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Men of Ogun State Police Command last week arrested four men for shooting a herdsman in Odeda area of the state. This was contained in a press statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officers in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Oyeyemi said the suspects; Ogunseye Funso, Ominyin Benjamin and two […]
The Government of Imo State has disowned an ultimatum issued by a group, under the aegis of Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, giving herdsmen in the state 24 hours to quit. According to a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Chibuike Onyeukwu, the group lacks legitimacy to speak for the […]
Following the alarm raised by the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, FUTO, Francis Eze, over the destruction of their farms by herdsmen, the herders have been given 24 hours to vacate the institution. This was made known to Vanguard on Sunday in Owerri, from the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, led […]
A group of armed herdsmen injured an officer during an attack on a police convoy in Kirikassamma local government area of Jigawa State. The police were sent in after the residents reported that some herdsmen had invaded their communities and were ravaging farms and stealing crops in the area. Residents who spoke with Premium Times […]
Officials of the Nigerian Customs Service Tuesday impounded 33 containers bearing expired rice imported from Thailand and China at the Tincan Island port, Apapa, Lagos. Other items seized by the agency include 11 containers of unregistered pharmaceutical products, two containers of used tyres, one container of used clothing. and four containers of refined vegetable oil […]
A man suspected to be an informant of rice smugglers has been killed allegedly by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service in Jigawa State, Premium times reports. Tasiu Muhammad, 22, a resident of Babura Local Government Area, was reportedly shot dead at Unguwar Gawo, about five kilometres from Bubara town, the council headquarters. READ MORE: ICERIA […]
A Federal High Court on Monday in Abuja ordered the temporary freezing of 45 bank accounts belonging to three companies allegedly involved in smuggling of rice into Nigeria. The companies whose accounts were domiciled with ten commercial banks in Nigeria are Sun Sam A1 International Limited, Sun Sam International Limited and Sunchrist O. Trans Nigeria […]
Six persons kidnapped last weekend from where they were breeding cattle in Gurin, Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa State, have regained freedom. The six, who were abducted on October 5 from their cattle grazing field around the Gurin-Fufore Road, returned home Sunday morning, according to a source close to the victims. The source, Dahiru […]
The Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday expressed their displeasure over the proposed anti-grazing bill by the Oyo State House of Assembly, saying the bill was a ploy to punish poor herders in the state. Speaking during the public presentation of views, observation, and grazing regulations bill 2019, held at the House of Chiefs, Agodi, Ibadan, the […]
The Niger State Government and the European Union (EU) on Tuesday met in Abuja to work out modalities to end the perennial crisis between farmers and herdsmen in the state. Speaking at the end of the meeting, the Niger state governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, told reporters that the meeting mostly had to do with […]
The Nigerian Navy on Tesday handed over to the Federal Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, four arrested fishing trawlers, 52 crew members and three foreigners over suspected illegal fishing activities, on the Brass River in Bayelsa State. The four vessels, named: Star Shrimpers 3, Cosmos 1, Trade Wind and ORC VII, with the 52 crew […]
When rice is smuggled into Nigeria, it is not all brought in bits that are hidden in weird vehicle compartments or as single bags. Many of these would have to be loaded into big trucks or barges. These large consignments of rice require proper roads and hence can be intercepted easily, if some Customs officers […]
One person has been reported killed and many others injured in a violent clash between farmers and herders in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Bala Senchi, on Wednesday, confirmed the attacked in an interview with Freedom Radio in Dutse. He said the clash resulted from […]
The Israelis authorities, Monday, announced that it will partner with the Federal Government to address numerous insecurity challenges currently confronting the country, especially to end the Boko Haram insurgence in the North East zone. The President, Galilee International Management Institute, Professor Joseph Yossie Shavel, disclosed the Institute was drawing up proposition to provide framework towards […]
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Tuesday inaugurated its Agro-Rangers unit to check farmers and herders clashes in the state. The State Commandant of the Corps, Lucy Samu, said during the occasion that the inauguration presented an opportunity for the nation to be hopeful security-wise and embrace peace. Ms Samu said the […]