Tag: herdsmen
One killed, several missing as herdsmen attack Benue communities
Tensions has escalated in Benue State following fresh attacks by suspected armed herdsmen in Guma Local Government Area
Benue bleeds again: 43 massacred, many missing in ruthless herdsmen attacks
The source claimed that more than 25 individuals were murdered during the onslaught, with many others abducted and taken to…
Oyo on the brink: Lawmaker warns of armed herdsmen takeover in Ogunmakin
Recalling the swift intervention that resolved the Igangan crisis in 2021, Akande-Sadipe urged the federal government and security agencies to…
Terror in Edo as herdsmen kill two farmers in cold blood
Similarly, the Chairman of Etsako East Local Government Council, Benedicta Attoh, raised concerns over the escalating attacks in the North…
FG must take measures to address massacre of 134 people in Benue – Peter Obi
More than 134 people have been gruesomely murdered by Fulani herdsmen in the villages in Benue State in the last…
Fulani herdsmen kill pastor, two others in Edo
According to him, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Sobe division reported that on 4 March, some armed men…
Herdsmen kill 5 people in Ondo, second attack in 5 days
Akeredolu had on Sunday visited Omolege Junction, where 50 AK-47 wielding herdsmen killed three people, including the community leader last…
Blood in their hands: Herdsmen kill 1,773 in Benue
The group began the tallying on 2018 New Year’s day when herdsmen launched coordinated attacks on Guma and Logo Local…
Herdsmen have destroyed our farms: Women protest in Rivers
The women also claimed that the herdsmen have raped, terrorised and killed some of them at gunpoint and knifepoint.
Soyinka: Igboho not a criminal, herdsmen who kill farmers, rape women are
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said the Federal Government should brand herdsmen who plunder people's farm, kill farmers and…
Suspected herdsmen kill AAU graduate in Edo
Tragedy struck Monday morning as a graduate of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, was reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen.
AK 47-wielding herdsmen massacre 15 villagers in Ebonyi
Herdsmen wielding AK 47 rifles have massacred no fewer than 15 villagers in Ebonyi state, burning also motorcycles belonging to…
Ekiti denies giving quit notice to herdsmen
Ekiti government on Monday night, denied speculations that it had issued quit notice to herdsmen in the state.
Six herdsmen killed in Osun
Six herdsmen, members of the same family, have been killed in Wasinmi village, Irewole LGA of Osun State.
Tinubu warns herdsmen against using “careless words”
The former governor of Lagos State and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu…
SOS plea: Open letter to governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq
A concerned indigene of Kwara State has written an open letter to the Kwara state governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, on issues…
Insecurity: Amotekun will tame criminal herdsmen – Ex-AGF
Prince Bola Ajibola, a Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice has rated Western Nigeria Security Network, tagged “Operation Amotekun”,…
Ogun community under siege by herdsmen despite Gov’s visit
Yewa community in Ogun State has continued to witness attacks by Herdsmen despite the recent visit of the state governor,…
Any cow seen on Akure streets will be arrested: Akeredolu
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state is undeterred as he has said that any cow seen wandering the streets of…
Herdsmen did not attack Soyinka, they only violated his compound
Professor Wole Soyinka's first son, Olaokun and his friend and protege, Agunloye debunked the trending story that the Nobel Laureate…
All herdsmen are not bandits
Asking all herdsmen who congenitally take to the forest to vacate the forests of Ondo comes off as ethnic targeting.…
Ultimatum to herdsmen: Presidency warns Akeredolu
The Buhari Presidency has dropped a subtle warning to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu not to breach the constitution in his quest…
Kogi: Egbe farmers protest against herdsmen
Egbe, a quite agrarian community of about 50,000 inhabitants in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State witnessed a…
10 herders killed in Ebonyi in 4 months, says Miyetti Allah
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) said no fewer than 10 herders have been killed in parts…
Suspected herdsmen strike 10 traditional rulers dead in Plateau
Suspected herdsmen have killed 10 traditional rulers in Plateau State, the Senate have said during plenary.
Herdsmen attack: Gov. Ortom goes spiritual; calls for 30 days fasting
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has called for 30 days of fasting and intense prayers by the Benue people to…
Suspected herdsmen invade Ondo community, kill three
Three persons have been killed by suspected herdsmen in Arimogija community in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Suspected herdsmen strike two dead in Edo
Suspected herdsmen have reportedly killed two indigenes of Owan village, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State.
No harvest, my cassava farms eaten by rapacious cows
The herdsmen came back 4 February to put the final nail on the coffin of Mohammed Abdulhakeem's farm. They finished…
Herdsmen in another massacre in Kulben Village
Killer herdsmen are back in the business of wanton killing as they struck in a village in Mangu LGA of…