…Manhunt personally led by CP Ammani The Enugu State Police Command said a manhunt is ongoing to arrest hoodlums suspected to be Fulani Herdsmen that attacked commuters along Ugwuogo-Nike/Opi/Nsukka road on Sunday, taking many people hostage. This is according to a tweet by the command. Some travellers were attacked along Ugwuogo-Nike/Opi/Nsukka road on Sunday, and
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‘The incident occurred on Saturday when gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen armed with AK-47 rifles, stormed the community, and opened fire on residents’ Nine Tiv farmers of Gidan Sule community in the Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have been reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. Sources claimed that the incident occurred
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The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has told the press that the Fulani tribe will always take revenge anytime they experience injustice. He, however, said they accept their fate whenever they are convicted of a crime. El-Rufai said this on Thursday during a webinar organised by the Africa Leadership Group. The governor was asked
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Following the recent uproar in the country about the Fulani herdsmen being evicted in some parts of the country, the senate would address it upon resumption tomorrow. Senator Yahaya Abdullahi has disclosed that the senate will deliberate on the menace of Fulani herdsmen across the country on resumption on Tuesday. Abdullahi, who spoke with journalists
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It has been reported that the youth leaders in Edo State have issued a 14-day ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen to vacate their communities. The ultimatum came owing to the killings and violence perpetrated by suspected killer herders. The youths spoke through one of their groups, Talakawa Parliament, at a press conference in Benin, Edo State
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The former presidential aspirant tweeted: “I’m a Fulani man, but I can tell you that it doesn’t make sense for cows to be roaming the streets in 2021. Cows should be ranched on a land acquired or rented by the ranchers. By law, land can only be used through rent or purchase. Govt should step
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Fulani herdsmen on Friday reportedly stabbed a cassava farmer in Akure, Ondo State, for denying them access to his farm. A youth advocate in the state, Oluyemi Fasipe, confirmed the attack to journalists in Akure. The farmer, according to Fasipe, was working on his farm when the herdsmen came to graze on the farmland and
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The Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, on Monday ordered the arrest of individuals who circulated a video of an attack on Fulani herdsmen in the state. Umahi, who gave the directive at a news conference, said the video was misleading and causing unnecessary panic and tension in Ebonyi. He ordered security agencies to arrest people
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The Ebonyi Government during the weekend directed that all the herders operating within the 13 Local government Areas of the state should be profiled in order to help maintain peace and order. This was disclosed by the State Attorney General and commissioner for Justice, Barr Cletus Ofoke during the State’s monthly meeting with Herders and
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Nasarawa state government has handed a seven days ultimatun to marauding Fulani herdsmen to leave the state or meet the full wrath of the law. Arising from a well attended security meeting with traditional rulers and security heads in Lafia, Governor Abdullahi Sule on Saturday warned that his administration could no longer tolerate the excesses
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The Methodist Bishop of Onitsha diocese, Anambra state, Rt.Rev. Biereonwu Onuagha has called on governors in the South East to be proactive in checkmating the activities of the Fulani herdsmen in the region. He advised the herdsmen to consider other parts of the country for the grazing of their cattle, saying there was no greener
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Residents of Issele-Mkpitime in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State have been thrown into mourning following the alleged kidnap of an Anglican priest, Revd Anthony Oyi by suspected Fulani herders in his farm. THE DAILY VENDOR correspondent gathered that the priest, who hails from Issele-Mkpitime, had gone with his family to the farm
Read moreSuspected Fulani herdsmen have reportedly kidnapped a man simply identified as Mr Joseph after allegedly forcing his wife to cook jollof rice for them in Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that the hoodlums, who struck at the Graceland Estate in Okpanam during a heavy downpour on Monday, attacked
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Suspected herdsmen in the early hours of yesterday attacked the Mbanyiar community and chased away the acting district head of Mbawa in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, Tyoor Oliver Chado, from his house. Narrating his ordeal to reporters on phone from his hiding place, Chado said the herdsmen who were heavily armed with
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Uwheru community in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has banned the sale and consumption of cow meat in the kingdom following incessant herdsmen attacks on farmers and other residents of the kingdom. Uwheru is one of the 24 traditional kingdoms in Urhoboland in Delta State. It was gathered that the ban
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