Piqued by the raging insecurity in the south-west, state governors of the region yesterday made a strong case for the establishment of state and council police to complement the efforts of the federal police. To the state helmsmen, this is a practical response to the insecurity. They also agreed to …
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Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has cited some officers and men’s insufficient commitment as factors affecting the success of the counter-insurgency operations in the country. Buratai who spoke on Tuesday at the opening of a five-day leadership workshop for mid-level officers and soldiers in Abuja, said …
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By Tony Ademiluyi Before the famous 1804 Jihad by Uthman Dan Fodio, the Fulanis were a band of herdsmen scattered across Africa with no cohesive leadership. They were a band of nomads known with their cattle and could trek for kilometers unending in search of pasture and water for them. …
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Fulani herdsmen has been accused of attacking a man at his farm in Kaduna. A facebook post by a man who witnessed the crime has gone viral with a lot of persons calling onthe government to do something about it. The facebook post: ‘This blood sucking demons are at it …
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Edo residents, under the Amalgamation of Concerned Edo Professionals, Students and Civil Society, have staged a protest against the proposal by the state House of Assembly to establish a nomadic cattle grazing law. The protesters, who carried placards and chanted, “Kill this bill,” as they marched through the streets of …
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The authorities of Ohovbe Primary School Ikpoba, in Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, watch helplessly as cows invaded their school, disrupted classes and generally sacked pupils and teachers. See the photos:
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The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has confirmed that 20 persons lost their lives and about10,000 others were displaced in the recent communal clash in Dan-Anacha village in Gassol Local Government area of Taraba State. Sa’ad Bello, the Agency’s Coordinator in charge of Adamawa and Taraba Operational Offices, confirmed the …
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Violence reportedly continued in Godogodo and Sanga Districts, both in Jema’a and Sanga Local Governments areas in the Southern part of Kaduna State two days after the visit of Governor Nasir el-Rufai following the killings and burning of some villages. El-Rufai, who was in some of the affected villages of …
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No fewer than 10 persons were reportedly killed in clashes between suspected Fulani herdsmen and farmers in two communities in Niger State. It was learnt that the clashes happened at Bokuta village, Bosso Local Government Area and Tungan Malam village in the Paikoro LGA. While six were killed in the …
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