The government of Benue State on Sunday continued its persistent call for the arrest of the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore and Miyetti Allah Cattle...
By Azu Ishiekwene…. In Abuja, it came to light, again, that lawmakers who have been a thorn in the side of the public had, after seven...
Soldiers deployed in the Benue and Nasarawa states border have allegedly killed about six Fulani herdsmen and over 150 cows at Akpanagya, in the Keana Local...
Danladi Ciroma, Chairman of North Central Zone of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has denied linking the killings in Plateau State to missing...
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Jos stated that leadership failure led to the latest killings in Plateau State. Buhari also directed security chiefs in the country...
The head of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Tony Ojukwu, said on Monday that the killings in some parts of the country particularly in Benue...
Samuel Ortom, Governor of Benue state, has once again criticised Mansur Dan-Ali, Minister of Defence, for his comments against anti-open grazing law, asking him not to...
Invaders suspected to be herdsmen on Monday morning attacked a seminary in Jalingo, Taraba State. Emerging reports indicate that they beat up two priests in the...
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has come out strong in defence of their position against the anti-open grazing law passed by the Benue...
No fewer than 20,000 children in both primary and secondary schools have been reportedly forced out of school in Nasarawa State following persistent attacks by suspected...
Three herdsmen who were planning another deadly attack at Guma Local Government Area of Benue State have been arrested and paraded by the Nigerian Army. After...
Tragedy struck again in villages located at Guma and ‘Gwer West Local Government Areas of Benue State when rampaging herdsmen attacked and killed scores of victims....
Suspected killer herdsmen have once again stormed a community, in Benue State, slaughtering many, burning over a 100 houses and sacking the entire village. At least...
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Ayokunle Olasupo, has lamented the Federal Government’s failure to address issues of wanton killings of Nigerians by...
The deadly attacks and killings of innocent citizens by herdsmen in Benue State and its environs has forced no less than 300,000 students out of school....
No fewer than 10,000 former Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nasarawa State have returned to some of the camps they had earlier vacated, following renewed attacks...
Following the widespread backlash against President Muhammadu Buhari’s reported comments in London attributing the killings by herdsmen in Nigeria to the fallout of the death of...
Tragedy struck at Mbiya village in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State when assailants suspected to be herdsmen attacked and killed four members of a...
A Lagos based human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has instituted a case against the Federal Government before the Federal High Court in Abuja for failing...
Two separate attacks on Baking Kofi, Kaninkon Chiefdom in the Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State by assailants suspected to be herdsmen has left no...
Former Information Minister, Labaran Maku, has expressed fears that Nigeria would divide should the Federal Government allow the issues of wanton killings by Fulani herdsmen destabilise...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, Tuesday backed a former Minister of Defence, Theophilus Danjuma, on his call for Nigerians to defend themselves against killer herdsmen. Ortom...
The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria has called on the federal government to prosecute a former minister of defence, Theophilus Danjuma, for calling on Nigerians...
No less than five persons have been feared dead following an outbreak of fresh attack by assailants suspected to be Fulani herdsmen at two different locations...
Sounds of cries, sorrows and agonies again saturated the air in Branch Umenger in Guma Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State on Thursday, as suspected...
The Department of State Services (DSS) disclosed Sunday that some notorious arms dealers operating in states across north central Nigeria have been arrested. A nationwide strategic...
The Nigerian Army Sunday announced the arrest, by soldiers from its 707 Special Forces Brigade, of six herdsmen, whom it said were caught in the act...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the UN Security Council to “treat the atrocities by herdsmen in Nigeria as terrorist acts. The group...
Middle Belt and civil rights groups have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, over the unabated killings by...
Three communities in Kogi State namely Oganienugwu, Ikende and Dekina Local Government Area in Kogi State have reportedly been attacked by suspected herdsmen. The attack according...
Rather than stem the tide of killings, the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari seems to have sparked more killings. Few days after the president left Plateau...
The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, Monday reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s shocking statement in Benue State that he was not aware that Inspector General...
Benue State is planning another mass burial for victims of suspected herdsmen attacks. In January, the state buried 73 persons who were allegedly killed by herdsmen...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has attempted to put up a defence for President Muhammadu Buhari on his much-criticised decision to snub Nigerians in crisis-hit areas, while...
Five people have been confirmed dead and several others injured in fresh attacks on communities in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State, according to police....
Cows Saturday invaded the runway of Akure airport, thereby preventing an Air Peace flight said to have departed Lagos around 11:20 am, from landing for about ten minutes....
FOLLOWING the invasion of Akure South council secretariat in Ondo State by 30 herdsmen, workers yesterday failed to report for duty vowing not to resume till...
Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday, was in a closed door meeting with members of the joint Senate committee on Police and National Security....
WORRIED by the terror being unleashed on innocent Nigerians, Southern women have vowed to boycott the 2019 presidential election should President Muhammadu Buhari fail to take...
Twelve Fulani herdsmen are alleged to have been killed and fourteen others declared missing in Oyo State after an attack by suspected local farmers at Okere...
Workers on Monday deserted the Akure South Local Government secretariat in Ondo State after rampaging herdsmen stormed the place and sacked everybody within the premises. The...
Two officers of the Nigeria Civil Defence Corps have been found dead in Benue State following a gun battle with armed attackers suspected to be herdsmen,...
The Benue State Police Command has disclosed that the body of one of its remaining missing officers has been recovered with the eyes, ears and nose...
The police in Benue came under attack from herdsmen and are searching for four officers who were part of the targeted patrol team in Logo Local...
Similarly, about seven people have also been killed in the two local government areas of Kaduna State by herdsmen. According to Senator Shehu Sani, who represents...
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have reportedly intercepted a man transporting firearms to Benue state. Oko Micheal, deputy commander of Jigawa state...
Suspected Fulani herdsmen, have reportedly sacked 25 communities in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. According to some leaders of the affected communities who spoke...
A group of Fulani herdsmen who were all travelling in a Volkswagen vehicle marked Kaduna MKA 555YJ on the Igarra- Okpe Road have been arrested by...
Tragedy struck at the Huke village, Miango District in the Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State during an attack by Fulani herdsmen which witnessed the...
A couple, who retired from the Ondo State Civil Service and went into agriculture, Mr and Mrs Igbekele Olukolade, are counting their losses after an attack...
