Sir: We must thank God that the Vice-president, Yemi Osinbajo and his co-travellers did not die in the helicopter accident in Kogi State. Yet I cannot but think of the innocent people being killed in the unjustifiable war against Boko Haram and protection of the Fulani herdsmen terrorists and Osinbajo is comfortable with it all.…

Aside the fact that Nigeria is generally viewed as a paradox of a nation because of the inability of the nation – state to deploy the enormous natural and human resources to scale up the deteriorating standard of living and better the society for the benefit of all, it is also seen as such because…

The claim and counterclaims between the governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai and a number of other interested parties on the number of casualties in the controversial attack on Kajuru village in Kaduna South have been unhealthy, especially at this time. Saddening tales of killings and reprisal attacks in Kaduna and other states of…

The Fulani community in parts of Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna State, have abandoned the area after an attack on Feb. 11, which left 66 of them, mostly women and children dead. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that what remained of the Rugar Fulani community were burnt houses, animals, motorcycles, kitchen utensils, as…

Blood-letting has become the order of the day. The entire Middle-belt has become the open killing field of land-grabbing Fulani herdsmen whose murderous activities are countenanced by current wielders of state power. We are all living witnesses to the spectacle of mass burial in Benue state and plateau. Historians say it is a repetition of…

Concerned Fulani leaders have disagreed with the recent endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari for re-election by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association...

Sir: One of my most memorable days in life was when I queued behind Prof J.F. Ade Ajayi to cast my vote in Bodija, Ibadan, in 1999. I was highly encouraged by his patriotic zeal, which he would consider normal and why not if not. What has become of Nigeria elite? Many workers and youths…

Fulani settlers in Ekiti State on Sunday, under the aegis of Gan Allah Fulani Association of Nigeria (GAFDAN), Ekiti , waved the olive branch, saying they were ready to end hostilities with their host farmers in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that they also pledged readiness to live in peace and…

Sir: Chief Obafemi Awolowo lived to witness the fulfilment of his desire for the creation of new regions - or, as some might view it, the balkanisation of the Northern Region. He was undoubtedly satisfied with General Gowon's 1967 efforts; there is no public record that he made input into Murtala Muhammed's 1976 state-creation exercise…

No fewer than 73 persons were confirmed dead and about 50 villages burnt following a renewed violence between the Hausa-Fulani and Yandang communities in Lau Local Government Area of Taraba state. The state Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Sahabi Mahmoud, told journalists on Friday in Jalingo that the hostilities,…

Any lingering doubts that these are the best of times for Nigerian herdsmen of Fulani extraction become easily vitiated in the light of two recent developments in the country. The Federal Government has just released a bumper package of incentives of over N179 billion for their business. The government is to use this amount to…

Renowned constitutional lawyer, Professor Ben Nwabueze (SAN) has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for failing to disarm the killer Fulani herdsmen, at the beginning of the conflict. According to him, if they were disarmed, the killings, destruction of properties and the displacement of persons might not have occurred to the point of escalating to a national…