Police in Ogun State have arrested four men for allegedly shooting a herdsman in Odeda area of the state, DAILY POST reports. This was contained in a press statement signed
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A suspected Fulani herdsman, Sadiq Mohammed, has been arrested by police in Bauchi State with an AK-47 rifle and a pistol during the weekend. He, however, claimed he was using
A pro-democracy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has condemned the Inspector General of police for branding armed bandits in the North as ‘freedom fighters.’ HURIWA, while also
Prof. Uzodinma Nwala, President of Alaigbo Development Foundation (a body of the Igbo intelligentsia) says the Fulani tribe in Nigeria are running the country as a personal estate bequeathed to
A Minna Magistrates’ Court on Friday, ordered that a herdsman, Mohammed Bello, be remanded in prison custody for allegedly killing a farmer, pending legal advice. The News Agency of Nigeria
Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has blamed Nigerians for the incessant attacks and killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen around the country. According to the former presidential aide,
Killings: Confusion as another Miyetti Allah group asks herders not to fight back in Southern region
Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association (MACBAN) on Saturday condemned the call credited to its sister group, the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, which urged herders to defend themselves against attacks by
Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani socioeconomic group, has called on its members to defend themselves from other ethnic groups in Nigeria. Salah Alhassan, national publicity secretary of the group,
WASHINGTON, DC — Kungiyar Dattawan Arewa ta yi Kira ga Fulani Makiyaya da ke kudancin kasar da su koma Arewa. A daidai lokacin da jam’iyyar adawa ta PDP ke kira
The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, on Friday night led a government delegation to the residence of the leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti,
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has warned all concerned stakeholders and individuals championing the Rural Grazing Initiative (RUGA) to embrace peace and dissuade from taking any action that would jeopardize
It was Femi Fani-Kayode , a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, and former Minister of Aviation, that forced the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar to declare his
Ayodele Fayose, a former governor of Ekiti State, has re-echoed his fears about that kidnappings and herdsmen menace currently bedeviling the Southwest region and Nigeria at large. He said the
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has described the demand by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association to set up a security outfit in
A 25-year-old woman and her step-son have been kidnapped by suspected herdsmen in Ondo State. The victims, who were identified as Mrs Olawumi Adeleye, 25, and her step-son, Destiny Paul,
Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has strongly opposed and rejected in totality planned move to create state and local government police in the country. The position of
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has denied recent media reports that claimed that it granted radio license to herdsmen. However, NBC said that the National Commission for Nomadic Education duly
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Monday lambasted the Buhari Media Organisation, BMO, for accusing him of being responsible for the crisis between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in the
A pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Yoruba Koya Leadership and Training Foundation, has raised the alarm over alleged taking over of states in the South West region by some people suspected
The Nigerian Senate has decried increasing cases of alleged herdsmen attacks on farming communities across the country, leading to loss of lives and property. The Upper Chamber further urged the
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