Nigeria
Killer herdsmen to get death penalty in Oyo State
RESPITE may be coming the way of farmers in Oyo State as a law which prescribes death for any herdsman who launches an onslaught on farmlands and kills in the […]
Farmers
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The menace of Fulani herdsmen – Tales of woe
One of my members in Saki (Oyo State) once harvested yams. But before he could pack them, some herdsmen led their cows there and made them to eat up the […]
Nigeria
Farmers in 8 states want N284 billion for crops destroyed by herdsmen
As farmers across the country continue to count their losses arising from the destruction of their crops and farmlands by herders, cultivators in eight of the hardest-hit states claim that […]
Nigeria
Oyo: 10 injured as farmers clash with Fulani herdsmen in Oke Ogun
About 10 people were critically injured in clashes between farmers and Fulani herdsmen in the Oke Ogun area of Oyo State. The herdsmen had accused their hosts of killing 15 […]
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Kaduna: Farmers confront herdsmen, 37 dead
A fresh round of violence between farmers and herders in Kajuru, Kajuru Local Government in Kaduna State has left at least 37 persons dead with scores injured within the last […]
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Nigeria: Fulani herdsmen continue to fight farmers over land
Farms have been built on ancient routes of a semi-nomadic community in Nigeria, causing violence that has already claimed hundreds of lives this year. Cradling her baby son, Benjamin, Joy […]