Armed herdsmen who allowed their cows to destroy the crops of the Igbo women of Ihiagwa and Nekede, both in Imo State met their march when the women used an ingenious idea to rout the AK47 wielding herdsmen from their farms and community. The women convened a meeting to think out a solution to the intractable… Continue reading How Igbo women defeated armed herdsmen encroaching on their lands; killing 15 cows in Imo
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Shocking Provision in the National Grazing Reserve Bill- YouthsPC0
By YouthsPC0 I decided to read a copy of the National Grazing Reserve Council Bill and I was surprised at what I saw.1. The Bill creates a council to be chaired by a Chairman to be appointed by the president. 2. The council shall have the power to take your land anywhere the land is located… Continue reading Shocking Provision in the National Grazing Reserve Bill- YouthsPC0
Herdsmen kill traditional ruler, student in Kaduna
GUNMEN, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, on Sunday night, assassinated the District Head of Fadan Karshi, a busy commercial town in Sanga Local Government Area, southern part of Kaduna State. The gunmen also killed his nephew who was studying for SSCE. People have fled the community and it is now deserted. It was impossible to… Continue reading Herdsmen kill traditional ruler, student in Kaduna
Uzo Uwani killings: Enugu vigilantes to get guns
Arising from crucial security meeting with Enugu state government, traditional rulers and presidents-general of more than 450 town unions in the state, yesterday resolved to amend the laws establishing vigilante groups to strengthen them and possibly enable them to bear arms. The security meeting, coming one week after suspected Fulani herdsmen invaded Nimbo community in… Continue reading Uzo Uwani killings: Enugu vigilantes to get guns
Revealed: The matter that led to herdsmen attack on Uzo Uwani
Root cause of the invasion, Daily Trust on Sunday was informed that the relationship between Ukpabi Nimbo and its herdsmen guests was severed in 2015, when the hosts demanded that the herdsmen must leave their land. They accused them of unleashing destruction on their farms as well as raping their women. Last year, a fight… Continue reading Revealed: The matter that led to herdsmen attack on Uzo Uwani