Tag Archives: Herders

Gunmen suspected to be herders have killed 10 people at Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Gbajimba camps in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.   The Camp Commandant, Felix Aponi Banke, made the disclosure on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, when the Acting Executive Secretary of the Benue State Emergency Management …

A Benue man identified as Aloysius Mbaakaa and his wife have died of heart attack after suspected herders allegedly destroyed everything they had.     One Jacob Uwouku, who disclosed this in a Facebook post on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, said the incident happened at Tse Kyereve in Mbaavav Uyo …

The Bauchi State Police Command has advised farmers in the state to harvest their farm produce in order to allow herders to graze freely and avoid clashes.  Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, stated this on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, CP Auwal Musa Muhammad, on …

Two teachers have been killed by herders who attacked BECO Comprehensive School in Kwi, Riyom local government area of Plateau State.   Vanguard reported that the incident occurred on Monday afternoon, August 14, after herdsmen who allegedly forced their way into the school premises for their cows to graze, were …

Two teenage herders have been reportedly killed in Dong Kassa village of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.    The State Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Malam Nura Abdullahi, said the victims were killed on their father’s farm.   Abdullahi said;    “These were …

At least 43 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been killed and many sustained injuries after suspected armed herders attacked LGEA Primary School, Mgban, Nyiev Council Ward, Guma Local Government Area of Benue state.   The attack happened on Good Friday, April 7, at around 10 pm.   The primary school …

A community chief and two other people were killed by suspected herders at Igbobi in Apa Local Government Area of Benue state.   According to the Nigerian Tribune, the assailants stormed the community on Monday, April 3, 2023, and shot indiscriminately at residents. They abducted the community leader who was …

Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressive Union (BEPU) has alleged that the two men lynched by aggrieved youths on Sunday, October 2, in Birnin-Gwari, were terrorists from Sudan. A statement issued by the Chairman of BEPU, Ishaq Usman Kasai on Monday, October 3, 2022, noted that while the union is clearly against any form of mob …

The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufa’i has condemned in the strongest terms the killing of two herders by a mob in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed the incident in a statement on …

The FCT Administration has restated its commitment to nomadic education through skills acquisition in all the 47 Nomadic Adult Literacy Learning Centres in the FCT. The Mandate Secretary at the FCT Education Secretariat, Alhaji Sani El-Katuzu, restated the commitment at the inauguration of a capacity building workshop on the cultivation …