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The Executive Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed has reacted to statements credited to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, saying Nigerians don’t need the permission of any state governor to reside in their states. According to Bala…

The Executive Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has denied reports of the Edo state government ceding lands to herdsmen for grazing. The denial was made known in a statement released by the Secretary to the State Government Osarodion…

The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday asked the state governments to compensate victims of farmers/herders crises, who have lost livelihoods. The Council also resolved that states should incorporate non-indigenous/minority…

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen on Thursday, reportedly killed no fewer than seven persons, four of whom were farmers, returning from their farms in Edo State. It was gathered that the incident occurred at Ugboke, Oshodi, Okokodo, Ariyan…

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has called for the setting-up of a commission for pastoralism, regulated by law. He stated this move could provide recipes for resolving protracted…

Four persons were killed by suspected herdsmen that invaded Rikwechongu and Zirshe villages of Irigwe Chiefdom, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State in the early hours of Sunday. It was also gathered that several houses and food…

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered immediate deployment of four units of riot policemen to address the violence in parts of Oyo State. The intervention and stabilization forces also include Force Intelligence…

The Ondo State Security Network Agency (popularly known as Operation Amotekun) has reacted to reports that  a farmer and a vigilante operative were murdered by herdsmen at Jugbere Farm Settlement in Owo on Thursday February 11. While…

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The Executive Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu and his counterpart, Kayode Fayemi have appealed to Nigerians not to take laws into their hands following heightened tensions between the Hausas and Yorubas in some South Western…

Bala Mohammed, Bauchi State Governor, has proffered reasons herders must carry weapons. According to the governor, herdsmen need to protect themselves. The governor ascribed the practice to the failure of society and government to…

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has warned the Nigerian Police Force to always be truthful in its engagements with the people, declaring that the police lied in claiming that herdsmen and their cattle did not invade his Abeokuta…

The residence of Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, located inside Jegba republic between the outskirt of Kemta Housing Estate and Ilugun – Itoko community in Abeokuta Ogun State, was neither attacked nor invaded by suspected herdsmen, his…

Yahaya Abdullahi, Senate Leader has called on Governors to find other ways to address insecurity in their respective states rather than always going to the Presidency for solutions. This call was made by the senate leader while…

Operatives of Oyo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps have intercepted a truck loaded with about 80 men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen at Iwo Road area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The truck was stopped by…

The traditional head of Opeji in Odeda local government area of Ogun State, High Chief Rasaq Adeshina, and other stakeholders in the community, have banned underage and arms bearing herdsmen in the community. The ban followed a meeting…

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has ordered investigations into the recent clash between herdsmen and farmers in Eggua, Yewa-North Council Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the clash led to the loss of one…

The Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona has denied a statement credited to him on social media, for declaring support for the war on…

Founder and overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly now Citadel Global Community Church, Tunde Bakare has stated that open grazing which is currently being practised in the country needs to end. This statement was made by Pastor Bakare…

No fewer than 37 herdsmen alongside their 5,000 herds of cattle were on Thursday ejected from forest reserves across Ondo State. The herders who were ejected by operatives of Amotekun Corps were accused of flouting the earlier order of…