Sentences with word «herdsmen»
A "herdsman" is a person who takes care of and manages a herd of animals, such as cows, sheep, or goats. They make sure the animals are fed, watered, and kept safe. Full definition
Youths in their hundreds are currently protesting the killings of people of the state by Fulani herdsmen in Benue State.
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Disclosing that they lost over 68 people to attacks by herdsmen in Taraba State, Ubeh said it would be in the interest of anybody if the people take up arms to protect themselves because government is failing in its responsibility.
Coordinator of the Benue State chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), an umbrella body of Fulani herdsmen in Nigerian, Alhaji Garius Gololo,...
The lawmaker in a series of tweets on his Twitter page, said Governors operating the policy of conditional cash transfer were the cause of herdsmen killings in the country.
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union on Tuesday condemned the attack by suspected herdsmen on residents of Baking Kogi in the Jema'a Local Government of Kaduna State.
Several persons were injured and many houses torched in a fresh suspected Fulani herdsmen attack on Wednesday, in Mande Mbaawa Council Ward, Guma Local Government Area...
But the issue is not that it is a false figure, the issue is that former President Jonathan was not inactive in the face of Fulani herdsmen killings during his Presidency.
In recent times, residents of some communities in the area had clashed with Fulani herdsmen who have been inflicting atrocities on indigenes and also allegedly polluting water bodies, raping, murdering and destroying farm produce.
Massive dogs may have traveled with Genghis Khan and Attila the Hun to Central Asia, where those left behind provided root stock for camp guardians of nomadic herdsmen on the Himalayan plateau.
Three persons are feared dead following clashes in Yendi on Sunday night, between herdsmen of Fulani extraction and some youth in the community.
Also speaking, the coordinator of the Ondo State chapter of the OPC, Olayemi Egbeola, told the newspaper, «We have started mobilising our members across the state to flush out the killer herdsmen from our farmlands.
It said it was curious that the Federal Government was quick to proscribe the Indigenous People of Biafra but was reluctant to heed the call to declare the killer herdsmen as terrorists.
The law prevents free grazing of cattle in the state and carrying of firearms by herdsmen as well restriction of grazing period to between 7 am and 6 pm.
The panel set up by Chief of Army Staff, Lt.General Tukur Buratai, to investigate alleged military connivance with herdsmen in Taraba State submitted its report yesterday...
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has called for an organised resistance to attacks being perpetrated by armed herdsmen across the country.
@Ademolawuyi, «Now that President Buhari is blaming Gadaffi for herdsmen killing in Nigeria, I hope one day he will not blame God for ever creating Nigeria.»
Government has dispatched about 200 personnel drawn from the military and police services to the Asante Akyem North and Sekyere Afram Plains districts of the Ashanti Region to flush out nomadic herdsmen who are reportedly terrorising residents of those areas.
No fewer than 37 people have been reportedly killed after herdsmen clashed with farmers on Tuesday in Kajuru Local Government Area Kaduna state.
Osinbajo also disclosed that security agencies have arrested about 800 suspected herdsmen across the country in relation to violent attacks on innocent people.
Ebonyi State governor, Chief David Umahi at the weekend said herdsmen attacks are affecting the people of the state, especially at this farming reason.
It was learnt that the farmers fled their homes in Boutsa, Demekaa and Ayoosu among others in the Keana Local Government Area of the state for fear of being attacked by the rampaging herdsmen who are currently taking refuge at Keana South Primary School.
The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the clash between Fulani Herdsmen at Akpagodogbo community in Otukpa, Ogbadibo LGA of Benue State.
DAILY POST recalls that on Tuesday, suspected herdsmen invaded a church in Mbalon in Gwer - East Local Area of the state and killed two Catholic priests and 17 other worshippers.
The Nigeria Police has accused politicians of frustrating its efforts towards tackling herdsmen crisis in the country.
The governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, has described President Muhammadu Buhari's claim that Fulani herdsmen don't move around with AK - 47 rifles but sticks and machetes...
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According to report, one of the deadliest attacks took place on May 2 when herdsmen reportedly set the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) located in Foron Town, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area (LGA), on fire, killing 27 Christians, including Rev. Luka Gwom and one Pauline, who got married just two weeks before the incident.
The statement read in part: «Just when our people were about to heave a sigh of relief that peace has at last returned to our communities, murderous herdsmen on Sunday, February 11, 2018, re-enacted their blood thirsty trait when they launched an attack on Bakin Kogi in the Jema'a Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Again on Wednesday, no fewer than 20 persons were reportedly killed and several persons declared missing after herdsmen attacked Guma LGA Area of Benue State.
The statement reads thus:» Troops of 72 Special Forces Battalion on 16 April 18 on Operation MESA at Yogbo in Guma Local Government Area of Benue state encountered about 20 militia herdsmen at Teguma village while on patrol.
But we can not tell a Christian to unjustly submit himself to murderers, his family wiped, his community taken over with crude violence so that a new community of herdsmen terrorists be established as it is happening now in Southern Kaduna — especially as government is not showing enough commitment to arresting the situation.
While the military was quick to illegally and unconstitutionally declare armless IPOB members as terrorists for peacefully agitating for their rights, it becomes so dumb and voiceless to the gruesome genocide being carried out by the killer Fulani herdsmen against Nigerians.
«Enugu State Governor, Ugwuanyi, should emulate Fayose because herdsmen attacks are becoming regular in the state.
Ortom spoke on Tuesday at Omusu, Edumoga Community in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue, where herdsmen killed more than 30 persons on Monday evening.
A community leader, who crave for anonymity said the suspected Fulani herdsmen came back after the police and security operatives left the communities to burn the villages.
«Ask yourself how many farmers can buy the AK47 rifles that they say the Fulani herdsmen carry about.
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has called on the Federal Government to do more to end attacks and killings allegedly by criminal herdsmen in parts of the country.
Ban on Grazing: I have nothing against Fulanis — Fayose Following the outburst of Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, against the killer herdsmen over attack and killings in the state and reactions generated across the country, the governor has declared that has nothing against the Fulani people or any other tribe in the country.
The group, which had presented its preliminary report, said its officials went to Makurdi, the Benue State capital, to monitor the military operation, submitting that the military's presence had encouraged the influx of herdsmen into Benue.
The 82 division of the Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that it has arrested a notorious mercenary and 12 other suspected criminals including herdsmen causing mayhem in Taraba state and handed them to the Taraba State Command of the Nigerian Police.
A witness said that the crisis started when some Fulani youths stormed Ungwan Uka village to avenge the death of a certain herdsman allegedly killed by some village youths at a farm in the area.
Troops deployed to Yelwata under the ongoing Exercise Ayem Akpatuma (Cat Race) have arrested 10 herdsmen destroying farmland at Tse - Tigir and Tse - Ndugh villages of...
Speaking in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, over the weekend, the Onakakanfo also warned herdsmen against taking undue advantage of the accommodating nature of the Yoruba race.
However, president of Tiv Barenda Association (TBA) Chief Aondona Adzuu, told The Nation that the Fulani herdsmen stormed the house of the victim called Asema at about 2 am when everyone was fast asleep.
The Benue State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, has that 11 out of the 16 herdsmen so far arrested in connection with various attacks recorded recently in the state, are currently being prosecuted.
«We don't know if we will farm this year as Fulani herdsmen continue to destroy farm produce belonging to our people and the same Fulani continue to stone commuters daily.»
At least, seven persons were in the early hours of Thursday killed after suspected herdsmen entered a church in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State.
Tukur Buratai, chief of army sta ff, says violent herdsmen ravaging some parts of the country may have links with Boko Haram insurgents.
The Edo state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the arrest of the suspected herdsmen responsible for the death of two adults and a minor in...