Tag: Herdsmen crisis

Anti-grazing Bill: ‘A cow may cost N2 million’ – Miyetti-Allah alerts

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The Fulani socio-cultural group, Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association, (MACBAN), has warned that a cow could cost N2 million if the anti-grazing Bill is passed into law in Lagos State. The Zonal Secretary of the association in the South-West, Maikudi Usman, stated this during a one-day public hearing organised by the Lagos State House of Assembly. According to him, “If cattle are bred in one place, the price could go up to about N2 million each. A Fulani man moves from one place to another to ply his trade; however, we…

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‘Foreign herders holding Nigerians to ransom’ – Gov. Ortom

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Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari to push for a review of the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS) protocol for movement of persons, goods and services within the sub-region. Ortom, who made the call at a media briefing in Abuja yesterday, noted that foreign herders were taking undue advantage of the protocol to fuel insecurity in Nigeria. The governor said, “In neighbouring countries like Ghana and Benin, people are properly profiled before they are allowed into the county. People coming into Nigeria…

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Herdsmen crisis: “Deploy soldiers to protect Northerners in S/West”, Unongo tells Buhari

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Ø  As Peace Corps begins campaign for peaceful resolution Second Republic Minister of Steel Development and convener of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Paul Unongo, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the deployment of soldiers to protect Northerners living in the SouthWest geo-political zone and other parts of the country so as to shield them from further attacks. The elder statesman, who stated this in a published interview, also urged President Buhari to utilise his presidency to focus more attention on the North, saying: “if the North does not…

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Abiodun orders probe of farmers/herdsmen clash in Ogun

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Sets Up Special Security Task Force Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has ordered security agencies to investigate the recent clash between herdsmen and farmers in the Yewa area of the state that led to the loss of a life and destruction of property. In a release issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, yesterday in Abeokuta, the governor also set up a special Task Force that will maintain presence in all areas of the State prone to herders/farmers conflict to maintain peace and quickly respond to any form…

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Gumi compares agitators of Biafra, Oduduwa Republics to Boko Haram

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A renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has condemned those agitating for Biafra and Oduduwa Republics. In an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation, (BBC) Pidgin on Saturday, the Islamic cleric, who compared the agitators to the Boko Haram terrorists, described them as “miscreants”. Gumi said those agitating for Biafra and Oduduwa Republics are not different from the Boko Haram sect terrorists in the North. The cleric said that the majority of Nigerians want a united nation where peace and equity abound and not a country divided along ethnic and…

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Herdsmen Crisis: Nigerians have right to live wherever they choose – El-Rufa’i

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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufa’i, on Wednesday, urged his colleagues all over Nigeria to avoid anarchy and uphold the rule of law and the right of all Nigerians to reside wherever they choose to live. The governor, in a State broadcast, also urged his colleagues in other States to order the arrest of host citizens who issue eviction notices to people of other tribes. Recall that Oyo and Ondo States have been in the eye of the storm lately over security challenges and the moves to check some herdsmen’s activities…

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‘Movement of cattle from North to South should be banned’, says Ganduje

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Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, says there should be a law banning the movement of cattle from the North to the South. Speaking to newsmen after he and All Progressives Congress (APC) governors met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Ganduje said if the movement of cattle is not stopped, there will be no end to farmer-herder conflicts. The governor said his administration is already constructing a settlement for herders in a forest near Kano’s border with Katsina. He said the settlement will have houses, a dam, an artificial…

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Ooni of Ife warns Sunday Igboho over fight against herdsmen

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…”He’s wrong to issue eviction notice to herdsmen”, says Falana The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has warned Yoruba activist and freedom fighter, Sunday Igboho, not to take laws into his hands even as he is fighting for the liberation of the Yoruba from criminal herdsmen. The Ooni, who gave the warning while appearing on a television programme on Wednesday, said that having spoken out for the down-trodden and shown everyone that he really cares for his people, it was time for Igboho to allow the constituted authorities including…

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Breaking: Oyo Police reveal those behind burning of Sunday Igboho’s house

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Oyo State Police Command has disclosed that unidentified hoodlums are responsible for the burning of Sunday Adeyemo, also known asSunday Igboho’s house at SOKA area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The Police noted that the hoodlums came to the house in the early hours of today, Tuesday, in a Hummer bus and Micra car, firing sporadically, and later set the house ablaze. According to a statement issued by the Police Public Relation Officer, (PPRO) of the Command, Gbenga Fadeyi said that the mini-sitting room of the house got burnt…

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Herdsmen crisis: Ondo govt., Miyetti-Allah agree to work together

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…Govs. Forum clarifies Akeredolu’s eviction order…Open, night-grazing, under-age herders banned in South-West The Ondo State government and Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) have agreed to jointly wage a “war against criminality”. Both sides reached the agreement during a stakeholders’ meeting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, yesterday. Governors from the South-West and some of their counterparts from the North attended the meeting, which also had the Miyetti-Allah leaders in attendance. The meeting, which was chaired by the NGF Chairman, Governor Kayode Fayemi,  took place following the heated exchange…

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