Herdsmen

A young soldier whose name was not given, reportedly fell victim to a new attack launched by Fulani herdsmen in Benue State. Friends of the late soldier who penned down tributes to him on social media, added that the Fulani herdsmen also…

Youths in Amichi community, in Nnewi South local government in Anambra state chased out herdsmen and their cattle on Monday June 4th. The youths asked the herdmen to leave following the repeated destruction of their farmlands by the…

The Defence Headquarters has disclosed that it handed over 162 herdsmen to the police for investigation into alleged ties that the suspects may have with Libya. The acting Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. John Agim, was reacting…

CRIME - Suspected herdsmen, Tuesday afternoon launched a fresh attack on Chembe settlement in Ukemberagya/Tswarev ward of Gaambe-Tiev, killing a village head, Chief Iyongovihi Ninge. It was gathered that the attackers came with hordes of…

Unknown gunmen have killed 15 herdsmen in fresh attacks in Bawon-Daji village in Zamfara state. The gunmen reportedly stormed the village on Wednesday and began shooting mercilessly at the herdsmen, killing 12 of them. The gunmen who…

HERDSMEN ATTACK - Suspected gunmen believed to the herdsmen during the weekend resumed attack on Agatu Local Government Area of Benue, killing two persons. A source said the incident occurred on Sunday afternoon when seven boys went to…

Troops of 707 Special Forces Brigade have arrested 6 herdsmen, caught in the act of farmland destruction in Kwata, Benue State. This is contained in a statement on Sunday by Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, Director Army Public Relations.…

No fewer than seven persons were injured in Rafiki and Dutse Kura communities of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State during a fresh attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday (today). Although the number of deaths has not…

FULANI HERDSMEN KILLINGS - Three socio-cultural organisations representing the people of Benue State, have appealed for international help to end the spate of killings of farmers by killer herdsmen. The groups namely: Mdzough U Tiv, the…

FULANI HERDSMEN KILLINGS - The Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom has said that the sustained attacks on Benue communities by suspected herdsmen could lead to food insecurity in the country. Ortom stated this on Thursday at the…

FULANI HERDSMEN ATTACKS - The Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday, said the state was under siege by herdsmen. The Governor spoke at Isiokolo, Ethiope East Local Government Area, in continuation of the town hall meetings…

HERDSMEN KILLING - The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the death of 15 women and children after a clash between some herdsmen and irate youths in Okpokwu LGA of Benue state yesterday March 5th. A statement by the state police…

Suspected Fulani herdsmen have reportedly killed Sam Zadok, the brother to late Asaph Zadok, a former commissioner of Youth and Sports in Adamawa, and six others and removed their vital body parts along Gwarimpa, Abuja yesterday February…

BENUE - A magistrates’ court in Makurdi, Benue state, on Friday handed a one-year jail sentence to three herders – Iliya Garba, Hassan Abdullahi, and Lanshak Lonfalk – for violating the law enacted in 2017. The convicts were charged with…

The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has claimed that Fulani herdsmen under the aegis of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, are planning to kill him. Ortom disclosed this while speaking with newsmen…

A former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, and spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Prof. Ango Abdullahi has vehemently defended the incessant killings by Fulani herdsmen across the country. Abdullahi also said that…

Pandemonium struck in Obadolovbiyeyi community in the Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State when a vigilante, Efe Igbnovia, was shot dead by some soldiers. It was gathered that a local vigilance group had in the early hours of…

BENUE - Suspected members of Fulani herdsmen have killed two staff of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. Source gathered that the officers identified as Adams Godwin and Abah Patrick, were killed in Awange near Kasseyo…

Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, said it was unfair for people to continue to create the impression that he is not doing anything about the ongoing clashes between farmers and herdsmen in Benue, Adamawa, Taraba states and…

The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Sunday called on all Fulani herdsmen in some parts of the country, especially in Benue and Taraba states, to relocate to Kano State. Ganduje said Kano State had “vast grazing land” to…

The Indigenous Tiv communities in Nassarawa State have cried out that their people in Kadarko, Keana Local Government Area of the state have been rendered homeless. The ethnic group said their people in the area were under siege as 25…

BENUE KILLINGS - Suspected herdsmen have reportedly attacked and killed an official of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, while his group were busy working on the petroleum pipeline at Tse Torkula a border community between…

Paramount ruler and King (Oluwo) of Iwo land, Osun state, Nigeria, HIM Oba AbdulRasheed Adewale Akanbi has lambasted the Federal government of Nigeria for allowing grazing and cattle roaming. The monarch said such is barbaric and should…

The Brigade Commander, 23rd Amour Brigade Yola, Brig. Gen. Bello Mohammed says seven policemen and two soldiers died within the past two months as a result of Numan, Adamawa crisis involving herdsmen and farmers. Mohammed made this known…

Brigade Commander, 23rd Amour Brigade Yola, Brig. Gen. Bello Mohammed has declared that the Nigerian Army will no longer condone killings under any guise. He expressed sadness that seven policemen and two soldiers lost their lives within…

On Wednesday the 17th of January, 2018, an Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic at the Northwest University, Kano, Umar Labdo Muhammad, claimed that Benue state belongs to the Fulani ethnic nationality by right of conquest.…