Zelani, 22, reportedly used his attacker’s assault dagger to stab him to death during an invasion of his farmland on October 18, 2015 in the state. A rice farmer, Kabiru Zelani has been sentenced to death by hanging for overpowering his assailant, said to be a herder. He had overpowered the herder, identified as ArdoContinue reading “Nigerian Farmer Sentenced To Death For Defending Himself Against Herder In Adamawa”
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Ogun journalist petitions CP over herdsmen invasion on farmland
A reporter with Platform Times Newspaper in Ogun state, Fatai Ilyas, has petitioned the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, over the alleged invasion of his farmland by some suspected Fulani herdsmen. Ilyas in the petition dated 21st October, 2021 lamented that the suspected Fulani herdsmen invaded his six acres vegetables farm situated at Awowo in EwekoroContinue reading “Ogun journalist petitions CP over herdsmen invasion on farmland”
Miyetti Allah disowns herdsmen over killing of female farmer in Enugu
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have reportedly attacked two Enugu communities, killing one and injuring another. The communities are Ugwujoro Nimbo, in the Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area, and Awha-Ndiagu, in the Ezeagu LGA of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the attack at Awha-Ndiagu took place on Saturday, where a young man, Celestine Obieze, was cut with machetes.Continue reading “Miyetti Allah disowns herdsmen over killing of female farmer in Enugu”
Police arrest herdsman, 73 cows, 13 sheep over alleged farm destruction
The police in Jigawa have arrested a 25-year-old herder, who allegedly trespassed into a farmland and destroyed crops worth N200,000, at Takatsaba village, Suletankarkar Local Government Area of the state. Police arrest herdsman, 73 cows, 13 sheep over alleged farm destruction. ASP Lawan Shiisu, the command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in the state, confirmed theContinue reading “Police arrest herdsman, 73 cows, 13 sheep over alleged farm destruction”
Rivers community women protest farm destruction, rape by herdsmen
Hundreds of women from five communities in the Ogba-Egbema-Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State on Wednesday protested against what they termed the repeated invasion and destruction of their farmlands by herdsmen. The women, who blocked the council entrance, demanded that the herdsmen vacate their farmlands, even as they called for the intervention of theContinue reading “Rivers community women protest farm destruction, rape by herdsmen”
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