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Benue Killings: Ortom Gets Fresh Offer From Buhari

October 23, 2022 12:54 am

The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has once again reached out to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, pledging the full support of the Federal administration with regard to assisting him and the people of Benue with resources to investigate the latest herder-farmer killings.

In a statement issued Saturday through his spokesman, Garba Shehu, the President pointed out that it was ‘unacceptable for lives to be taken by herdsmen and farmers alike.’

Buhari, who also used the opportunity to commiserate with the people of Benue State, declared that politics must be set aside to bridge divisions in the interests of …

Boko Haram Kills 19 Herders

December 16, 2019 4:30 am

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has condemned in strong terms the killing of aid workers by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno.

Ethnic Fulani herders, besieged by a spate of armed attacks targeting their cattle, pursued Boko Haram, sparking a fierce gunfight outside Fuhe village, near Ngala close to the border with Cameroon.

“The insurgents killed 19 of the herdsmen in the fight,” anti-jihadist militia leader Umar Kachalla told AFP.

Bodies of the slain herders were brought to the police by militiamen, Kachalla said.

The herders had earlier repelled an attack by Boko Haram fighters who invaded the village to steal …

Fulani Dominance: Yoruba elders in diaspora take case to UN

Farmers, attacked by herders, demand ₦284bn compensation

July 13, 2019 12:08 am

As farmers across the country continue to count their losses arising from the destruction of their crops and farmlands by herders, cultivators in eight of the hardest-hit states claim that about N284 billion worth of products were destroyed.

They want the federal government to pay them compensation to cover the losses.

But Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, says both sides (farmers and herders) have suffered losses, adding that the federal executive council approved N27.4 billion as intervention funds for states affected by conflicts, insecurity and flooding.

Farmers’ associations in Anambra, Benue, Delta, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau and Taraba states told The …