Abia State News

The delay by state governments in providing land for ranches has made the Federal Government to realise that it has more than enough land for the purpose in the different states, OKECHUKWU NNODIM writes The Federal Government has decided to use some of its own land in various parts of the count…

The Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Tuesday lamented the killings in some communities in Plateau State. Afenifere said the massacre was enough reason to make Nigerians vote out President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. Rising from its Monthly meeting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on T…

The National Christian Elders Forum has kicked against the plan by the Federal Government to set up ranches in 10 states, saying it is a ploy to grab lands for Fulani herdsmen across the country. The association added that the plot was part of what it called stealth jihad to take over lands belo…

Two Catholic priests were beaten, one shot in the leg when gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen attacked a minor seminary in Jalingo, Taraba State capital. During the attack which was said to have taken place on Monday morning, some students were injured and many cars destroyed. While the pe…

A suspected Fulani herdsman has allegedly defiled a 14-year-old girl, Favour Okugbo, at Umuifi Anioma-Isu in Onicha Local Government Area of Abia State. The pupil of Union Secondary School at Agueke-Isu had been admitted at an undisclosed medical facility for treatment. A community leader Fest…

Fulani Herdsmen Cattle breeders and farmers in Enugu on Thursday, entered into an agreement that will ensure enduring peaceful coexistence between the two groups. The meeting was attended by leaders of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, the Enugu State chapter of the All Farmers Associat…

Tension has engulfed Yala and Ogoja local government areas of Cross River State following the arrival of two trucks loaded with Fulani herdsmen. The youth leader of Okuku in Yala local government area of the State, Joseph Odey Owonah said the Fulanis came into the communities on Sunday in two tr…

There was outrage across the country yesterday following the spate of killings, especially in Benue State where for the second day running, gunmen attacked villages, killing 13 people. On Tuesday, 19 people, including two priests, were killed in two attacks in Ukor Mbalon Gwer Local Government …

No fewer than 20 persons have been killed and several persons declared missing after herdsmen attacked Tse Agudu in Mbawa Council Ward, Guma LGA Area of Benue State. The armed men invaded the village at about 8am on Tuesday, setting over 67 houses on fire. The attackers, numbering over 30 storm…

Youths protest in Makurdi Buhari: we’ll hunt down killers Akume condemns killings it was another bloody day in Benue State yesterday. Gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen, killed two Catholic priests and 14 others in two attacks. In the first attack, they invaded St Ignatius Quasi Parish, Ukpo…

Two weeks after Nigerian Army withdrew troops from Benue, attackers said to be clad in military fatigues stormed two communities in the north-central state shortly after sunset on Tuesday, killing at least 10 villagers and wounding multiple others, PREMIUM TiMES has learnt. Locals who provided …

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have reportedly killed a pastor of the Church of God Mission, one Pius Eromosele, in the Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. Eromosele was said to have been abducted by the armed men while working on his farm at Odighi on March 29. It was …

Colonel Bude Nnakee Okafor (retd.), a crisis and security management consultant, has said that the Fulani herdsmen who perpetrate terror in parts of Nigeria are not Nigerians. Okafor said the terror herdsmen were being moved into Nigeria through the nation’s porous borders from Niger, Chad, Mali…

A suspected Fulani herdsman has been arrested with an AK 47 assault rifle in Enugu. The incident happened at Ugbawka village in Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state, on Thursday. Our correspondent learnt that the herdsman was initially apprehended by some youths of the village, who we…

Members of the House of Representatives from Benue State on Thursday raised the alarm over fresh killings by herdsmen in the state. The lawmakers, who spoke at the National Assembly in Abuja, demanded full military presence in Benue communities constantly under attacks by herdsmen as against ad…

Alhaji Yusuf Usman Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed six people in Bakin Kogi, Kaninkon chiefdom in Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Auta Maurice, a member of the security committee in the community, said the people were killed in separate attacks between 10am and 11am on…

•Kinsmen protest arrests after ex-minister’s self- defence call •Ogbebor seeks probe of claims  •We’re neutral, says Army Two Taraba State local government chairmen yesterday relived how troops aided killer-herdsmen — an allegation made by former Defence Minister Gen. Theophilus Danjuma. The…

The Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) has held a meeting with the national leadership and state chapters of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) as part of efforts to resolve the continued clashes between herdsmen and farmers. The meeting, which held in Sokoto, was at…

About seven persons were injured in Rafiki and Dutse Kura communities of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State during a fresh attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday (today). Although the number of deaths has not been confirmed, it was however learnt that one of the persons sho…

Several persons have been confirmed dead after suspected herdsmen attacked Tse Igbe in Nyiev Council Ward, Guma LGA of Benue State. Among those killed in the latest attack,  were one Christopher Unenge, a Catholic catechist and another villager identified as Ayem The attack came barely 24 hours …