Sentences with phrase «country by the herdsmen»

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This is coming on the heels of continued attacks on communities across the country by armed herdsmen.

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured U.S. President Donald Trump that his administration is stabilising the attacks by herdsmen across the country.

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has challenged the Federal Government to stop the killings perpetrated by herdsmen across the country if «it does not have...

Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is not behind herdsmen killings as claimed by some people in the country...

The General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday expressed displeasure with the mindless killings of people by Fulani herdsmen in Benue State and other parts of the country.

The Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has described killings by Fulani herdsmen as a threat to security in the country.

The cleric called on the governor - elect of Ondo State, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu and other state governors in the country to take the issue of activities of herdsmen with all seriousness by emulating the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose by making law on grazing in order to control reckless grazing of animals in the state.

The Minister, while addressing newsmen in Abuja, had said that the blockage of cattle routes across the country was the remote cause of the killings by herdsmen..

, on Tuesday, in Abuja, held a crucial meeting with heads of internal security agencies over the killings by herdsmen and other security challenges in the country.

They should stop the spate of abductions of innocent citizens by a terrorist as well as killings by Fulani herdsmen across the country while mounting adequate security for citizens of the country».

Civil rights groups have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Inspector - General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over the incessant killings by herdsmen, particularly in the Northern part of the country.

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday spoke on what is expected of President Muhammadu Buhari over unjust killings by herdsmen the country.

In line with the administration's commitment towards finding permanent solutions to the herdsmen - farmers clashes in some parts of the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the formation of a new Committee to look into the rebuilding of communities affected by the violence in the affected states.

Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) New Era, on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately resign over his alleged failure to put a stop to the killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen across the country.

Frederick Fasehun, President of the Oodua People's Congress, OPC, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari over the persistent killings perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen across the country.

The YYC cited incessant killings across the country by Fulani herdsmen, hardship, lopsided appointment among others.

Under them hundreds of thousands of innocent Nigerians have been raped, maimed, robbed and massacred by well - armed, well - funded and well - organised Fulani militias and herdsmen all over the country yet not one of the perpetrators has been arrested or brought to justice simply because they are members of the President's ethnic group and they are his loyal foot - soldiers.

Prof. Ango Abdullahi, former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, has said nobody can deny the Fulani herdsmen access to parts of the country if the Nigerian Constitution is anything to by.

As a criminologist, the spread of Fulani herdsmen in virtually all the nook and cranny of the country portend security threats going by their activities in the last decade.

Speaking on the Fulani herdsmen crisis in some parts of the country, he noted, «l also see the planned grazing Colonies being contemplated by the Federal Government of Nigeria as a subtle ploy to legitimate and settle foreign Fulani herdsmen who will be used by Islamist to prosecute jihad in Nigeria.

Personal affairs such as health and the accident of his son get jet - speed attention but the health, education needs, unemployment and electricity needs of Nigerians, and carnage of farming communities by Fulani herdsmen get the country's unification consideration and setting up of a committee and no arrest.

Killings by Fulani Herdsmen Fueled by Draconian Laws to Chase Out Cattle Breeders Due to Ethnic Hatred - Miyetti Allah; Says we Lost 1000 People, 2 Million Cows to Sponsored Militia Attacks The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) has revealed that the killings and attacks experienced in several parts of the country was being fueled by -LSB-...]

Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has once again challenged the Federal Government to stop the continuous killings by herdsmen across the country particularly Christians in the Middle Belt, if «it does not have a hand in it.»

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has absolved its members of the killings perpetrated by alleged herdsmen across the country.

The governor Samuel Ortom, had called on the Federal Government to do more to stop the attacks by herdsmen across the country.

Soyinka said with endless attacks by herdsmen, the country could no longer watch without action.

He alleged that the Fulani leaders were committing a conspiracy of silence by allowing the herdsmen to engage in violence against the country.

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his administration's resolve to deal decisively and expeditiously with the continued attacks on communities across the country by armed herdsmen, stressing that he has ordered heads of national security agencies to take all necessary measures to apprehend and expose those behind the heinous attacks.

Town Unions in the South - East geopolitical zone of the country, operating under the aegis of Association of South East Town Unions (ASETU) have called on the federal government to take steps towards assisting the Enugu State Government in compensating the affected families of the recent attack on Nimbo community by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

On the incessant attacks by suspected herdsmen, the bishop decried the killings and destructions of farmlands in many parts of the country and urged the Federal Government and security agencies to curtail the activities of the assailants.

They said that the clamour for second term, amidst attacks by herdsmen and fuel scarcity in the country, was a demonstration of the insensitivity of the President and his aides.

The Taraba State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari over his handling of the crisis caused by Fulani herdsmen across the country.

Speaking with journalists, on Monday, Taraba CAN Chairman, Ben Ubeh stressed that Buhari has been «sympathetic with his kinsmen, going by his handling of herdsmen killings in the country.»

A group, Mdzough U Tiv, Lagos State chapter, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to proscribe the Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, as a solution to the killings by herdsmen in the country.

He reiterated that the farmers and herdsmen's clashes which had led to loss of lives and property were caused by the influx of weapons into the country through the trans - Saharan routes.

The Muslim Congress (TMC), has condemned what it called «senseless» killings in some parts of the country, especially by Boko Haram, herdsmen, kidnappers, cultists and armed...

Idris had been summoned to address the Senate on the alleged inhuman treatment of Senator Dino Melaye during his arrest and detention by the police over alleged gun - running; and the spate of killings by armed herdsmen and militias across the country.

«He appealed to leaders of various groups in the state to convince their constituents that the Federal Government was doing its best to end the recurring attacks by armed herdsmen in various parts of the country.»

He said that the inauguration of the council by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday was not only timely but also commendable, adding that it would enhance food productivity as well as bring to a halt the persistent farmers - herdsmen clashes across the country.

There are strong indications that the military high command in the country might come up with a joint operation involving the various security agencies to tackle the blood - letting carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen in some sections of the country.

Odumakin pointed out that the bill would put an end to the incessant attacks by the Fulani herdsmen on farmers and their farms in the southern part of the country.

The Senate on Thursday expressed grave concern at the incessant attacks by herdsmen across the country with a warning that, if the ugly trend was not nipped in the bud, it would turn out to be as deadly as Boko Haram insurgency.

He assured of the military effective compliance with the presidential order to stop the current killings by the fearsome herdsmen in the country.

The governor was reacting to the criticism that greeted his comment in which he was quoted as carpeting the Catholic bishops who paid a visit to Buhari last week and expressed their misgivings about the President's perceived nepotism and killings by Fulani herdsmen in parts of the country.

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

Labo speaking on Channels Tv said this was the only solution to halt killings by herdsmen in some parts of the country, adding that putting herdsmen on watchlist would attract the international community.

While the Nigerian state seems to be deploying its security machinery to tackle threats to peace by militants in the Niger Delta and Boko Haram in the North - East, not much has been done to counter the threats posed by Fulani herdsmen who consider the whole country their private turf.

«Did you listen to what a distinguished Senator of the Federal Republic said this week on the floor of the red chamber; that for the 59 days that you were away on medical leave in London, your appointees were gentle and behaved themselves and there were no killings in any part of the country by rampaging herdsmen.

And, as is often the case in attacks of this nature across the length and breadth of the country, especially those concerning the Fulani herdsmen, the victims suddenly realise their vulnerability — they can not be protected by the Nigerian state.

NAS President, Arthur Boje, who made the call during a medical outreach organised by the association at Oro - Ochiri community in Rebisi town, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, said herdsmen were also responsible for the sacking of some communities in the country.