The Police in Kaduna State, have confirmed the occurrence of a fresh attack on Zango Kataf Local Government Area, on Saturday night. SP Muhammad Jalije, the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday, that the attack occurred at 20:40hrs in Ungwan Wakili....
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Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has advised anybody calling for repeal of Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law to desist forthwith as the law had come to stay. Ortom gave the advice during a new conference on Thursday in Makurdi. He said: “The individuals and groups pushing for...
Police in Cross River have recovered one AK-47 rifle, a cutlass and N1million from fleeing herdsmen in Ikom Local Government Area. Spokesman of Zone Six of the Nigeria Police Force, SP Nelson Okpabi, said an Assistant Commissioner of Police in the zone, Mr Emeka Onyekaba led the team that...
The Coalition of Pastoralists Associations of Nigeria (CPAN) has called the attention of the Nigerian government and the international community to the plight of the average cattle herder in Nigeria whose business is going down and who can lose his life anytime without consequences. Addressing a world press conference...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has called on the National Human Rights Commission to investigate the killing of 27 pastoralists in an ‘airstrike’ in Doma LGA of Nasarawa. The police authority in Nasarawa State, had on Thursday confirmed the alleged...
Suspected armed herdsmen have again attacked the community opposite the Abagana Internally Displaced Persons camp in Makurdi, killing eight people. It was gathered that the killers beheaded and took away the heads of the victims, including an entire family of six. Eight other persons were wounded with three of...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Governments has condemned the abduction of train passengers at Tom Ikimi Train Station, Igueben in Edo, describing the act as despicable and utterly barbaric. The Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transportation, Mr Henshaw Ogubike, said this in a statement...
There is panic in some communities in Ogun State, following the alleged threat of fresh attacks from suspected killer herdsmen. The communities are Asa, Agbon, Ibeku and Oja-Odan communities in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of the state. According to The Punch, the letter was reportedly written on Saturday....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A pregnant woman, Mrs Mary Barka has been killed when some kidnappers suspected to be bandits armed with locally made guns invaded Pelachiroma village in Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State. The suspects, who have since been arrested by the Chairman of Hunters,...
Palpable fear and tension have gripped natives of Uzuakoli Community in Bende Local Government Area of Abia, following Friday’s alleged invasion of farms in the area. The traditional ruler of Ngwu Uzuakoli Autonomous Community, Eze Joseph Okorie, told newsmen in his palace on Saturday that herders invaded people’s farms...
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Tuesday appeared to withdraw his support for the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. Mr Ortom accused the PDP candidate of dishonoring him as Governor and working against the interest of Benue residents. His comments came after a group of...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State have continued to record cross defections of members ahead of the 2023 General Elections. APC, in a statement issued to newsmen in Sokoto on Thursday by Bashar Abubakar, the Special Adviser, New Media to Sen....
By SAM ADZEGEH, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has reiterated that he holds no personal grudges against President Muhammadu Buhari, but insisted that he only criticizes the President’s inability to put an end to the prevalent insecurity in the country and particularly in the state. The Governor...
The Presidency has challenged Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue to name those military personnel who told him that President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered security forces not to move against criminal herdsmen. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media aide, who challenged the governor in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja,...
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has questioned the Federal Government’s handling of the farmer-herder crisis. Speaking exclusively to Channels Television’s NewsNight, a pre-recorded program which airs every Monday, the literary icon wondered why the government was yet to ban cattle group, Miyetti Allah while it had proscribed the Indigenous People...
After harvesting of crops, it is mostly women that process the corps into food, and take them to sell at the market places. Women also always willingly and occupationally cook the food for their respective families and occasional guests. Many of these women are also food sellers in food...
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue on Thursday said his government was forced to establish a state Community Volunteer Guards to check incessant terrorists’ attacks on Benue residents. The governor disclosed this on Thursday while inaugurating the first batch of the Benue State Community Volunteer Guards comprising 500 personnel. The...
Dr Gabriel Nyitse, Chief of Staff to Benue’s Gov. Samuel Ortom says 1.5 million persons are in various Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) camps in the state. Nytise made the declaration at the 70th anniversary celebration Thanksgiving Mass of The Knights of Saint Mulumba Nigeria, at the St. Leo Catholic...
Suspected armed herdsman in the early hours of Sunday, allegedly killed about thirty persons in two communities of Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State in what has been described as unprovoked attacks on civilians. Police Public Relations Officer for the Benue State Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sewuese...
The Kogi Police Command has urged the public to ignore a trending video alleging blockade of Abuja – Lokoja highway and the kidnapping of passengers by herdsmen. The Commissioner of Police, Edward Egbuka, gave the advice on Friday in Lokoja in a statement issued by the command’s image maker,...