Tag: Fulani

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Herdsmen vs Farmers clashes: Where do Buhari’s loyalties really lie?

It is important we take a deeper look at the ongoing herders' vs farmers' clashes that has claimed a lot of lives in the country especially because President Muhammadu Buhari…

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Herdsmen Killings: It seems the Sultan of Sokoto does not read newspapers

The state of insecurity in Nigeria has remained an all-time low since 2015 when President Muhammadu Buhari was elected president. The administration whose campaign promises hinged on Security, Economy and…

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Plateau killings: How Simon Lalong brought this avoidable catastrophe upon himself

In January 2018, the YNaija Injustice Blog published a story titled “Ortom knows what to do, but it is election season and he has to play the game”. In that story…

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[The Activism Blog] Amnesty International indicts the federal government and the Nigerian military of complicity in the Fulani Herdsmen attacks

International human rights body Amnesty International on Monday, January 29, 2018 released a detailed statement on the ongoing violence by Fulani herdsmen in the country. According to the statement released…

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Femi Fani-Kayode: Vice President Osinbajo has betrayed the Church

by Femi Fani-Kayode Many years ago the irrepressable Hausa leader who hailed from Kano and who was the  founder of the radical leftist political party called NEPU, Mallam Aminu Kano,…

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‘Three people dead in fresh herdsmen, farmers clash in Benue’

Renewed crisis between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in Otukpa Local Government Area of Benue State has led to the death of three persons, Punch reports. According to the newspaper, the…

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54 Fulani’s killed, 15 others missing in Kaduna attacks | Community accuses media of “distortion of facts”

The Fulani community in Southern Kaduna have said 54 of their members were killed in the recent attacks in some communities in Kajuru Local Government Area. They also said 15…

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Police confirm 33 dead in Fulani, villagers clash in Kaduna

The Nigerian Police Wednesday said that calm has been restored to villages in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where 33 people died in clashes between villagers and Fulani.…

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Fulani people threatening me over anti-grazing law – Ortom

Benue State governor Samuel Ortom has said some unidentified Fulani persons have threatened him over the anti-open grazing law recently enacted in the state. Ortom stated this on Wednesday while addressing…

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Hausa, Fulani are safe in Cross River – Ayade

Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade, has assured that the  Hausa/ Fulani in the state are safe. Speaking through his special adviser on non-indigenes affairs, Musa Maigoro, the governor said he…

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El-Rufai, we hear you, but this explanation is too little too late

Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai was at Social Media Week on Thursday and in a panel session, he spoke extensively on the Audu Maikori/Southern Kaduna killings issue. We would…

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Herdsmen reportedly kill 4 in attack on Benue community

by Dolapo Adelana Herdsmen suspected to be of Fulani extraction have reportedly attacked Gbemacha council ward in Gwer Local Government Area of Benue state. Four persons including an elderly man…

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The Church Blog: Just watch, Apostle Suleiman is going to ‘blow’ after this

We run a church blog here, yeah? Anyone who has read this blog knows that we are fully engaged especially on Protestant matters, with special experience in Pentecostal Christianity, with…

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13-year-old boy killed in recent Kaduna attack

A 13-year-old boy, Yahaya Musa was killed over the weekend in the latest violence in Kaduna State. The tragic incident occurred in Zankan village, a Fulani settlement in Kaura Local Government Area…

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Former Guinness MD shares a fearful message for Nigeria at Christmas

Keith Richards, a former Managing Director of multinational company, Guinness has expressed fears for Nigeria under the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. In a tweet on Christmas Day, Richard…

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Femi Fani-Kayode: Nasir El Rufai and the bloodfest in southern Kaduna (Pt.2)

by Femi Fani-Kayode Senator Danjuma La’ah, the Senator representing the good people of Southern Kaduna continued. He said that according to the Leadership Newspaper of 4th December 2016 under the…

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Femi Fani-Kayode: Nasir El-Rufai and the bloodfest in Southern Kaduna (Pt. 1)

by Femi Fani-Kayode "We will write this for all to read. Anyone, soldier or not, that kills the Fulani takes a loan repayable one day no matter how long it…

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Dr. Peregrino Brimah: El-Rufai, tell the terrorists I am Fulani too and give them this money 

by Peregrino Brimah Nigeria has a problem: Kaduna. There is an administrator in Kaduna who is very very dangerous. He is a textbook definition of an ethnic bigot, a tribalist and…

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The Sultan of Sokoto has this to say about armed herdsmen…

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, says the herdsmen causing trouble with farmers across the country are not Nigerians but are foreign terrorists. The monarch said this in…

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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five news stories to monitor today 1. There are no poisoned rice in Nigeria The National Biosafety Management Agency has dismissed claims that poisonous rice had found its…

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How Fulani, Hausa traders clashed in Lagos

About three persons were reportedly killed on Wednesday when Hausa and Fulani traders clashed at the Lagos State Abattoir, Agege, The Punch reports. The clash caused pandemonium in the market as many scampered for…

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Opinion: Of cows, zebra crossings, taskforces and Japan

  By Simon Utsu Some days ago, I was somewhere and someone joked about Cows in Nigeria being issued passports soon, I laughed. And then it occurred to me that the…

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Opinion: Fulani herdsmen, deaths and repercussions

by Simon Utsu Some days ago, I was somewhere and someone joked about Cows in Nigeria being issued passports soon, I laughed. And then it occurred to me that the…

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4 dead as Fulani herdsmen, farmers face-off

A communal clash between members of the Fulani and Gwari tribes in Lambata, Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State has left at least four persons dead. The clash, which took…

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2 Fulani herdsmen charged with murder, to ‘remain in prison till September’

Two Fulani herdsmen suspected to be behind the May 20 attack on Oke Ado, Ikole Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State, were on Wednesday, remanded in jail by a…

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Oh, Fayose: ‘Even my government house doesn’t have fuel for generator’

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose will not leave the news, he has apparently sworn. Today, he pleaded with the people of the state to show understanding for his inability to…

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The Conversation: ‘Fayose wants to start a civil war’

Every week, we go searching for everyday Nigerians and we have an unfiltered conversation via WhatsApp or BlackBerry with them on the most urgent issues facing our nation. There is…

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Herdsmen desperately beg Fayose

Following the Ekiti State Governor's eye-for-an-eye tack in handling the Fulani Herdsmen crisis, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria has appealed for the overturn of the ban on herdsmen…

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Fulani herdsmen ‘attack Benue community, 5 dead’

While the Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, was busy praising the Buhari administration for the removal of fuel subsidy, Leadership is reporting that Fulani herdsmen attacked his state, killing five…

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Governor Ortom supports the removal of fuel subsidy

The Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom, on Saturday, expressed his support for the federal government's decision to remove fuel subsidy. The governor stated this while speaking at the funeral…

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