Fulani

“We are not planning on attacking Enugu” – Fulani community

The Fulani community in Enugu state, on Saturday, assured the people of the state that they are not planning to attack any community in the state, thus dispelling the rumour of a planned attack on Nze Community in Udi local government area of the state. Speaking at the palace of the traditional rulers of the... Read More

Attack, community, Enugu State, Fulani, Governor, herdsmen, rumour

Nigeria will soon start importing semen (yes, semen) from Europe

According to the Minister of State for Agriculture, Heineken Lokpobiri, Nigeria has plans to start importing semen from Europe. No fear: semen to be imported are for cows and not humans. The minister, while speaking at the open session in the National Assembly on Tuesday, March 10 explained the different ways the Federal Government was looking to... Read More

agriculture, Fulani, herdsmen, Minister, nigeria

‘Fulani chiefs often approve herdsmen attacks’

“Most of the attacks carried out by Fulani herdsmen are done with the prior knowledge and approval of the Hardo (Fulani chiefs) in the areas as well as with support by Miyetti Allah Cow Breeders’ Association of Nigeria, MACBAN” – an allegation made by the Conference of Autochthonous Ethnic Communities Development Associations. CONAECDA, the umbrella... Read More

attacks, chiefs, Fulani, Fulani herdsmen

Fulani herdsmen regroup for another attack on Enugu

There are indications that Fulani herdsmen have allegedly regrouped in bushes near Iga community for further attacks and destruction. Iga is in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State that was attacked last week Monday by blood thirsty Fulani herdsmen. According to a source, who spoke to Vanguard on the condition of anonymity, the high... Read More

Attack, enugu, Fulani, Uzo Uwani

Reuben Abati: Cattle herdsmen as the new Boko Haram

“No matter how far the town, there is another beyond it” – Fulani Proverb There has been so much emotionalism developing around the subject of the recent clashes between nomadic pastoralists and farmers, and the seeming emergence of the former as the new Boko Haram, forbidding not Western education this time, but the right of... Read More

boko haram, Fulani, herdsmen

Afenifere blasts Buhari, Lai Mohammed, DSS over herdsmen attacks (READ)

Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Tuesday, chastised the Nigerian government for its continued silence on the killing of Nigerians by Fulani herdsmen. The group questioned the propriety behind the statement made by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, that government was silently working on ending the Fulani herdsmen killings, saying that the killings “cannot be... Read More

Afenifere, Buhari, Fulani, fulani herdmen, Yoruba

Fulani herdsmen attack 5 farming communities in Ibadan for over ‘7 hours’

A group of suspected Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday, attacked farms in Lagun, Iyana Offa, Offa, Atagba, Lapata and their surrounding communities in Lagelu Local Council Area of Ibadan, Oyo State. According to the farmers, the armed herdsmen carried out the attack at night and in the process, a guard was injured while they made away... Read More

Attack, farmers, Fulani, Ibadan

Opinion: Why Nigerians must boycott beef now

by Edikan Uko We should stop eating beef in Nigeria. Here’s why? It is now officially worse than blood diamonds. The people who rear cows and trade in cows are terrorists popularly known as Fulani herdsmen. They are no ordinary ‘herdsmen’, they are terrorists. A report published by Independent UK, named the Fulani Herdsmen as the... Read More

Agatu, Angele Dikongue Atangana, beef, christian, cows, Edikan Uko, Fulani, gang, herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, nigeria, Religion

‘National Grazing Reserve Commission Bill doesn’t exist’ – Senator Abaribe

Eyinnaya Abaribe, the Senator representing Abia-South Senatorial District of Abia State, on Thursday, called on the Senate Committee on Rules and Business to come forward with clarification on the contentious National Grazing Reserve Commission bill. Abaribe stated this on Tuesday, during the plenary session of the Senate. He said he met with the clerk of... Read More

Alaribe, Fulani, grazing bill, senate

Minister of Interior blames social media for Fulani herdsmen attacks

The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau has tagged social media as the reason why there have been more clashes between the deadly Fulani herdsmen and farmers, across the country. Dambazau said this on Thursday, April 14 during an inaugural meeting on the Fulani Herdsmen conflict in Abuja. The minister’s blame of social media for the... Read More

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Fulani, herdsmen, Interior, killing, social media, violence

Shallow graves: Your allegation is ‘very suspicious’ – Ohanaeze tells DSS

Following the Department of State Services’ indictment of the Indigenous People of Biafra, in the killing of five Fulani herdsmen, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged the DSS to produce physical evidence to back its claim. The DSS had alleged that IPOB was responsible for killing and burying the bodies of five... Read More

DSS, Fulani, IPOB, Ohanaeze, shallow graves

Shallow graves: ‘Without autopsy, how did DSS identify the victims?’

