Troops of the military operation code-named Operation WHIRL STROKE (OPWS) said it has killed 21 armed herdsmen along the Gbajimba-Akor-Tomata axis of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State in the last three weeks. It was gathered that the herdsmen Read more
The Nigeria police force has arrested eight more suspects in connection with the recent killings in Benue state. Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman, identified one of the suspects arrested as Benjamin Tivfa, a serving councillor of Fidi ward in the state. Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim that Fulani herdsmen don’t move around with AK-47 rifles but sticks and machetes is false and misleading, Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State has said. The president had made this claim during his bilateral meeting with Read more
The National Economic Council says the movement of herdsmen has to stop across the country, especially in the five states that have been adversely affected by killings attributed to the herdsmen-farmers conflict. The states, according to the council, are Benue, Read more
The Defence Headquarters said on Wednesday that at least 13 soldiers were killed in Nasarawa, Benue, Kogi, Taraba and Kaduna during the Operation Ayem Akpatuma (Operation Cat Race). The DHQ said 147 herdsmen were arrested and seven soldiers wounded during Read more
Troops of the Nigerian Army have apprehended five gun-wielding herdsmen in six communities in Benue State, after a gun duel which led to the killing of one herdsman. Our correspondent learnt that the troops of 72 Battalion Special Forces on Read more
Troops deployed in Army Exercise Ayem Akpatuma, also known as Cat Race, have killed one herdsman and rescued two persons in Benue State. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, revealed this in a statement on Saturday. Read more
Gunmen believed to be cattle thieves killed 15 herders in the latest bout of violence in northern Nigeria’s herding communities, police and a local official said Thursday. “Armed bandits attacked Bawon-Daji village yesterday and killed 15 people,” the police spokesman Read more
The Kwara State Government has banned night grazing as part of an effort to ensure greater peace between farmers and herdsmen and all members of the society. State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed made the announcement during the Expanded Read more
Governors of states in northern Nigeria on Sunday held a meeting with the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria with a view to ending the incessant clashes between farmers and herdsmen in Nigeria. The association is Read more