Sentences with phrase «by the herdsmen followed»

It was gathered that the attack by the herdsmen followed a disagreement with some of the council workers over a vegetable garden at the back of the secretariat.

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Meeting follows widespread Sunday protests by Christians who oppose their government's lack of action against Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram.

The Benue State government has banned public processions following Wednesday uproar when residents in Makurdi took to the streets to express their grievances over incessant killing of people in the rural areas by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

Following the incessant killings of Nigerians by suspected killer herdsmen with no solution at hand, a House of Representatives hopeful for Ughelli and Udu Federal Constituency,...

No fewer than eight Delta Local Government Council Areas are currently under siege following resumed killings by rampaging Fulani herdsmen.

Following the incessant killings of Nigerians by suspected killer herdsmen with no solution at hand, a House of Representatives hopeful for Ughelli and Udu Federal Constituency, Comrade Akpokona Omafuaire, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign, stressing that,» He is incompetent.»

A government that held so much promise because of Buhari's cult following as a man of integrity, and promised so much, by now should have investigated and get the murderers jailed, whether Fulanis or anybody at all, while attacks / killings of herdsmen should be meted / treated with the same measures.

The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has warned that Nigeria is on the verge of another Civil War following the yet - to - be addressed incessant killings of other Nigerians by herdsmen.

According to him, «Following series of reports and complaints by herdsmen and Miyetti Allah leaders on rustling and kidnappings, the Emir of Yauri summoned a meeting with some groups where they promised to assist the government in fishing out the hoodlums.

Following incessant attacks and alleged killings by Fulani herdsmen on indigenes of Ossissa Community and others in Kwale area of Delta State and war songs of reprisals on northerners by youths, Delta State Police Commissioner, Ibrahim Zanna has paid an operation visit to the community and held discussions with stakeholders.

Some herdsmen in the district had fled the area following heightened tensions caused by the shooting of the four security personnel.

Former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari for not visiting the state, following the alleged attacks by Fulani herdsmen.

In Agogo, four security personnel including three military officers and a police officer, who had been deployed to the area to evict the herdsmen, were shot and injured by an unknown assailant following the renewed government efforts to address the long - standing conflict.

Following complaints of alleged atrocities being committed by nomadic herdsmen and the destruction of farms in Agogo in the Ashanti Region and parts of the Eastern Region, government re-launched Operation Cow leg which comprised police and military personnel tasked to flush out the herders and their cattle from those areas.

On recovery of arms, he said: «Following a tip off from an informant at Gajiram in Nganzai Local Government Area, some Fulani herdsmen were held hostage and placed on a ransom by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Galte bush.

In a related development, about 3,000 Tiv farmers in Nasarawa State have deserted their homes following attacks on some neighbouring communities in Benue State by Fulani herdsmen.

A man, simply identified as Suswam Suswam, has been killed while several others sustained gunshot wounds following attack on mourners by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

Following the recent killings of about 46 Nimbo villagers in Enugu State by suspected Fulani herdsmen, strong indications have emerged that the people of the...

Buhari's ggovernment has recently come under attack following killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen in some parts of the country.

A 24 - hour - curfew has been imposed on Jema'a and Kaura local government areas of Kaduna State following renewed killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Southern Kaduna.

He said, «On April 18 2018 at about 1100 hrs, Police Division at Bassa LGA received an information that at about 1000 hrs of the same date, the following persons namely, Adam Sunday aged 38, Jatau Akus 39, Chohu Awarhai and Marcus Mali, all male Jebu — Miango village, while fetching construction sand with a tipper truck at Angwan Rogo — DTV Area, Jebu - Miango, Bassa LGA were attacked by unknown gunmen suspected to be herdsmen.

The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el - Rufai, has appealed to residents of Chawai chiefdom, Kauru Local Government Area of the state to give peace a chance, following the attack on the people of the area by suspected Fulani herdsmen.