Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has said that efforts are underway by his government to end incessant herdsmen and farmers’ clashes across the country. Buhari said this in his national broadcast aired early on […]
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded two herdsmen, Abubarkar Mohammed, and Mohammed Isha, for allegedly robbing people on the Ilorin-Ogbomosho highway on Aug. 28. Police Prosecutor, Insp. Abdullahi Sanni told the court that the […]
Niyi Akinnaso Why does the ownership of the estimated 19.5 million cows in Nigeria remain shrouded in secrecy? Surely, the herdsmen we see carrying AK-47 rifles and following the cows through the roadways, villages, and […]
John Charles, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Friday alleged that Fulani herdsmen had concluded plans to lay ambush and kill him along the Makurdi/Lafia highway. Ortom explained that he had received intelligence report […]
John Charles, Makurdi The force commander, Operation Whirl Stroke, Major General Adeyemi Yekini, on Monday said troops had killed 21 herdsmen between Benue and Nasarawa states in the last few weeks. General Ayeni also confirmed […]
The Ardo of Chanchaga, Mallam Abdullahi Babayo, has called on herdsmen to stop using minors as cattle rearers to avert clashes with farmers. Babayo who is also Sarkin Fulani Chanchaga and Shaku Kingdom in Minna […]
Justin Tyopuusu Jalingo At least, 42 people mostly women and children are said to have been killed across 12 villages in the Lau Local Government Area of Taraba State, local residents told our correspondent on […]
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Sunday said it was in possession of evidence to prove that some politicians are behind the killings allegedly being carried out by herdsmen in parts of the country. It […]
Defence Headquarters, Abuja, has said armed herdsmen attacked the troops of Operation Whirl Stroke in the Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, killing two soldiers and injuring five others, including the Commanding Officer. The […]
Gbenga Adeniji and Friday Olokor Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Wednesday knocked President Muhammadu Buhari for doing little to stop killings by herdsmen amid the general insecurity in the country. […]
