The attack occurred on Sunday when suspected bandits stormed Angwan Rukuba community in Jos North Local Government Area, killing about 28 people and injuring several others.
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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that other Fulani elders from the three senatorial districts also attended the meeting.
This is contained in a statement by the Head of Strategic Communication at NCTC, Michael Abu, on Wednesday in Abuja.
A new bill introduced in the United States Congress aims to impose targeted sanctions on the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders…
Spokesman of the command, SP Josephine Adeh, who disclosed this on Thursday, said the CP used the opportunity to caution against the trend.
The Benue State Secretary of MACBAN, Ibrahim Galma made the declaration Tuesday.
The decision, according to MACBAN, is to reduce the persistent clashes between herders and farmers in Kwara State.
Bodejo, who was arrested on Jan. 23 in Malia, Nasarawa State and kept in the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), was arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo.
Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date when the case came up on Wednesday
Bodejo was arrested on January 23 at the Miyetti Allah’s office in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State over the unveiling of a vigilante group.
Bodejo has spent about 43 days in detention.
It’s the story of the launch of a nomadic vigilante service by Miyetti Allah, a group of herders turned political pressure group, comprising mostly Fulani.
The Miyetti Allah Association has called for the setting up of a National Truth and Reconciliation Commission to begin the process of total reconciliation and national healing process in rural communities occasioned by insecurity.
The National PRO of MACBAN, Alhaji Muhammad Nura Abdullahi, made this known in a statement on Friday.
However, on receiving their invitation, Obi offered to visit them at the mosque and celebrate the Eid-el-Fitr with them.
The group, however, urged the Federal Government to address the various security challenges in the country, and leave the Yoruba nation agitators alone.
Governor Samuel Ortom disclosed this when he received the new Commissioner of Police in the state, Tunji Akingbola.
According to the Forum, the Miyetti Allah also threatened to arrest the Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, with the use of its militia wing at the expiration of his tenure of office.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that about 23 people from Ondo State passing through Jos were killed on August 14, while 23 were reportedly injured.
The task of laundering Ortom’s permanently stained reputation garments now falls on one Nathaniel Ikyur who once functioned as a reporter in Abuja for a few national dailies but is now domiciled in Makurdi as Ortom’s “principal” Special Assistant on media.