The Commissioner for Information, Akin Omole, who stated this in a statement in Ado-Ekiti, stressed that Ekiti was ready to key into ranching as a viable solution to stem the increasing wave of killings and kidnapping by herders in the state.
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The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Iskilu Akinsanya, confirmed this to newsmen at the command’s headquarters in Agodi on Tuesday in Ibadan.
The governor, who made the plea in his speech at the launch of the 2020/2021 annual livestock vaccination campaign held at the Galambi Cattle Ranch, Bauchi, on Wednesday, described the Fulani people as humble, simple, and humane.
Malam Ardo Goge, Leader of the Fulanis at Ladduga, told some Peace Builders and Journalists, who visited four of the new settlements of the Fulanis from Oyo State due to the quit notice given to them, that only 107 of them relocated with their children, women and elderly.
The Nobel Laureate said this in reaction of the current crisis between the herdsmen and indigenes of the South West.
The call was contained in a statement jointly signed by Alhaji Muhammad Kiruwa, President, and Alhaji Baba Ngelzarma, National Secretary, of the association, on Thursday in Abuja.
The advice came from the Nigerian Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern.
Rotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Ondo, one of the six South Western States, had issued an ultimatum to herders, mostly of the Fulani tribe, to vacate the state’s forest reserves within one week. The folks are not rangers and have no business in forest reserves, much less turning them into grazing fields.
The Generalissimo of Yorubaland spoke on Sunday against the backdrop of threats by the Northern groups and Herders Association to attack the South West in a reprisal mission.
Kanu said this in a viral video while encouraging Yoruba youths rising up against herdsmen in their forests.
Have the people of the South West now become slaves in their father land? Have we finally been conquered and occupied?
The position of the Forum was contained in a statement by Yinka Odumakin for the South West; Chief Guy Ikokwu, South East; Senator Bassey Henshaw for the South South; and Dr. Isuwa Dogo, Middle Belt.
Afenifere’s position was contained in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin, on Wednesday.
Umahi recently dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, on which platform he was elected twice as governor, for the All Progressives Congress
The IGP who stated this at the opening of meeting in Katsina on Wednesday said, “I came to Katsina to see the officers and men of the command in order to re-strategise and make sure that we make Katsina a crime-free state
The most fundamental ingredient to addressing crime is intelligence. And intelligence does not jump out from the coloured screen of a computer; it comes from people – of all shades and appliances. It is the reason I believe our traditional institutions and socio-cultural organisations can be veritable accomplices in the fight against insurgency and banditry.
According to the newspaper, the Governor spoke in an exclusive interview with it
The Director of Communications, YWC, the umbrella body of Yoruba descents all over the world, Moses Jolayemi, said this in a press release on Monday.
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria says it is sensitising its members on the need to improve their economic activities through modern techniques in breeding of animals and its value-chain.
The participants said a major conflict in Nigeria has the potential of engulfing the entire West Africa sub-region.