The worst tragedy that would befall a people is for them to have the misfortune of being cursed with a govt that not only fails in its basic duty of protecting their lives and properties but connives with a well armed terrorist group to kill and maim the same people it exists solely to protect. […]
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An account of the prevalent evil of Fulani Herdsmen in Isoko as recounted by Chief Afahokor Akpovienehe Duncan When you read of the Fulani herdsmen menace, it’s sounds more like a cartoon film until you get a taste of their evil. This is Omohoror Lake Umeh, a Lake that we have been fishing since the […]
Continue ReadingLawmaker representing Ethiope East in Delta State House of Assembly, Evance Ivwurie, has alleged that an unidentified helicopter always delivers supplies inside the Ovre-Abraka desert of the state where Fulani herdsmen and their cattle reside. Speaking during a security meeting with stakeholders in Abraka, the lawmaker claimed that the desert has become a safe haven […]
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It is often said that the wiseman learned from the pitfall of others. The way and manner Fulani herdsmen have wrecked havoc both in the core north and the Middle Belt under the guise of avenging the killing of a single cow, one would have thought that an average ljaw sons and daughters have learnt […]
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“As the Daughter & Servant of Ijaw Nation, l need to remind Gov Dickson that Bayelsa state represents the identity of Ijaw people. I am therefore calling on Ijaw people home and abroad to join me in condemning the decision of the Bayelsa state government as lead by Governor Dickson to donate 1,200 hectares of […]
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NO fewer than 4000 people have been killed mainly women and children and over 500 houses burnt by Fulani herdsmen in Southern Kaduna since 2010, a region with predominant Christian population in Kaduna State, the Youth Wing of Southern Kaduna People’s Union, has revealed. The National Leader of the youth wing of SOKAPU, Comrade Nasiru […]
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More than 14 persons have been killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in a fresh attack on Gaambe-Tiev, Logo Local Government area of Benue State. The herdsmen were said to have stormed the community at about 7.30am on Monday, shot sporadically, razing buildings and farmland in the area. An eyewitness told Vanguard that, “The herdsmen, in […]
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One of the Fulani herdsmen who allegedly participated in the Enugu massacre has made shocking revelations in police custody, Saturday Sun reports. The rampaging herdsmen had killed over 50 people in a recent attack on an Enugu community, a situation which has left many tongues wagging about the dangers posed by the rustlers’ continuous attacks. […]
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The following discussion took place on my Facebook(Femi-Fani Kayode) friends page on May 2nd 2016. Since it is already in the public realm I have taken the liberty of.sharing it in my column as well. Though we have not seen much of each other for a while I have known Alhaji Muktari Shinkafi for the […]
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Alhaji Lam Onaolapo Adesina,Oyo State governor from May 29, 1999 to May 29, 2003, passed on to glory on Sunday, 11, November, aged 73 years. Lam rose to the pinnacle of all his callings in life. He got to the zenith of his career as a teacher; as a social crusader, he got state recognition […]
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