At least three persons were confirmed dead while two others were injured in a clash involving men of the Oyo State Amotekun Corps and suspected herdsmen in Ayete community, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state. Unconfirmed sources said about seven houses were also razed in the clash whose cause could not be ascertained
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Small Holders Women Farmers, yesterday staged a protest against the regular destruction of their farmlands and crops by cattle rearers in the State. The women are from four communities of Nkpoghoro, Ugwuegu, Ohaisu and Itim in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The women took to the streets of Afikpo town chanting songs
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The Department of State Services has invited a journalist in Plateau State, Masara Kim, for questioning over a report exposing potential attacks in some farming communities by herdsmen. Kim is expected to appear at the DSS office in Jos on Monday, September 21. His invitation comes amidst a crackdown on free speech by the secret
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Tension and scary development in Ukpabi Nimbo Community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State as herdsmen return to the community, four years after where over 40 people were killed in an invasion of the community. Dr. Akachukwu Clement, one of the Spokespersons of the community in an interview said the pathetic story of
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This week, precisely on Thursday, September 3, 2020, the people of Ugbene Ajima, Uzo-Uwani LGA, Enugu State were compelled to ask the same question after some armed Fulani herdsmen shot a member of the neighbourhood watch, Festus Ayogu and destroyed his farm and those of others. Since then, to say that people of the serene
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Anambra state governor, Chief Willie Obiano has been urged to quickly intervene in the alleged cases of rape, maiming and murder of rural dwellers by herders to prevent massive attack and genocide in the state. Indigenous people of Anambra state residing at Canada under the auspices of United Anambra State Association Canada (UAAC), made the
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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo yesterday raised the alarm over what it described as acts of provocation allegedly being perpetrated by armed herdsmen to cause disaffection and derail the peace in parts of Igboland. The group, in an open letter addressed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Adamu Mohammed yesterday, claimed that the way the gun-wielding
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Benue State Government says it has arrested 400 herdsmen for flouting the state’s anti-open grazing law. The state government also seized over 600 cows belonging to the herdsmen. Governor Samuel Ortom, who revealed these in Makurdi on Friday, ordered the livestock guards to impound any cows seen openly grazing in any part of the state. Ortom gave the
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Suspected herdsmen have killed two farmers on Wednesday at Owan village in the Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. The two victims were identified as One Owoh and Samuel Imonkhai. Owoh was a palm wine tapper. He was shot where he was tapping palm tree in the farm while the other victim, Samuel
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The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has decried renewed attacks by suspected herdsmen in Avwon, Agadama, Ohoror and other communities of Uwheru Kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. According to Okowa, suspected herdsmen accompanied by unidentified armed personnel attacked the communities in what has become an annual routine, killing over eight persons
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A traditional ruler in Ogun State, Oba Akintunde Akinyemi, the Eselu of Iseluland in Oja-Odan, in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of the State, has said he will release his traditional warriors against Fulani herdsmen if the government refuses to stop them from wrecking havoc in his community. He said, “Since I have been on
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Two persons were reportedly killed on Monday in a clash between farmers and herdsmen in Sobe, Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State. Fox Channel learnt that trouble started over the alleged slaughtering of an 11-year-old boy, who had gone to fetch firewood for his family. An eyewitness said the boy, whose body was
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Muhammad Garba, a herdsman has reportedly killed a 35-year-old farmer, Segun Akinlade, for allegedly attacking him with a catapult in his farm. According to reports, the incident occurred last week Sunday, in Imala, in the Abeokuta-North Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was gathered that the deceased was infuriated when he got to his
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