Tag: herdsmen
Herdsmen bag 3 months imprisonment for stealing chickens
A Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Wednesday sentenced two Fulani herdsmen, Ali Yusuf and Buhari Saleh, to three months imprisonment…
Group to Buhari: End farmers,herdmen clashes
A youth organisation, Concerned Taraba Tiv Youth Frontier, on Saturday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to step up efforts in…
3 dead as herdsmen, villagers clash in Kwara
The police command in Kwara on Thursday confirmed that three villagers were killed in Matokun village, Patigi Local Government in…
Address farmers, herdsmen clashes, Council of State tells Buhari
The National Council of State on Tuesday in Abuja urged the incoming administration of retired General Muhammadu Buhari to develop…
Two herdsmen convicted for stealing cow
An Area Court sitting in Kaiama, Kwara State, on Monday convicted two Fulani herdsmen, Manu Juli and Mohammed Bello for…
45 villagers killed by herdsmen in Benue
At least 45 villagers were killed in a dawn raid Sunday by suspected herdsmen in Nigeria’s central Benue state, a…
Kogi moves to stop Fulani herdsmen, communities clash
Kogi State Government said on Tuesday that steps were being taken to address the incessant clashes between Fulani herdsmen and…
LG boss wants peace between farmers, herdsmen in Jigawa
Alhaji Mahmud Matafari, the Chairman, Kirikasamma Local Government Area of Jigawa on Sunday, appealed to farmers and herdsmen in the…
Police arrest 2 after farmers, herdsmen clash
The Police in Jigawa on Saturday arrested two suspects for involving in farmers-herdsmen clash in Guri Local Government Area of…
Gov. Aliyu seeks peaceful harmony of herdsmen, farmers
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger on Thursday called for mutual understanding and harmonious co-existence between herdsmen and farmers in the…
Gen. Agwai calls for dialogue of herdsmen, farmers
Former Chief of Defence Staff, Lt.-Gen. Martin-Luther Agwai (retd.) has emphasised the need for dialogue to end the clashes between…
Seven dead in fresh herdsmen clash in Taraba
The Taraba Police Command has confirmed the death of seven persons in the violence that broke out overnight in Wukari,…
Herdsmen attack Governor Suswam’s convoy
The convoy of Governor Gabriel Suswam of the central Nigerian state of Benue convoy was attacked on Tuesday by suspected…
Herdsmen kill 6, raze houses in Benue
Gunmen attacked five farming villages in volatile central Nigeria’s Benue State, killing six people and burning many houses, police said…
Herdsmen Strike Again On Long Bridge
Barely a month after Fulani herdsmen killed Brig. Gen. Sylvester K. Iruh (retd) on the long bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan…
4 herdsmen with sub machine guns arrested
The Nigerian Police Command in Nasarawa State have arrested four herdsmen in possession of sophisticated arms and ammunition, the Police…
Herdsmen massacre villagers, burn homes
Pene Da Bwatiye, the umbrella body of Bwatiye people of Adamawa, said 12 villages were affected in Sunday’s attack in Lamurde Local…
Nasarawa Killings: Police Arrest Herdsmen With Ammunition
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a herdsman with 20 rounds of AK 47 ammunition and one cartridge of…