Residents of Kaduna Metropolis can now sleep with their eyes closed following the recent clamp down on a dreaded gang of kidnappers made up of Fulani Herdsmen who had held the entire State hostage. The suspect who were rounded up from their hideouts in Kaduna and Zaria by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special […]
News reaching ViewPointNigeria indicates that after a long period of lull and relative peace, Fulani herdsmen struck again in Zim community in Ropp District of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State on Tuesday 17th May 2016. The attack, said to have happened at 7:30 pm bore the usual trade-mark of clandestine-ness and surprise, […]
The Plateau State Police Command, on Wednesday paraded 23 suspects for crimes ranging from cattle rustling, unlawful possession of fire arms, armed robbery and gangsterism. Parading the suspects at the headquarters of the Command in Jos, Commissioner of Police, Adekunle Oladunjoye, said “on the 3rd April, 2016, at about 13:10 hours, policemen from Special Anti […]
The Special Task Force on Jos crisis, code- named, Operation Safe Haven has banned the movement of cattle and herdsmen after 7pm in all its areas of operation. OPSH said the development is part of efforts to sustain the peace process in Plateau State. Major General Tagbo Ude, OPSH Commander, who issued the ban […]
– Fulani herdsmen are not buying the idea of grazing reserve – Some of them see it as an infringement of their rights to movement – There is suggestion that the herdsmen be educated on the importance. The nomadic practice of moving cattle from one place to the other that is common among Fulani herdsmen […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into killings by herdsmen in the Agatu community of Benue state. President Buhari who expressed deep shock at the latest incident during the past week, which led to hundreds of deaths in four communities in Agatu, Benue State, ordered security agencies to get to the root causes of […]
Students of Nigerian College of Accountancy fled on Tuesday as unknown gunmen attacked Kwall village of Bassa LGA of Plateau State, leaving two persons dead and five others seriously injured. Information reaching the ViewPointNigeria news desk suggests that many houses were razed down and property worth millions destroyed. According to the Secretary of the Irigwe Youths […]
There is an uneasy calm in two border communities of Kafanchan town, Jema’a Local Government Area in Kaduna State, and Riyom in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, following the killing of two police mobile officers at a security checkpoint in Nimbia Village of Kaduna State. Confirming the incident to newsmen, Plateau State spokesman […]
President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday in Abuja that poverty, injustice and the lack of job opportunities were mainly responsible for inter-communal and intra-communal conflicts in Nigeria. Speaking while receiving a delegation from the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, an organization active in the promotion of peace in Nigeria, President Buhari said to achieve enduring peace in […]
Fulani herdsmen in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, at the weekend paid a compensation of N380,000 to farmers in Kasa community for the destruction of farmlands by their cattle on the 4th of January this year. The herdsmen had deliberately reared their cattle into the farmlands of the community against the peace […]
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