Fulani herdsmen
Shootings, panic over alleged influx of bandits in Ilesa
Shootings, panic over alleged influx of bandits in Ilesa Timothy Agbor, Osogbo Residents of Ilesa, Osun State were on Friday thrown into panic over alleged influx of some suspected bandits and Fulani herdsmen in the town at night. Some residents claimed that some bandits and Fulani herdsmen were dropped from truck coming from the north on […]
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DPO shoots Amotekun operative for arresting Fulani herdsmen who destroyed farm
DPO shoots Amotekun operative for arresting Fulani herdsmen who destroyed farm By Ekene Agbor, Osogbo The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ile-Igbon Division, Surulere Local Government Area of Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Adepoju Ayodeji has shot an Amotekun operative. The Amotekun commandant in the state, Col. Olayanju Olayinka, who confirmed this to reporters in Ibadan on […]
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Northern Governors to herders: Stop herding cows to South, embrace ranching
Northern Governors to herders: Stop herding cows to South, embrace ranching The days of open grazing by herdsmen are now numbered. Governors in the North on Tuesday described open grazing by herdsmen as obsolete. It should end, they declared. This decision was the outcome of, a meeting of Northern Nigeria Governors Forum, held virtually. […]
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Suspected Fulani herdsmen abduct seven travellers in Osun
Suspected Fulani herdsmen abduct seven travellers in Osun Ekene Agbor, Osogbo No fewer than seven persons were, on Monday evening, kidnapped along Ilesa- Akure express road by suspected armed Fulani herdsmen The herdsmen were said to have abducted travellers who were mainly officials of road transport workers but whose identities are yet to […]
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Amotekun intercepts truckload of armed Fulani herdsmen in Ibadan
Amotekun intercepts truckload of armed Fulani herdsmen in Ibadan Men of Oyo State Security Network Agency known as Amotekun have intercepted a truck loaded with no fewer than 80 men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen at the Iwo Road area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The men, who were loaded in a truck were […]
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Abuses: Why Ooni forgave Sunday Igboho – Monarch’s spokeperson
Abuses: Why Ooni forgave Sunday Igboho – Monarch’s spokeperson By Ekene Agbor, Osogbo. Notwithstanding the abuses and threats rained on him by Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has forgiven the Yoruba Activist. Ooni’s Director of Media and Public Affairs, Comrade Moses Olafare made this known on […]
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Varsity undergraduate connives with Fulani herdsman to murder two boys in Osun
Varsity undergraduate connives with Fulani herdsman to murder two boys in Osun By Ekene Agbor, Osogbo The Police in Osun state have arrested a 200-level student, Usman Muyideen and his Fulani herdsman friend, Isa Memudufor allegedly kidnapping and murdering two boys. The victims: Thompson Onibokun, aged 13 and Samson Onibokun, 12, were said to be nephews to Muyideen. […]
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It’s disastrous to ban open grazing, Sharia council warns Southwest Govs
It’s disastrous to ban open grazing, Sharia council warns Southwest Govs By Ekene Agbor, Osogbo Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria has warmed that banning open grazing without providing alternative is an invitation to disaster. Addressing a press conference at the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Osogbo on Thursday, the Vice […]
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