Tuesday, 19th March 2024
To guardian.ng
Search

Herdsmen

13 Mar
Youths of Onicha-Ugbo, Aniocha North Local Council of Delta State, yesterday, protested the killing of a young farmer, Ifeanyi Michael Isebor, by suspected herdsmen.
26 Feb
The Ter Tyoshin, HRH Daniel Abomtse, has confirmed the attack on Tse-Ortwav, Ikyaghav Ward of Gwer West Local Council in Benue State by Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of yesterday, killing one man. 
11 Feb
An impending disaster may be brewing in Ogbomoso Oyo State, over alleged invasion and destruction of indigenous farmlands by suspected armed herders for over the months.
10 Sep 2023
Food security is a growing challenge across the globe today. It is a phenomenon that is multi-dimensional with economic, environmental and social angles. Unfortunately, the greater share of the population of the undernourished is located in the developing countries.
20 Aug 2023
Bloody clashes between farmers and herdsmen are primarily caused by the influx of foreign herders, the absence of grazing routes, cattle rustlings and the marginalisation of Fulani herdsmen in the political affairs of their host communities.
1 Aug 2023
Marauding herdsmen have destroyed about 300 farmlands valued at N100 millions in Obetim-Uno community, Afor in Ndokwa East Local Council of Delta State. A community leader, Sunny Neme, disclosed this, while addressing officials of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state.
27 Jul 2023
Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have beheaded 21 herders in the Kukawa axis of Borno State, in what looks like a deliberate target of herdsmen in the North East state.
30 Jun 2023
Governor Siminalayi Fubara has charged clerics to caution herdsmen against harassing residents, killing farmers and damaging crops in Rivers State.

Latest

5 mins ago
Nigeria’s leading provider of digital infrastructure, Pan African Towers (PAT), has announced the appointment of Oladipo Badru as its new Chief Financial Officer. The appointment comes at a key moment in the company’s growth, with the recent influx of fresh investments from Development Partners International (DPI) and Verod Capital to solidify its position as Nigeria’s…
1 hour ago
Consumer goods giant Unilever has announced plans to cut around 7,500 jobs globally as part of an overhaul aimed at saving around 684 million euros (869 million dollars) over the next three years. The Marmite-to-Dove soap firm said the jobs affected were largely office-based and the move came as it looked to invest in technology…
1 hour ago
Veteran nollywood actor, Amaechi Muonagor, has reached out to the public for financial assistance to undergo a crucial kidney transplant in India. The actor was seen in a video circulating on social media, looked, visibly frail, pleaded for help while lying on a hospital bed. Accompanied by his colleague Kingsley Orji, who spoke on his…
1 hour ago
Troops from the Nigerian Army have successfully averted a kidnap attempt by a violent extremist and insurgent group in Tantatu Community in the Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Tuesday also confirmed that the troops deployed in 1 Division area…
1 hour ago
The leader of Singapore's opposition was charged Tuesday with two counts of giving false testimony before a parliamentary committee during a probe into one of his party members, police and prosecutors said. Pritam Singh, head of the Workers' Party, was charged at the State Courts for having twice "falsely testified" before the committee in December…
2 hours ago
Victor Osimhen will miss Nigeria's Super Eagles' two friendly games against Black Stars of Ghana and Eagles of Mali due to injury. Osimhen was an unused substitute for Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Inter Milan at San Siro and barely trained in the days before the match. According to Napoli coach, Francesco Calzona, Osimhen's absence was…
2 hours ago
Two children have been burned to death in Bauchi following a fire incident in their residence, the police said in a statement on Monday. The statement issued by the Spokesperson of Bauchi State Police Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, also said a suspected motorcycle thief was set ablaze by a mob at Magamar Gumau Market, Toro…
2 hours ago
Former K-pop star Jung Joon-young left prison Tuesday after completing a five-year term for gang rape and illicit filming, in one of South Korea's high-profile spycam scandals. Jung was found guilty of rape on two occasions in 2016 and of filming himself having intercourse with other women without their knowledge and sharing the footage without…
2 hours ago
A bus carrying students from a top Kenyan university collided with a truck on a busy highway after skidding in heavy rain, killing 11 of them and seriously injuring 42, police said. The accident occurred at 5:50 pm (2:50 GMT) Monday at Maungu, 360 kilometres (220 miles) from the capital Nairobi, when the students from…
4 hours ago
The Yoruba Obas Forum has described the death of Oba Lekan Balogun, the Olubadan of Ibadan, as a colossal loss to Yorubaland. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), National President of the forum and Molokun of Atijere, Oba Samuel Adeboye, stated this in a condolence message on behalf of other members, yesterday, in…