The head of Obio Usiere village, Apostle Iya Orok, disclosed the figure to newsmen
Browsing: Fulani herdsmen
Fayose said it appears that the police has so far demonstrated ethnic bias in its investigation and this is not good for the unity of Nigeria and its people
The protesters, who arrived at the National Assembly gate at about 9am, barricaded the area and disrupted vehicular traffic in and out of the complex
The order followed a weekend attack by the herdsmen
The Commissioner of Police, Agyole Abeh, told Journalists in Kaduna that the two Fulani herdsmen were grazing their livestock when they were killed on March 11 at Unguwan Luka in Jema’a Local Government Area
The group in a statement signed by its President, Joseph Spiff Wilcox, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday said the move was a commendable one
The dead in Nigeria would be looking back on their surviving relations and friends and thank their stars that despite the fact they did not live long, they still remain a subject of envy
The Nigerian government, led by a Fulani president — Muhammadu Buhari — clearly does not wish to protect these people. Even more than under Buhari’s incompetent Christian predecessor, the army fails to perform its most basic duties
The dead, whose name was not immediately available, was reported to have died from gunshot wound sustained during the attack
Suleman was invited by the secret police over his comments on the threat to his life by Fulani herdsmen
Thousands (yes THOUSANDS!!!) of Christian Biafran youths and members of Indigenous People of Biafra have been slaughtered all over the South East and South South by the Sunni-Muslim led Nigerian security agencies since Buhari came to power just under two years ago yet no arrests have been made
Let soldiers face their constitutionally defined role. They should not be a cranky substitute for Fulani herdsmen
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Zanna Ibrahim, said the monarch was rescued in the early hours of the day
Abubakar stated this in his Eid el-Kabir message to the Muslim Ummah in Nigeria
Many communities in the area had come under attacks that claimed scores of lives
Ugwuanyi, who rushed to the community on receipt of the report of the invasion of the community in the early hours of Thursday, said the government would no longer tolerate such barbaric attack on his people
Its President-General, Chief Matthias Ekere, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Nimbo, Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of the state
Eight more bodies were picked in the bush by members of the community on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to over 30
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the attack began on Friday and had lasted till press time on Tuesday morning
“In view of the stated facts,we condemn the lukewarm attitude, belated reaction, and the unholy silence of the state and Federal Governments over the massacre of our people. We equally condemn the sentimental and pathological discrimination against our people,” they said
While addressing newsmen in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, the leader of the group, Manassah K. Nayangom, also revealed that property worth over N2 billion had been destroyed and looted by the Fulani marauders