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    35 killed as herdsmen burn down entire Benue village – Daily Post Nigeria

    No fewer than 35 persons have been killed and several other still missing after suspected herdsmen attacked Tse Umenger in Mbadwem Council Ward of Guma LGA, Benue State. DAILY POST gathered that the heavily armed men, numbering over 50, stormed the village on Tuesday around 7pm and … Read...
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    Presidency Blames Opposition for FG’s Failure to Stem Herdsmen Killings – Thisdaylive

    The presidency has blamed the absence of cooperation from the opposition and the scaremongering tactics that they have employed for the federal government’s failure to stem the killings by suspected herdsmen in the Middle Belt. It also said President Muhammadu Buhari has not given … Read...
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    20 Killed, many injured, as herdsmen attack Ortom’s Village – The Guardian Nigeria...

    Again, Fulani herdsmen last Friday night and early yesterday invaded Saghev Ward of Guma Local Government Council, Benue State, killing more than 20 people. Sources from the area told The Guardian that the affected communities are Tse-Abi, Tse-Ginde, Tse-Peviv, Tse-Ikyo, Agenke … Read...
  4. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Another 31 killed in Benue – vanguard newspaper

    It was bloody weekend in Benue state following the reported murder of about 31 persons in six communities of Guma local government area by suspected herdsmen who also razed over close 82 houses in the affected areas and a bloody slash of rival political and cult groups in Otukpo local government...
  5. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Another Bloody Day in Benue as Herdsmen Kill 10 in Agasha - This Day newspaper

    An early hour attack on Agasha community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected Fulani herdsmen thursday has led to the alleged killing of 10 residents of Agasha town. This is even as Naka town in Gwer West Local Government Area was razed down by angry soldiers who were...
  6. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Herdsman arrested in Taraba with five guns, 36 cartridges - Punch newspaper

    The troops of the Nigerian Army deployed in Taraba State on Exercise Ayem Akpatuma, otherwise called cat race, have arrested a Fulani herdsman and recovered five guns, 36 cartridges among other weapons from him. Our correspondent learnt that the troops of 101 Special Forces Battalion were on...
  7. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Nasarawa attacks: IDPs stone gov’s convoy, death toll rises - Punch newspaper

    Death toll in Saturday and Sunday attacks on Tiv villages by suspected Fulani herders in Nasarawa State has risen to 78, even as search for the recovery of corpses continued on Tuesday. correspondents, who were on the entourage of Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, observed that coordinated...
  8. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro US Military Worried over Rising Foreign Extremists’ Attacks in Nigeria, Other Countries - This Day

    Barely one week after President Muhammadu Buhari blamed the rise in attacks by suspected herdsmen on foreign militia once trained by Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, the United States military Monday expressed great concern over incessant attacks by foreign extremists in Nigeria and other West African...
  9. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Herdsmen slay four policemen, 32 villagers - Punch Ng

    Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herders have allegedly killed 32 Tiv villagers at various locations across the southern senatorial district of Nasarawa State. The coordinated attacks reportedly took place on Saturday and Sunday. The Punch learnt that the attacks were carried out simultaneously in...
  10. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Killer herdsmen: Obaseki imposes 90-day ban on grazing in Edo communities - Punch news

    Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki on Sunday announced a ban on grazing in some communities attacked by suspected herdsmen in the state. The affected communities include Odighi and Odiguete, in the Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the state. Click here to read more
  11. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Herdsmen attacks: Protest in Plateau, 30 killed in Taraba, Benue - Punch Ng

    Parliamentary activities at the Plateau State House of Assembly were on Thursday delayed by two separate groups of protesters that stormed the Assembly complex. The protesters, mostly women and youths, stormed the Assembly to register their displeasure over the spate of killings by Fulani...
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    Politics Herdsmen killings: Buhari is an embarrassment for blaming Gaddafi – Fayose - New Telegraph News

    Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that President Muhammadu Buhari was becoming an embarrassment to Nigerians, urging his handlers to desist from allowing him to speak extempore. Click here to read more
  13. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Herdsmen attacks: Fresh killings in Benue as Buhari promises solutions - Punch Ng

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said the killings in some parts of Nigeria would soon come to an end as his administration was finding solutions to them. The President’s assurance followed a fresh attack by Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday night, during which 10 persons were killed, while...
  14. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro I’ve made over N100m from kidnapping, says herdsman in Edo - vanguard news

    The Edo State Police Command, yesterday, paraded a notorious kidnapper, Muritala Umaru, who confessed to have made over N100 million from kidnapping. Umaru, who also is a herdsman, was apprehended with an AK-47 rifle, breech number KO340119 and 10 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition. Click here to...
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    Suspected Kidnappers Who Dressed Like Herdsmen Arrested – Stella Dimoko Korkus.com

    The Police Command in Edo on Tuesday in Benin announced the arrest of 28 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and cultists terrorising the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, announced this while briefing the media on the command’s activities in the last two weeks. Kokumo...
  16. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Why farmers, herdsmen clashes may worsen in 2019 – Nigerian Govt - Dailypost Ng

    The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has declared that clashes between farmers and herdsmen will get worse in 2019 if nothing was done to create cattle ranches or provide better security against rustling. Chief Ogbeh raised the alarm while briefing State House correspondents after the...
  17. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro One killed as Nigerian troops, herdsmen exchange bullets in Benue - Dailypost Ng

    Troops of the Nigerian Army, Sunday said they apprehended five gun-wielding herdsmen in six communities in Benue State, after a gun duel which led to the killing of one herdsman. It was learnt that the troops of 72 Battalion Special Forces on Saturday nabbed the herdsmen at about 1.30pm in the...
  18. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro ‘Politicians more dangerous than Boko Haram, herdsmen’ – Cardinal Okogie - Dailypost Ng

    Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, yesterday, wrote Nigerians, speaking on the greatest problem of the masses. According to the cleric, politicians were more harmful to Nigerians than the incessant attacks by Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen. Click here to read more
  19. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Herdsmen attack: Concern brews over food shortage, dwindling economy - vanguard Ng

    Participants at this year’s third national breakfast meeting convened by authorities of Onitsha Business School (OBS) have decried dwindling national economy and predicted an acute shortage of food in the near future. They said their prediction on the acute food shortage was predicated on the...
  20. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro 24 killed in fresh herdsmen attacks on Benue communities –Reps caucus - Punch Ng

    Members of the House of Representatives from Benue State on Thursday raised the alarm over fresh killings by herdsmen in the state. The lawmakers, who spoke at the National Assembly in Abuja, demanded full military presence in Benue communities constantly under attacks by herdsmen as against ad...
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