The Minister of Interior, retired General Abdulrahman Dambazau, disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council
Browsing: herdsmen
This followed the discovery of more dead bodies in the attacks, which affected a lot of villages in Nasarawa South Senatorial District
Falae, the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, spoke with newsmen after a visit to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, adding that Nigerians will unite to ease out Buhari in 2019
The killings took place between Saturday and Sunday across several villages
The killing took place on Sunday at about 6pm
The killings took place between Wednesday and Thursday
This was disclosed on Thursday by members of the House of Representatives from Benue State.
It is time for all southern traditional and political leaders to rise and hold a Southern and Middle Belt meeting on restructuring immediately. A communique from such a strategic meeting should aim to: boycott elections for the ethnic groups in the Middle Belt and the South; demand restructuring along the six geopolitical zonal lines
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, spoke on this and the twin issue of herdsmen killings on Sunday in an interview with newsmen
Danjuma spoke at the convocation ceremony of the Taraba State University, Jalingo
The killings were said to have been carried out between 10am and 11am
He said that the recoveries were sequel to the directives given by the Inspector-General of Police to the commissioners of police and their supervising Assistant Inspectors General of Police to that effect.
The State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, made the announcement during the Expanded State Security Committee meeting in Ilorin
Troops while on patrol in the general area of Kwata Sule on March 17, 2018 encountered the herdsmen in the act, prompting their arrest
The communities attacked in Dekina LG included Oganenigu, Ojiapata, Iyale and Ojoo, while in Omala LG, Obakume, Abejukolo, Agojeju-Ikpoba and Ogo were attacked between Wednesday night and Thursday.
A statement in Abuja by the Media Officer to the EU delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Modestus Chukwulaka, urged the Nigerian government to bring perpetrators of violence of any kind to book
This followed the complaint on Monday by Buhari that Idris flouted his order concerning the killings by herdsmen in Benue State
The National Secretary of the association, Alhaji Baba Usman, made the condemnation on Tuesday in Abakaliki during an enlarged security meeting convened by Governor David Umahi to which the Miyetti Allah national leadership was invited.
The Director-General of the state’s Department of Nomadic Affairs, Alhaji Abdullahi Babayo, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Tuesday.
The herdsmen who had let loose their cows on a farm, cut off the hands of the owner for challenging their action