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The Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion, Nigeria, have bemoaned the continued maiming and killing of innocent Nigerians in the country by suspected Fulani herdsmen, regretting the flip-flop approach of the Federal Government to the matter. This was even as the Aguata … Read more via...

With the persistent attacks by herdsmen in Nigeria, Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State and human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday, urged state governors to take urgent steps at nipping the attacks in the bud, saying it was not the … Read more via Vanguard News –...

Another heartless attack. A source identified as Shadrack Okpomhe, has taken to the social networking platform to post some graphic photos of a farmer currently battling for his life after suspected herdsmen attacked him on his farm, leaving him with deep matchete wounds. He wrote… Read...

The President of the Tiv Development Association, Nasarawa State, Mr. Boniface Ifer, has revealed that the union had so far lost 200 farmers and 8,570 houses to endless herdsmen attacks in the southern district of the state. Ifer said this during a town hall meeting with Vice-President …...

The Christian Association of Nigeria on Tuesday commiserated with the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria as it conducted mass burial for the two priests and parishioners killed by the herdsmen in Benue State in April. Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, Special Assistant, Media and Communications to the CAN...

Again, Fulani herdsmen late Sunday invaded Michia settlement in Gaambe-Tiev of Logo Local Government Area of Benue state, killed five people and wounded several others. According to a community leader in the council area, Joseph Anawah, the attackers invaded the community between 11.30 pm and …...

About three persons were killed and several persons displaced after suspected herdsmen attacked another community in Benue State. The attack came barely 24 hours after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo left the state. DAILY POST gathered that the latest attack occurred on Thursday in Ukemberagya...

The conflicts between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria have grown, spread and intensified over the past decade and today pose a threat to national survival. So many people have been killed, communities have been destroyed and so thousands of farmers and pastoralists have … Read more via The...

The Kaduna State Police commissioner, Austin Iwar, on Sunday confirmed that 45 villagers were killed by bandits in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state. PREMIUM TIMES reported how armed bandits attacked Gwaska village in Birnin Gwari on Saturday afternoon. Residents said the...

Three communities in Numan Local government area of Adamawa State, Bolki, Bang and Gon have been attacked by armed bandits suspected to be herdsmen. Many houses were also razed down in the attack. Chairman of Numan Local Government Area, Arnold Jibla spoke with Channels Television. According...

No fewer than 10 persons have been killed and several others injured after suspected herdsmen attacked Tse Iortyer, near Yelewata community in Guma LGA of Benue State. DAILY POST gathered that the gunmen, who invaded the village around 8pm on Tuesday, also set many houses on fire. … Read...

Police intercept 2 arms, ammunition-laden Taraba bound buses in Ebonyi George Okoh in Makurdi and Benjamin Nworie in Abakaliki. The orgy of violence continued in Benue State as suspected herdsmen Saturday attacked Tse-Abi, Tse-Ginde, Tse-Peviv, Tse Ikyo, Agenke, and Gbenke in Guma Local...

Today, the family members of Pastor Pius Oromosele took his corpse to the Edo State government house, Osadebe Avenue, in a clear protest of his abduction and killing by suspected herdsmen. . . The pastor was said to have been abducted on his farm at … Read more via Welcome To Instablog9ja...

The people of Bali Local Government, Taraba State are presently counting their loss, following herdsmen attacks that resulted in the killing of a family of four. The incident, which occurred, yesterday, in Kokotye, an outskirt of Bornon Kuku of the council, … Read more via The Guardian...

Report reaching DAILY POST from Benue has it that Ugboju in Agatu is currently under herdsmen attack. It was gathered that the community has been taken over by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. The attack, sources said, has forced many residents to desert their homes for safety… Read more...

In what appears a renewed attack on areas of Kogi East by suspected herdsmen, nine people including a traditional were on Monday killed in separate attacks on Agbenema, Ajichekpa, Opada and Iyade villages, in Omala Local Government Area. Several houses were also razed in the attacks which …...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has assured Benue people that his administration would continue to respond swiftly to security challenges, even as he disclosed that data of damages by herdsmen attacks in Benue were being gathered for compensation. The governor, who the disclosure at St...

Suspected Herdsmen Attack Adamawa Community Herdsmen, Tuesday, attacked two communities in Adamawa state, setting many house ablaze while residents fled for dear life. Herdsmen on rampage The herdsmen, heavily armed, stormed Gwamba community in Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa State and...

Professor Wole Soyinka has called for an organised resistance to attacks being perpetrated by armed herdsmen across the country. Professor Soyinka told journalists in Lagos on Tuesday that the phenomenon of herdsmen and farmers clashes is not new but an issue that has graduated to … Read...

Youths to meet over alleged invasion Emmanuel Addeh in Yenagoa and Sylvester Idowu in Warri Fresh crisis is brewing in the oil-rich Niger Delta region following thursday night’s attack on a former President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) and ex-Chairman of Patani Local Government Area, Dr Chris...