Crime

[ad_1] Unknown gunmen early hours on Sunday invaded a fulani settlement at Wasinmi area of Osun State in what looks like a reprisal attack killinorg a family of six. This is as the state Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode said preliminary investigation ruled out a possible farmers/herders clash. It would be recalled that some gunment […]

[ad_1] The Osun Police Command has said that the killing of six persons by unknown gunmen at a farming settlement on Sunday in Wasinmi village in Irewole Local Government Area of Osun was not connected to herders-farmers crisis. The state police Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, said in a statement that intensive manhunt was underway for […]

[ad_1] The Ekiti State Government has welcome the recent truce between the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in the state truce was at the instance of the Commissioner of Police in Ekiti State, Mr Babatunde Mobayo, on the directive of the Inspector General of […]

[ad_1] The national leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said the raging crisis between herders and farmers is not ethnic, advising stakeholders not to complicate the situation further as they “should know better” than “tossing about hate-tainted statements”. Tinubu listed the cause of the crisis to include economic hardship and the […]

[ad_1] A secondary school leaver turned farmer, Ikumuyi Isreal has reportedly raped a ten-year-old primary school girl, Esther Friday to death in Igbotako, Okitipupa council area of Ondo State. But for timely intervention, Israel who was beaten black and blue would have been lynched by neighbors of the deceased parents. The suspect, aged 27 who […]

[ad_1] A Kaduna High Court on Friday ordered the remand of an applicant, James Adaji, in a correctional facility over alleged $12,000 romance scam. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Office, had charged Adaji with romance scam. Earlier, the EFCC Prosecuting Counsel, P. C. Onyeneho told the court that Adaji, who doubles […]

[ad_1] The management of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) has denied the recruitment of any category of staff. The Office of the Registrar of university warned the public, through a statement made available to The Guardian yesterday, to avoid falling into traps of fraudsters and racketeers. Dr Bola Adekola, Registrar & Secretary to […]

[ad_1] The Comptroller General of Customs (CGC) Strike Force has intercepted contrabands and raised Debit Notes (DN) on under-declared cargoes worth N767 million. While the contrabands were goods smuggled into the country from neigbouring Republic of Niger, the DN raised were on 13 containers falsely and under-declared at the seaports in the last three weeks. […]

[ad_1] A Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 29-year-old farmer,  Terzungwe Aende, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old girl. The police charged Aende, who lives in Mkovur Ipav, Gboko, Benue with criminal intimidation and defilement. Magistrate Ajuma Igama, did not take the plea of Aende because the court lacked […]

[ad_1] A female young farmer and Coordinator of Oyo Young Agropreneur, Miss Ibukunoluwa Tubi, on Monday, urged governments at all levels, especially in the state, to protect lives and farmlands of farmers from being ravaged by herdsmen.  Miss Tubi emphasized that unless there is adequate security for young farmers and their farms, the fortune of the sector would nosedive. […]

[ad_1] TWO persons have been reportedly killed by unknown gunmen suspected to be herdsmen in Icenyam village of Kadariko Olive in Keana Local Government of Nasarawa State while working in the farm. Available information on the killing is still sketchy as at the time of filing this report but the state police command has confirmed […]

[ad_1] The National President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Kabir Ibrahim, has said that a decisive action must be taken on all the forests that provide safe haven for bandits, rustlers and insurgents in Katsina for the security crisis in the state to be checked. The farmers’ leader, who is from Faskari, […]

[ad_1] A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ court has sentenced a 22-year-old herder, Bala Juli of Adadu Village in Nasarawa State, to a one-year jail term in a correctional centre for openly grazing cows in Benue. The Magistrate, Mr Isaac Ajim, summarily tried and convicted the defendant after he pleaded guilty of the offence. He, however, gave […]

[ad_1] The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, urged the Federal Government to put a halt to the entry of herdsmen from other African countries into Nigeria. The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a motion on the ‘need to stop the entry of herdsmen from other African countries’ sponsored by the Minority Leader, […]