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Fulani herdsmen reject idea of grazing reserves

C Mac March 27, 2016

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– 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 […]

Agatu Massacre: Nigeria deploys troops to ban cattle from villages and cities

C Mac March 4, 2016

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The Nigerian government says it is preparing a legislation to prohibit pastoralists from allowing their cattle roam in villages and cities, following the massacre of hundreds in a farming community in Benue State by armed herdsmen. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, said Thursday that the government was working on measures to stop […]

Graphic: 12 year old boy shot in the jaw and upper lip by suspected herdsmen

C Mac January 6, 2016

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As part of ViewPointNigeria’s duty to continue profiling the killings and injustices meted out by the persistent attacks in Plateau – we profile Geoffrey a 12 year old boy from Robb village of Barkin Ladi LGA. Geoffrey was ambushed, attacked and left for death by suspected Fulani herdsmen on his way home from an errant mid […]

Buhari orders investigation into Agatu (Benue) killings as Fulani ravage more in Taraba state

C Mac March 2, 2016

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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 […]

10 suspects allegedly involved in last week’s Jos crisis arrested

viewpointnigeria June 2, 2019

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The Special Task Force in charge of security in Plateau State has arrested 10 hoodlums in connection with the recent skirmishes in Jos. It would be recalled that there were skirmishes in Jos last Sunday where 13 people were killed, several others injured and 24 houses burnt. Maj.-Gen. Augustine Agundu, STF Commander made the disclosure […]

Benue proposes grazing law to forestall Fulani, Tiv clashes

C Mac September 23, 2015

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Benue State government yesterday said it plans to send a bill to the state House of Assembly for the establishment of ranches by cattle owners in the state. Governor Samuel Ortom made this known yesterday when the Air Officer Commanding, Tactical Air Command of the Nigerian Airforce Base, Makurdi, Air Vice- Marshal R. A. Ojuawo, […]

Police name victims of Daffo, Bokkos attack

viewpointnigeria April 4, 2019

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Police in Plateau state on Thursday confirmed the attack earlier reported by ViewPointNigeria this morning, which left one person dead and several others wounded. See the previous report at: https://viewpointnigeria.org/4-hit-by-rapid-gunfire-in-daffo-township/ Speaking, the police spokesman said the attack in Daffo village, in Bokkos local government area left one dead with three others injured. […]

Southern Kaduna People’s Union reject grazing policy

C Mac June 28, 2016

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Like their Plateau counterparts, the people of Southern Kaduna have rejected the siting of grazing areas within their domain. Calling on their state government to exclude the area in the implementation of the policy. In a statement signed and distributed by the Southern Kaduna People’s Union President, Barr. Solomon Musa, the statement read: “On behalf […]

Declare Fulani herdsmen terrorists now – Benue elders task Buhari

C Mac March 31, 2016

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Elders from Benue state have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare Fulani herdsmen invasion of the state and gruesome massacre of the people by the armed herders as act of insurgency and the perpetrators labelled as terrorists to be routed out by the military. “We observed that these invading Fulani Herdsmen have been allowed to bear sophisticated assault […]

2 killed in Rekwechongu village, Bassa LGA

viewpointnigeria May 5, 2019

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The village of Rekwechongu of Bassa LGA saw an attack on Friday night at about 10pm, during which two people we said to have been killed. The dead include a 65 year old farmer named Adi Zere who was burnt beyond recognition and a 35 year old mobile police officer of Irigwe […]

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