Governor Bello, who stated these yesterday in Lokoja in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mrs. Petra Onyegbule said the Federal Government was taking the decision as a measure to quickly curb the incessant bloody clashes between farmers and Read more
The Taraba state government has stated its rejection of the federal government’s proposed cattle colony as a solution to the incessant herdsmen-farmers clash. This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Taraba state commissioner of justice and attorney-general, Yusufu Akirikwen. He Read more
The Kwara State government has directed the State Police Command to ensure compliance with the compensation mechanism earlier put in place by the State Security Council as an instrument to maintain peace between farmers and herdsmen. According to a Read more
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said he was outraged by reports in the media quoting Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, as saying that he was warned ahead of the January 1 killings in Logo and Guma Local Government areas of the Read more
Herdsmen Killings: President Buhari Meets Saraki, Dogara Behind Closed Doors President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday met, behind closed doors, with the Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Buhari Read more
Insinuations and allegations that the attacks and killings are happening because President Buhari is Fulani are both unkind and incorrect. These attacks long predated the Buhari Government. In 2013 no fewer than nine cases of herdsmen attacks were recorded in Read more
The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, his agriculture counterpart, Audu Ogbe, are presently holding a security meeting with the governors of Kaduna, Benue, Niger, Nasarawa and Taraba states over the violent attacks and herdsmen killings in their states. The meeting, Read more
The Benue State Police is currently arraigning six Fulani herdsmen allegedly involved in the killing of 19 farmers in Akor village of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The incident occurred on January 2, 2018. The suspects are being Read more
The ban on open grazing by the Benue State government has led to tension in some communities along the state’s border with Nasarawa State. Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue had signed the Anti-Grazing Law in May this year but it Read more
Palpable tension and fear have gripped the people of Logo local government area of Benue State following another round of massive invasion of the area by Fulani herdsmen who burnt several houses and destroyed farm crops belonging to peasant farmers. Read more