…the youth group cautioned that Fulanis should not think that Nigeria belongs to them The Benue Youth Forum(BYF) has raised concern over the recent statement credited to the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, MAKH, a Fulani sociocultural association. The BYF said it is saddened by the content of the communique issued at the end of the
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An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, ordered that alleged notorious Fulani warlord in Ibarapaland, Abdullahi Wakili, 70, be remanded in a correctional facility. The police charged Wakili alongside his sons Abu, 45; and Samaila, 27; as well as Aliyu Manu, 20; with six counts bordering on conspiracy, murder, kidnapping
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Motorists in Upper Iweka, Onitsha, Anambra State have apprehended travellers suspected to be Fulanis while they were about to board a Luxurious bus in owned by one of the transport companies in the state. An Eye witness told Journalist101 that how they clinged to the bag when they were asked to give it the loaders
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The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has cautioned the Yorubas to stop the drum of war against the Fulanis in the southwest. Oluwo argued “the lifestyle of many Fulanis is not worth fighting as they tend to lose nothing except their cows.” A statement personally signed by the monarch on Friday cautioned the herders
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The Governor, Samuel Ortom of Benue State has called on security operatives to arrest a self-acclaimed spokesman of the Fulani groups in the state, Garus Gololo. It is understood that Gololo had accused the Governor of sponsoring attacks on Fulanis in Benue. However, Ortom in his reaction to the allegation retorted that Gololo is only
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Fifteen people have been killed in an attack on a Fulani village in central Mali, according to security and local officials, in the latest violence to hit the centre of the country. Armed men attacked Sinda village between Wednesday night and the early hours of Thursday morning, said a security official who requested anonymity, adding
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The Niger State command of the Nigeria Police has arrested one Mohammed Isa, 27, of Dogon Ruwa village of Bosso Local Government Area of the state, for allegedly shooting and killing his neighbour, Umaru Abubakar, 30, with a locally made gun. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Usman Adamu, disclosed this to News Agency
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