Elite Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Aka Ikenga, has reacted to the allegation made by the Department of State Services – that the Indigenous People of Biafra were behind the killings of five Fulani men in Abia state. In a statement signed on Tuesday by Aka Ikenga’s president-general, Goddy Uwazuruike, the group said: “Aka Ikenga has read... Read More

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DSS, Fulani, IPOB, shallow graves

Femi Fani-Kayode: The murder of the Fulani; Yugoslavia unfolding

The Department of State Security (DSS) have claimed that five Fulani herdsmen were abducted, killed and buried in a mass grave by members of IPOB in Abia state a few days ago. They have also claimed that there were up to fifty more bodies in that mass grave and that they are all Fulani. The... Read More

Femi Fani-Kayode, Fulani

Fulani herdsmen attack Enugu community; 2 siblings killed, 19 missing

Fulani herdsmen have struck again! This time on a Thursday, in Abbi Community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area, Enugu State, where two people were killed. While the Nigerian government is yet to take decisive action on the bloody massacre in Agatu, Benue state, several weeks after it occurred, the pastoral Fulani continues its spate of... Read More

Attack, enugu, Fulani, herdsmen

10,000 cattle: Why Fulani herdsmen attacked Agatu community in Benue

Following the recent brutal and blood chilling attacks on Agatu community in Benue state, a leader of the Fulani community in the state, on Thursday, stated that the violence started after about 10,000 cattle belonging to Fulani herdsmen were killed by Agatu community members. Ado Boderi stated this during a meeting between the Fulani community,... Read More

$10, 000 cattles, Agatu community members, Fulani

Gani Adams

November 13, 2015

‘Yorubas are too sensitive’ – 7 things we learned from Gani Adams’ new interview

In a recent interview where he spoke on the increased rate of attacks by Fulani herdsmen in Yorubaland, Otunba Gani Adams, the National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress, had quite a lot to say. Find below 7 things about the Yoruba race, as explained by Otunba Gani Adams. 1. Fulani herdsmen are perpetual threats to Yoruba people... Read More

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Arewa, democracy, falae, Fulani, Gani Adams, herdsmen, kwankwaso, violence, Yoruba

November 5, 2015

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Putin more powerful than Obama| Fulani may sue Fani-Kayode | MASSOB threatens Army | More stories

FG approves payment of N413 billion subsidy funds. This Day Saraki begs senators to follow him to conduct trial. YNaija Fulani group threatens Fani-Kayode to apologize. Leadership Robbers attacks banks in Igarra, kills 6. This Day MASSOB gives Army 48-hour ultimatum to release its members. YNaija Senate urges Buhari to probe SURE-P. Nation NEF says... Read More

Afenifere, Buhari, CCT, Fulani, jonathan, obama, Putin, Saraki, senators, tracklist

November 5, 2015

Tsetse flies: Fani-Kayode should publicly apologise, or else… – Fulani group

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been given a final warning by Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore. Following the kidnap of elder statesman, Olu Falae, Fani-Kayode had made several utterances about the Fulani herdsmen, one of which was describing them as ‘tsetse flies, locust and leeches’. Evidently offended, the Fulani group has... Read More

apology, Femi Fani-Kayode, Fulani, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, tsetse flies

October 30, 2015

Emmanuel Ugwu: Fani-Kayode, Nnamdi Kanu and the brotherhood of hate

In a shadow rebuttal to my piece, Femi Fani-Kayode and The Laughter of Biafra which was an answer to Femi Fani-Kayode’s Nnnamdi Kanu and The Cry for Biafra, a devotee of The Tsetse Who Flew To Cambridge, obviously under pressure to produce a passable riposte, stitched together tissues of his principal’s supposedly pro-Igbo remarks from yesteryear. The patchwork of cherrypicked... Read More

Afenifere, biafra, emmanuel ugwu, fani-kayode, Fulani, Nnamdi Kanu

Tinubu will destroy himself, Obasanjo will fight with Buhari – This PDP chieftain predicts doom for APC

by Kolapio Olapoju A member of the Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has predicted that National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, would end up destroying himself. Babatope also stated that former president, Olusegun Obasanjo will end up getting into a political battle with President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari. In an... Read More

APC, bola tinubu, Ebenezer Babatope, Fulani, Muhammadu Buhari, olusegun obasanjo, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan, Umaru Musa Yaradua, Yoruba

