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…

A group, Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria (GAFDAN), has called on the Federal Government and other 35 states to adopt Osun State’s peaceful co-existence blueprint in resolving the herdsmen-farmers clashes.

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has advised Nigerians to stop ‘stereotyping’ Fulani people as killers following recent violent attacks and killings by herdsmen in parts of the federation.  He stated that it was wrong to criminalise every Fulani in the country, noting that not all herdsmen were Fulani cattle rearers as being perceived…

Sometimes last year, on some social media platforms, I asked a question: Where are the Hausas? In the wake of on-going herdsmen/famers debacle, I became more curious and did a mental survey of the problem based on reported cases. 

Former Anglican Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Peter Jasper Akinola had a chat with The Guardian on the state of the nation. COFFIE GYAMFI reports. Herdsmen have always been in Nigeria. So why are we suddenly witnessing these incessant attacks? Is it that somebody somewhere is not doing something right? I believe so. Like…

There is a growing debate, considering that the Federal Government is increasingly becoming helpless to curb the wave of violence sweeping the land, whether a different structure would have suited our country better. Could the alleged Fulani herdsmen menace, with its violent dimension, have arisen or endured under a different structure? More so in the…

Bala: Last time we met you ended by saying that we should jawjaw instead of warwar. Who said it was better to warwar? Ankpa: You haven’t said so; however, you could promote a warwar narrative by acts of omission or commission. Bala: What do you mean? How do you mean? Ankpa: Chief Olu Falae has…

The Delta State police command has denied the claim that Fulani herdsmen have invaded the state capital, Asaba, using speedboat through the River Niger.

Sen. Suleiman Adokwe (PDP/Nasarawa South) has called for urgent measures to end the incessant farmers/herdsmen clashes to avoid dire consequences “especially acute food crisis”. “The farmers/herdsmen clashes have continued for too long; if this continues, food shortage is imminent,” Adokwe said on Wednesday, when he visited victims of Nasarawa and Benue violence taking refuge in…