The General Church Council (GCC) of the Church of Christ In Nations (COCIN) has condemned Federal Government’s acquisition of a licence for a radio station exclusively for the Fulani, saying it is divisive and contrary to the 1999 Constitution on preferential treatment of a certain tribe or people over others. Besides, COCIN also observed with…

The Presidency yesterday declared that Miyetti Allah, like other legal organisations, must be respected as a group with equal stakes like other similar groups in the country.

Following the killings in parts of Kajuru Council of Kaduna State, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called on all and sundry, particularly the affected Fulani, to remain calm and ignore all forms of provocation to consider retaliation. The association commended Governor Nasir el-Rufai for ensuring that the situation was brought under…

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met with the leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in the Presidential Villa, Abuja where they restated their resolve to support his re-election on February 16 and not former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. MACBAN said although the candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the…

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 Kaduna State have appealed to the Federal Government to take more proactive measures to permanently address the farmers/herders clashes in parts of the country.

Members of Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on Friday agreed to stop grazing their animals in the premises of Plateau State University (PLASU) Bokkos. The association gave the pledge during a meeting it held with Operation Safe Haven, Bokkos Command and the Management of Plateau State University. Present at the meeting were the…

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,…

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called on security agencies to work with the body to fish out the criminal elements in its midst. The North Central Zonal Chairman of MACBAN, Alhaji Danladi Chiroma, who stated this in a chat with journalists in Makurdi, stressed the need for leaders from both…

The Kebbi State Secretary of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association Of Nigeria (MACBAN), Mallam Ibrahim Jodi, has called on members to give their children western education in a bid to end the clashes between herdsmen and farmers nationwide and enlighten them how best to run cattle business. Addressing the executive members of the Zuru chapter…

Alhaji Mohammad Oroji, former FCT Chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), says Nigerians should stop politicising farmers/herdsmen clashes and allow government to address the issue properly. Oroji said on Sunday in Kaduna while addressing newsmen that “the issue of herdsmen and farmers has now turned into politics because some evil people are…

At least 37 people are feared killed and many others seriously injured in fresh crisis that broke out in Kajuru Local Government Area in Southern Kaduna.