Office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday initiated a peace meeting with warring parties to end the lingering bloody conflicts between herdsmen and farmers in Kaduna State. Those at the train-the-trainer workshop organised by the Vice President’s office include leaders of Miyatti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Jama'atu…

The carnage on innocent Nigerians by Fulani herdsmen that reached its zenith with the mass killings in Benue and Plateau state in early 2018 seems to have resumed with the recent mass killings in Numa village in the Andaha community of the Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Only a few would have forgotten…

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condemned the armed attacks by suspected Fulani men in Enugu and Anambra states. It urged South East governors and lawmakers to pass laws in their respective states for armed vigilance groups and licence to bear arms for self-defence. The pro-democracy group, in a statement signed by the…

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 committee set up by the Ministry of Defence to unravel the causes of frequent farmers/herders has clashes blamed illiteracy, among other factors, for the killings and destruction of property in different parts of the country. It submitted the report yesterday to the Minister of Defence, Mansur Ali, after six months of traversing the country…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said his administration was committed to finding lasting solutions to farmers/herders’ clashes and appealed for tolerance among cattle herders and farmers throughout the country. The president stated this when he received the leaders of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on a courtesy visit at the Presidential…

Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have insisted that the ranching system in conjunction with continuous dialogue among key players is the way out to the persistent clash between farmers and herders in the country. Besides, they also advocated effective policy implementation to mitigate the menace. The stakeholders spoke at a two -day policy dialogue on…

The Special Task Force (STF) in Plateau has lost three of its personnel in the conflict between herders and natives of Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. Confirming the incident, yesterday, in Jos, the Special Task Force Commander, Major General Augustine Chris Agundu said the incident that took the lives of three STF personnel…

The Federal Government has raised concern that the increasing farmers/herders’ conflict across the country was depleting animal population. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Bukar Hassan, who stated this in Abuja yesterday during the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) workshop for livestock experts in Nigeria, said the potential promises of the sub-sector…

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said an initiative on dairy farming being championed by the Kingdom of Denmark and the Kaduna State government would go a long­ way in curbing clashes between cattle herders and farmers in the country. The President, who spoke when he received the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark, Mr. Torben Gettermann,…

For their alleged failure to contain the attacks and killings by herdsmen and Boko Haram insurgents in parts of the federation, the people of Benue State have vowed to desert President Muhammadu Buhari and his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) come 2019. The President of National Association of Benue State Indigenes (NABENSI), Comrade Moses Mwarga…

Three persons were yesterday feared killed in an early morning attack on Tiza Village, in Tombo Ward of Logo council area of Benue State by suspected herdsmen. It was gathered from local sources that the attackers stormed the settlement at about 8:30a.m. and laid ambush for the unsuspecting farmers who were on their way to…