Herdsmen

BEVERLY HILLS, February 21, (THEWILL) - South-West governors on Saturday adopted the decision by the National Economic Council on forest ownership and management across the country. Rising from a security meeting in the Oyo State Government House in Ibadan, the...

...Group Mourns Jakande BEVERLY HILLS, February 16, (THEWILL) - The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of supporting foreigners to slaughter Nigerians as part of a Fulanisation agenda, warning that it would defend Yoruba land against invaders from...

BEVERLY HILLS, February 14, (THEWILL) - The Northern Governors Forum on Monday supported the call for cattle ranching as a solution to the brutal herders/ farmers conflict that has ravaged many parts of the country recently. In a communiqué after their...

BEVERLY HILLS, February 14, (THEWILL) - Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Mr Yinka Odumakin and Professor Junaid Mohammed on Friday came down hard on Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state for saying that criminal cow herders carry...

BEVERLY HILLS, February 10, (THEWILL) - A former Minister of State for Defence, Dr Olu Agunloye, has debunked the reported attack by herdsmen on the country home of Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. Agunloye in a statement said the herders...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 31, (THEWILL) - Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has said the only way to prevent herders-farmers clash in Nigeria is to abolish the movement of herdsmen from North to the South. He spoke in an interview with newsmen...

In the past week, in the South Western part of Nigeria, we have been treated to stories of conflicts in Ondo and Oyo States between herdsmen, identified as Fulani, and the Yoruba owners of indigenous communities. In Ondo state,...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 25, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and the Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), on Monday agreed with the governors of the South-West to ban all activities of under aged herders ...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 21, (THEWILL) - There was a solidarity rally in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Thursday as commercial drivers, forest guards, farmers and traders stormed the streets to express support for Governor Rotimi Akeredolu order to herdsmen...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 19, (THEWILL) - The Presidency on Tuesday reacted to the controversial order issued by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to herdsmen to leave Ondo forest reserves in seven days, describing it as unconstitutional. The governor who is the Chairman of...