•Armed Fulani herdsmen The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed a shooting incident at Isapa, via Obbo-Ile Village, on Monday, and has launched a search-and-rescue operation for ten abducted persons. The statement, signed by Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer for the Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Command, noted th...
•Tinubu and Amupitan The federal government has remained silent on a 2020 legal brief reportedly written by the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, in which he described the Boko Haram insurgency and attacks by Fulani herdsmen as part of a coordinated anti-Christian campaign that warranted in...
•Emmanuel Otache In this interview, 46-year-old Emmanuel Otache relives the night his pregnant wife and three children died in a building collapse at Magodo, Lagos, and his parents were killed by Fulani herdsmen in Benue, reports Saturday PUNCH. Excerpts: Can you take us back to the moment you realised the building had collapsed, and what [&he...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Four persons have been killed while many others sustained serious when suspected armed Fulani herdsmen attacked Anwule community in Oglewu, Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State. It was gathered that many people have also been declared missing in the two days of attacks in the farming community, reports Vanguard. ...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Renewed insecurity has erupted in parts of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State, following allegations linking a local militia led by one Oraernyi, popularly known as “Heavy,” and armed Fulani herdsmen to a series of recent attacks and destruction of farmlands in the Mbajir community. A resident who spo...
•Bandits Two travellers, identified as Zakari Benjamin and Samaila, sustained gunshot injuries when bandits opened fire on a commercial vehicle along the Tegina–Kontagora road in Niger State. The incident occurred at Tudun-Fulani when the vehicle’s driver reportedly refused to stop after being flagged down, reports Daily Trust. Sources said th...
•Armed Fulani herdsman The vigilante abducted during a clash between Fulani herdsmen and local security operatives in Amakohia-Ubi community, Owerri-West Local Government Area of Imo State, has been found dead. The body of Uche Ejiofor, who was abducted during the clash on Wednesday, was discovered in a bush on yesterday, after two days, with ...
•Armed Fulani herdsman Tension has gripped Amakohia-Ubi community in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State following a deadly attack by suspected armed Fulani herders, which left one vigilante leader dead while others remain missing or wounded. The incident, which occurred on Wednesday evening around 6:30 pm, sparked panic and a mass ...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Catholic priests in Benue State have expressed outrage over the destruction and desecration of St. Paul’s Parish, Aye-Twar (Agu Centre) in Katsina-Ala, Local Government Area, LGA, of the state and occupation of 26 other outstations by suspected armed Fulani herdsmen. They noted that the incident did not only represent an...
•Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa It is not yet uhuru in Benue State as killings are still ongoing in some communities, particularly in Guma, Logo and Agatu Local Government Areas. The latest, as at the time of this write-up, was on Monday, August 11 at Yelwata community in Guma Local Government Area where […]

