LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Over 100 cattle reportedly belonging to suspected armed Fulani herdsmen have died while attempting to cross the River Benue into Nasarawa State. The incident occurred on Saturday, with eyewitnesses saying many of the animals drowned or were buried by collapsing sandbanks along the river due to erosion. Olikita Ekani, a farmer who…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nyesom Wike, newly sworn in Federal Capital Territory minister, says open cattle grazing in the capital city will no longer be allowed and Fulani herders will have to take their cows for grazing outside the city centre. “We will consult with the herdsmen and talk to them to see how we will…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS) Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State has relisted an application by Human Right Activist, Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirhobo for the enforcement of his human rights and those of the Nigerian public in Delta State over the alleged killings of Fulani herdsmen in the region for hearing. A SUIT NO:…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herders, over the weekend, killed a commercial driver identified as Oluwatosin Aruwajoye, and abducted five passengers, while another person, Ibrahim Tiamiyu, was shot in the thigh at the Onigaari axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. One of the passengers, however, managed to escape. The driver’s corpse has been…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Karaye emirate in Kano has suspended Abdullahi Sa’adu, the village head of Butu-Butu in Rimingado LGA of the state, for selling land to Fulani herdsmen. Karaye is one of the four new emirates created in 2019 by Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano. Haruna Muhammad Gunduwawa, the spokesperson of the emirate, released a…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is now palpable tension at the border town of Ajowa-Akoko in Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State as three truck loads of strange herdsmen from the Northern region stormed the town’s forest. It was noted that the resident herdsmen in the area did not notify the traditional ruler…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected Fulani herdsmen, on Thursday, attacked Owode-Ketu and Ijoun villages in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of Ogun State and reportedly killed two persons. Our correspondent gathered that the victims, Isiaka Apesin and Oguntosin Adebayo, were killed on their way to their farms by the herdsmen, who laid an ambush for them….
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Yoruba Muslim lady based abroad has narrated her experience with Fulani herdsmen during her visit to Nigeria for a wedding. According to her, the Fulani herdsmen are an organised group with huge camp and a traditional medical team. She stated that she became the relic and a sexual museum for the…