He urged the Federal government to educate and provide bandits with funds after granting them amnesty EKO HOT BLOG reports that controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has again his called for bandits and herdsmen to be granted amnesty. Gumi said bandits were ready to lay down their arms, hence the Federal Government should grant … Read more
Herdsmen kill female farmer in Enugu, Miyetti Allah denies attacks The incident in Awha-Ndiagu occurred on Saturday Ekohotblog reports that some suspected Fulani herdsmen are said to have murdered one person and injured another after attacking Ugwujoro Nimbo in the Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area and Awha-Ndiagu in Enugu state’s Ezeagu LGA. The incident in Awha-Ndiagu … Read more
It was gathered that the armed men who carried out the attack, on Saturday, butchered two residents… Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, terrorizing parts of Benue State, have attacked the Yelwata community in Guma Local Government Area of the State. It was gathered that the armed men who carried out the attack, on Saturday, … Read more
The officers of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun, have arrested three herdsmen and 180 cows For allegedly violating the anti-open grazing law of the state government. EkoHotBlog reports that Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu had recently s igned the anti-open grazing bill into law in the state. Since the signing of the … Read more
Lagos govt is seeking to pass into law anti open grazing law in the state. The anti open grazing law, on Monday, September 6, 2021, passed its second reading at the state House of Assembly in Lagos. Following the Monday event, Lagos lawmakers held a public hearing of the controversial bill on Wednesday, September 8, … Read more
Sowore’s younger brother has been killed. EKOHOTBLOG reports that Olajide, the younger brother of the publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, has been killed. The death of Olajide was disclosed by his elder brother via a Facebook post in the early hours of Saturday. Sowore stated that his brother was killed by suspected herdsmen or kidnappers … Read more
One car, three houses, and eight herders’ huts were burnt, while scores of herders were evacuated to safety… Three herdsmen have been killed in what could be a reprisal attack by unidentified persons who stormed Ribok, Tsoriyang and Kankada General Area of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to reports from security … Read more
According to Nkemdirim, the two lecturers ran into Fulani herdsmen, when they were robbing vehicles.. Two lecturers at Abia State University, Uturu, and others were late Thursday robbed and kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen along ABSU-Isuikwuato Road. According to the Chairperson of ABSU’s Academic Staff Union of Universities, V U. Nkemdirim, the incident … Read more
Buhari directed that the assignment be undertaken with dispatch to bring more understanding on the grazing reserves and ensure their implementation. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recommendations of a committee to review “with dispatch” 368 grazing sites in the country to determine the levels of encroachment. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Senior … Read more
Commander of Ondo Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, said his men responded to the distress call and met the cows ravaging her farm. Men of the Ondo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps have arrested two underage herders and 49 cows. Father of the underage herders, Ibrahim Musa, 52, was also arrested. They were arrested for … Read more
Auta called on security agencies and the government to end the persistent attacks meted out on their communities In spite of the dusk to dawn curfew imposed in Bassa LGA of Plateau State, gunmen suspected to be criminal herdsmen late Tuesday night invaded Chando-Zirechi (Tafi-Gana) of Miango District, leaving five persons dead in the wake … Read more
It was gathered that the herdsmen have been allowed to remain in Ajasse-Ipo pending the time when all necessary actions would be taken… A large number of suspected Fulani herdsmen coming to settle down in Kwara State were intercepted by a joint task force comprising the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) … Read more
Barmo Village Head, Chief Yakubu Sarki, disclosed that the once stick-wielding herdsmen had taken to criminality. Barmo Community in Wamba Local Council of Nasarawa State has pleaded with the government to help them win the fight against Fulani herdsmen. The plea is coming after 30-year-old Samuel Monday was killed by men believed to be Fulani … Read more
“While we acknowledge that the 5,000 square metres mentioned in Section 8(2a) is only the minimum, it is our modest view that even in the minimum, 5,000 square metres of land may not be the best starting point.” Cattle Dealers Association Delta State chapter have refused the 5,000 sqm of grazing land provided for … Read more
Suspected herdsmen on Sunday killed two aid workers and a volunteer for 360HSCD… Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has condemned the Sunday night killing of Benue farmers and two aid workers at Tomanyii village in the Guma Local Government Area. Speaking to newsmen on Monday, Governor Ortom noted that until the Federal Government “which … Read more
Kaduna has been under constant attack by bandits Many school students, traditional rulers and other harmless individuals have been kidnapped and killed by these faceless assailants Reno Omokri, a former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has insisted that bandits and herdsmen are in control of Kaduna State. Omokri disclosed this in a tweet while … Read more
The suspected Fulani herdsmen were said to have come in large numbers and stormed the village around 2am while residents were all asleep. Suspected Fulani herdsmen have again invaded Warkan village, in Zangon Kataf local government area of Southern Kaduna and allegedly killed nine persons and injured several others in the early hours of today … Read more
Sunday Igboho has issued a fresh eviction notice to killer-herdsmen in the South-West. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo well known as Sunday Igboho, has given a fresh eviction notice to killer-herdsmen in the South-West region of the country. Sunday Igboho made this known in an interview anchored by his spokesperson, … Read more
President Buhari noted that, at the expiration of his second term in office, he will return to his cows to keep himself occupied. The President, Gen Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd), has weighed in on the recent resolve by Southern Governors to illegalize Open Grazing, insisting that the practice of Open Grazing by nomadic herdsmen remains in … Read more
…the gunmen spared one of the occupants of the car from where the four were abducted because the man was old. Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen on Thursday opened fire on a car, along the Ibadan-Ijebu Ode highway. The driver of the car, whose identity was not known, was hit by the bullet on the … Read more