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From the National Assembly comes a promise of legislative antidote to the deadly and perennial attacks by herdsmen on farming communities in the country. President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, broke the cheering news in Gboko Benue State, while delivering his remarks at the coronation ceremony of the new Tor Tiv, His Majesty, […]
Local farmers at the Igbodu/Isiwo area of Epe in Lagos State yesterday raised the alarm over the incessant kidnap attempts targeted at them in the past few months. As at the last count, the aggrieved farmers said over 50 of their colleagues have fallen victims to the antics of the kidnappers, who only release them […]
Gunmen clad in military camouflage, yesterday, struck again in a farm at Igbodu area of Epe, Lagos State, abducting seven persons. The victims are two private guards, said to be members of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, and five farm workers at Eliasa Farm. As at 7p.m. yesterday, only four of the victims were identified. […]
Fulani herdsmen in Ibarapa area of Oyo State, on the platform of Jamu Nati Fulbe Association of Nigeria, have threatened to close down all Kara Markets (cattle markets) in the area over the disappearance of about 500 cows. They said all complaints lodged by herdsmen over the disappearance have fallen on deaf ears. While speaking […]
Exactly a week ago, some police officers in Delta State had a taste of what residents of Orhorho community, Ughelli North Local Government Area and other communities in the state have been experiencing in the past few months. The residents had been screaming that suspected Fulani herdsmen, armed with AK 47 and other dangerous weapons, […]
Suspected herdsmen, numbering over 20, yesterday, blocked the Ohorhor-Bomadi Road, Delta State, attacking and dispossessing passengers of their valuables. The Ohorhor-Bomadi Road is a major road linking many Ijaw communities in Bomadi and part of Burutu Local Government areas of the state. Although details of the incident was sketchy at press time, sources at the […]
The remains of a policeman reported missing, following a clash with herdsmen dressed in police uniform on Sunday at Ohoror community, Delta State, was, Tuesday, discovered by locals in the community. The Sunday clash between the police team and herdsmen was the second in two weeks following an earlier clash, which occurred on January 23. […]
Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, yesterday pledged to ensure he ends the challenges facing farmers through the activities of herdsmen and smugglers. Amosun, who stated this at the conclusion of a youth convention with the theme: Ogun Youths: Exploring New Frontiers, lamented the loss of an investor to the neighbouring state due to […]
Herdsmen, dressed in police uniform, armed with AK-47 rifles and other dangerous weapons, engaged a team of policemen in a gun battle, yesterday, in Delta State, leaving a number of police officers, including an Area Commander, injured, while some are missing. However, Delta State Police Commissioner, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim, who spoke to Vanguard on phone […]
The Niger State Police Command says it has made appreciable success in the renewed onslaught against cattle rustlers, kidnappers and other organized crimes in the state. The State Commissioner of Police Zubairu Muazu told newsmen yesterday in Minna that the joint effort by the command and other security agencies led to arrest of 195 suspected […]
The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has said the prevailing activities of the Fulani herdsmen had over the years led to the killing, maiming, raping of Igbo people and destruction of their farms. He said: “The peaceful coexistence between previously peace-loving Fulani herdsmen, who herded their cattle with long canes and our local […]
A newly registered body which co-ordinates the activities of Fulani cattle rearers in the country, General of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association, GAFDAN, has commenced issuance of identity cards to herdsmen as part of efforts aimed at ending the incessant clashes between them and farmers. Secretary-General of the association, Alhaji Sale Bayeri, who was in […]
Governors Darius Ishaku of Taraba State and Samuel Ortom of Benue state have reiterated that ranching is the only solution to resolve the recurring clashes between herdsmen and farmers that have claimed several lives and rendered thousands of people homeless. In the same vein, the governors maintained that herdsmen must be supported by the government […]
♦ They’re migrant herdsmen; troops deployed—POLICE Three people were reportedly killed, while no fewer than six others were injured yesterday, when herdsmen clashed with farmers in Gereng community of Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Reports from the area indicated that some members of the Gereng community, who went fishing in a pond in […]
The lifeless bodies of two herdsmen declared missing last week were reportedly discovered at a bush around Ossissa community, Ndokwa East Local Government Area, Delta State, by police. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, DSP Andrew Aniamaka, told Vanguard that the corpses were found on Saturday, three days after they were declared […]