Herdsmen
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Oyo State Rule of Law Enforcement Authority (OYRLEA), on Thursday, arrested nine cows grazing along the fence of the Oyo State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. The cows were seen grazing openly by the motorcycle park otherwise known as 'Okada' park beside the Secretariat gate and captured thereafter. The OYRLEA task force, noting the violation as environmentally…
1 Nov
Seventeen bodies have been recovered following a bloody attack on Anyiin, the council headquarters of Logo Local Council in Benue State.
24 Oct
The Ekiti State government has issued a warning to herders operating in the state not to mess up the government’s huge investment in agriculture by allowing their cattle to invade and destroy farms. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters, Brigadier General Ebenezer Ogundana (retd), gave the warning in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday…
18 Oct
Some farmers in the Manchok community of Kaura Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State said they had lost crops worth millions
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.Â
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