The Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, says the conflicts between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria are becoming more sophisticated and deadlier.…
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A former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, says it is unfair to blame President Muhammadu Buhari for the incessant killings in the conflict between farmers and herders in some parts…
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Okorocha, Deputy Absent As South East Govs Agree On “No Land For Cattle Ranching”
by Damilare Salami July 9, 2018Governors of the south-east states have agreed not to make land in the region available for the establishment of cattle ranches. The governors made this decision in a meeting which…
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At least 19 people have been killed and 11 injured in cattle raids in South Sudan’s Eastern Lakes State, an official said on Thursday. “Among the dead were 10 youths,…
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The Special Task Force Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) has announced the arrest of 21 suspects in relation to the attacks on three local government areas – Jos South, Riyom and…
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Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has declared readiness to lead fight against killer herdsmen. Adams, who called for a South-West Security Summit to discuss herdsmen killings in the…
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Suspected herdsmen on Wednesday attacked Bare village in the Numan Local Government of Adamawa State, killing two people and inflicting 29 others with various degrees of injury. It was…
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The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has called on the Federal Government to caution the Adamawa State Government against hasty implementation of the death sentence passed on…
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No fewer than five persons have been reportedly killed within two days in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected herdsmen. It was gathered that the attackers,…
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A Yola High Court Presided over by Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri has sentenced five men to death for culpable homicide and for killing a herdsman. The convicts, Alex Amos, Alheri Phanuel, Holy Boniface,…