[ad_1] Akure- Farmers under the aegis of Cocoa and Plantain Farmers Association of Nigeria (CPFAN) have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to charge security agencies in the nation to beef up security on farms with a view to protecting their crops. Rising from a meeting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, at the weekend, the […]
[ad_1] Rogue elements among herdsmen are said to be establishing camps in various places in Ekiti State, notably in Government Forest Reserves, where they engage in some kind of military training, according to a report prepared by a committee raised by Ekiti Council of Elders (ECE). “Some of their activities include armed robbery and kidnapping […]
[ad_1] No fewer than eight persons mostly farmers have been allegedly killed by suspected herdsmen dressed in Army uniform in Delta. The killing took place at Avwon, Agadama, Ohoror and other communities of Uwheru Kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. Sunday Tribune gathered that the armed herdsmen attacked the communities repeatedly […]
[ad_1] UWHERU Kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, have again came under herdsmen attack, leading to death of over eight persons with several others sustaining serious injuries and property, including farms, have been lost. The unprovoked attack, which Sunday Vanguard gathered started Thursday night with attacks on Avwon, Agadama, Ohoror and […]
[ad_1] Adamawa/Taraba State Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has impounded trailer load of 330 kilogrammes of Pangolin scales, foreign rice stuffed in bags of beans. The seizures also include 33,000 litres of petroleum products valued at N98.3 million. Customs Area Comptroller, Kamardeen Olumoh, who addressed newsmen at the headquarters in Yola on […]
[ad_1] The Special Military Taskforce, Operation Save Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and part of Kaduna State, has arrested 25 suspects over alleged cattle rustling, kidnapping, armed robbery and illegal possession of firearms. Others were apprehended over cult activities, gunrunning, banditry, terrorism, among other criminal activities. Presenting the suspects to newsmen on Tuesday in […]
[ad_1] Herdsmen attacking farmers in Kaduna state, Katsina state, and Zamfara state were reportedly supplied weapons from Côte d’Ivoire, Libya and Turkey. An independent investigative organisation, Conflict Armament Research (CAR) reported this in its newly published case study assessing the weapons used in herdsmen-farmers clashes in Nigeria. CAR report revealed that no lesser than 7,000 […]
Few months after thunder killed 36 cows on scared hills at Ijare town in Ifedore Local Government Area (LGA) of Ondo State, residents of the community yesterday arrested no fewer than 150 cows for destroying crops in their farms. The cows, which were said to have been led into the farmlands by some Fulani herdsmen […]
A Dutse Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced a 67-year-old farmer, Samson Aku, to three months imprisonment for maiming and killing a herdsman’s cows which strayed into his farm. The presiding officer, Suleiman Mohammed, sentenced Aku after finding the convict guilty of the charges filed against him. The act, according to the […]