•Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State A farmer, Sunday Jackson, sentenced to death by the Supreme Court for killing a Fulani herdsman in self-defense, has been granted pardon by Adamawa State governor, Ahmadu Fintiri. Recall that community leaders and the victim’s family have pleaded with the state governor to exercise his prerogative of m...
•Armed Fulani herdsman The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Dr. Tony Ojukwu, SAN, today, condemned the death sentence imposed on one Sunday Jackson, who was found guilty of murdering a Fulani herdsman in Jos. Ojukwu, who made the condemnation while speaking during the presentation of the commission’s edition ...
A Fulani herdsman and at least 12 cows were reportedly struck dead by lightning in Southern Kaduna. The incident occurred around 4:30 pm yesterday in Matuak Giwa, Bondon District, Moro’a Chiefdom in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, reports Daily Trust. According to the Village Head of Matuak Giwa, Simon Ayuba, the young herder [&he...
•A Fulani herdsman The Ekiti State Police Command said it had arraigned a 20-year-old cattle rearer, Mohamadu Bello, before an Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly destroying farm produce valued at N3.8million belonging to four individuals. The police prosecutor, Inspector Elijah Adejare, told the court yesterday that the defendant...

