Maj.Gen Adeyemi Yekini, Force Commander, Operation Whirl Stroke has denied media reports that herdsmen killed 15 Benue indigenes in a renewed attack on communities in the state. Yekini, who denied the report in a statement […]
Tony Okafor, Awka There was tension in Anambra State on Thursday as herdsmen with their cattle invaded Ideke Secondary School in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state. Teachers and students of the school, […]
Samson Folarin Suspected Fulani herdsmen last week abducted six Abuja-bound passengers in Akunnu, in the Akoko North Local Government Area of Ondo State. Punch Metro learnt that the victims had boarded a Sienna SUV at […]
The Ekiti State government on Thursday said it would arrest any herdsman caught with arms. The Deputy Governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi, made this known at a peace meeting held with representatives of herders and farmers […]
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 […]
