It was typical of punctilious Godwin Obaseki to assume that mere appeal to reason – this pious invocation of the spirit of good neighborliness – would be enough to rein in the Barbarians arriving Edo’s ancient gate. But as he…
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HERDSMEN ATTACKS: AFENIFERE TO PROTECT YORUBA
Disturbed by the unchecked violent attacks by herdsmen in Oyo State, the pan-Yoruba-socio political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, vowed to take steps to safeguard lives and property in the state. This was contained in a two-page communiqué issued after a one-day summit…
BENUE HERDSMEN: KILLINGS OF INNOCENT SOULS ACROSS THE STATE MUST STOP, ADEBOYE PRAYS
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has visited Benue State where he prayed that God should bring an end to the continuous bloodshed occasioned by incessant attacks by herdsmen. He said the killings…
HERDSMEN KILLINGS: KOGI DEATH TOLL INCREASES
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday, inaugurate National Food Security Council with the aim of evolving sustainable solutions to protracted violence being unleashed on farmers by herders. This is as the death toll in the attacks by herdsmen on Oganenigwu in…
SOYINKA TASKS FG: DECLARE FULANI HERDSMEN AS TERRORISTS
Professor Wole Soyinka has asked the Federal Government to declare as terrorists, herdsmen responsible for attacks in states across the country. The Nobel Laurette said this on Thursday in Lagos, while delivering his keynote speech at the Ripples Nigeria Dialogue;…
HERDSMEN KILLINGS: BUHARI VISITS BENUE, MET WITH EMPTY STREET PROTEST
President Muhammadu Buhari went to Benue state on Monday, March 12, to condole with the people over killings by herdsmen and reassure them that the administration shared in their grief. It was however, reported that the state was in no…
HERDSMEN KILLINGS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IN THE SOUTHWEST – GANI ADAMS
Aare Gani Adams, leader of Yoruba socio-cultural group, the Oduduwa People’s Congress has warned that killings by herdsmen will not be permitted in the Southwestern part of Nigeria. Speaking in Ibadan, the Oyo State, Adams warned not to take advantage…
PLATEAU HERDSMEN ATTACK: POLICE BEEFS UP SECURITY IN AFFECTED AREAS
No fewer than five persons were killed on Thursday night when suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked four Irigwe people at Datanko village and one Fulani Christian at Nzharuvo village in Miango District of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. Inside…
BENUE: HERDSMEN ORDERED LOCALS TO VACATE THEIR ANCESTRAL HOMES, SAYS THEIR INTENT WAS NOT TO SHED BLOOD
Community leaders in Mbatoho, an Island community at Mbalagh council ward of Makurdi local government, Benue State, have recounted how over 5,000 inhabitants of the vast Island were sacked by Fulani herdsmen earlier in the week. The community leaders who…
PASS ANTI-GRAZING LAWS – OHANEZE NDIGBO URGES IGBO-SPEAKING STATES
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Friday called on all Igbo-speaking states to reject the proposed cattle colonies in the country. Rising from its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, Ohanaeze Ndigbo also urged governments of Igbo-speaking states to pass…