This 19-year-old girl gave birth to a baby boy after ‘having sex with a snake’

by Chinwe Okafor 19-year-old Kehinde Adegoke, a teenager who is an indigene of Ogbomoso in Oyo State, reveals how she had sex with a snake in her dream for four years and eventually got pregnant without any physical relationship with any man. According to Tribune, Kehinde was delivered of a baby boy in the early hours... Read More

19, Deliverance, Fulani, pastor, snake, teenager

Falae

December 4, 2014

Fulani marauders kill 14 women in Nasarawa

by James Sambo Suspected Fulani mercenaries during the week, ambushed residents of Ashige community in Lafia East Development Area of Nasarawa State, killing nine women and five others. According to reports, the marauders, stormed the community, killing anybody at sight, burning houses and injuring others. They also laid siege on innocent farmers who were returning... Read More

Fulani, Fulani marauders, Nasarawa, River Ashangwa

November 2, 2014

Fulani herdsmen kill 20, set scores of houses ablaze in Nasarawa

by Akan Ido Twenty people have been reportedly killed by Fulani herdsmen today following a wave of attacks on Gidan Gambo, Abaagu, Atabela, Assakio, Assahangwa, Adamu Agyo and host of other communities in the southern senatorial zone of in Nasarawa State. Areas affected in the fresh attack by the suspected Fulani insurgents included Ikposogye, Lega Obi,... Read More

Fulani, herdsmen, insurgents, Nasarawa, violence

August 28, 2014

Fighting in public, meeting in private | OBJ and GEJ jaw-jaw in Abuja

by Ada Benson Days after launching a tirade against the incumbent President, former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has met with President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja. During the meeting, both men discussed sundry issues, including the nation’s security challenges. Obasanjo had, over the weekend, compared the economy under Jonathan to what obtained during the reign of the... Read More

Abeokuta, Abuja, benue, eggon, Fulani, Goodluck Jonathan, Nasarawa, nigeria, olusegun obasanjo

August 25, 2014

Max Siollun: Every Northerner is Hausa (Y! History)

by Max Siollun There is a tendency among southern Nigerians to ignorantly refer to any northerner as “Hausa”. A few years ago there was a massive ethnic controversy when sectarian violence (and murders) rocked Jos (as usual) as Muslim Fulanis and Christian Biroms killed each other. I was speaking to some friends recently and they pointed me to... Read More

Fulani, hausa, max siollun, opinion, y! history, ynaija

‘He was left in pieces’: Man’s death results in Tiv/Fulani clash in Taraba

by ‘Jola Sotubo A Tiv man in Taraba has lost his life after a minor disagreement between him and a Fulani man resulted in the former being butchered. His death is then said to have caused a full scale battle between two factions of the affected tribes. The incident occurred in the Bantaji environs of the... Read More

clash, death, Fulani, man killed, Taraba, tiv, Wukari market

Perry Brimah: Who massacred the Fulanis in Nasarawa?

by Perry Brimah If indeed these military dressed attackers who this time attacked a Fulani village are the same routinely alleged ‘Fulani herdsmen,’ their attack of their own village raises questions on the true identity of the unknown soldiers ‘Fulani herdsmen’ marauders who have been implicated in recent attacks across the country. Barely 24 hours... Read More

army, Fulani, keana, massacre, Military, Nigerian, opinion, Perry Brimah, terrorists, ynaija

Tunde Leye: Resolving the perennial Fulani herdsmen/farmers clashes

by Tunde Leye It is also important for government to ensure that violence carried out by and against the Fulani herders is punished. Any herder within the borders of Nigeria must abide by the laws here; they must not take laws into their hands by killing and maiming people. Almost every week, we hear of... Read More

clashes, farmer, Fulani, Lake Chad, opinion, perennail, Tunde Leye, ynaija

Opinion: Discrimination against females at the Nigerian Bar

by Zubaida Mahmoud It reminds me of the Senior FEMALE Law School Lecturer that not only addressed us as ‘gentlemen in skirts’ but always made it a point to correct anyone that said “Ladies and gentlemen” by saying “There are no ladies at the bar, only gentlemen in skirts”. In this 21st century!!! Such a degrading and... Read More

bar, chief judge, Fulani, gentlemen in skirt, idoma, injustice, opinion, sexist comment, ynaija, zubaida mahmoud

Perry Brimah: Grazing reserves – My advice to the South east Chairman of CAN

by Perry Brimah You do not have the legal or moral right to simply deny these elements of our society, some of whom have traversed these areas before our ancestors first settled there; the right to exist. It was with bewildering shock that we read the headline of your message in Vanguard of 29th March... Read More

CAN, Fulani, government, grazing, history, nigeria, opinion, Perry Brimah, Protect, rights, ynaija

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