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Nigeria:
Governors Meet With Ministers, Security Chiefs Over Herdsmen/Farmers' Clashes
This Day, 9 January 2018
Concerned about the growing wave of violent clashes between farmers and herdsmen in several states of the federation, the governors of Taraba State, Mr. Darius Ishaku; Benue, Mr.… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Farmers/Herdsmen Clashes - Nigeria to Establish Cattle Colonies
Premium Times, 8 January 2018
The federal government says it will soon commence the establishment of cattle colonies in the states to check increasing cases of farmers-herdsmen clashes in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Govt Moves to Establish Cattle Colonies
Guardian, 9 January 2018
The Federal Government is to establish cattle colonies to mitigate the frequent clashes between farmers and herdsmen nationwide. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Obiano Warns Herdsmen Against Carrying Weapons in Anambra
This Day, 9 January 2018
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has warned cattle herders in the state to desist from carrying dangerous weapons. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Benue, Taraba, Other Killings: Govs, Ministers in Crucial Meeting
Premium Times, 8 January 2018
Governors of states recently affected by recent communal violence held a closed door meeting with two ministers and security chiefs. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Farmers/Herdsmen Crisis - FG to Establish Cattle Colonies Across the Country
Daily Trust, 8 January 2018
The Federal Government says it will soon commence the establishment of cattle colonies in the states to check increasing cases of farmers-herdsmen clashes in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Pastoralist-Farmers Conflicts and the Search for Peaceful Resolution
Daily Trust, 9 January 2018
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Nigeria:
Despite Security Deployment, Herdsmen Killings in Benue State Continue
This Day, 7 January 2018
In spite of security deployment by the federal government to prevent further attacks by Fulani herdsmen on communities in Benue State, there was a fresh attack yesterday in which… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Osinbajo Warns Against Politicising of Herdsmen Killings
This Day, 8 January 2018
The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday cautioned Nigerians against politicising the herdsmen killings across the country as doing so could ignite unprecedented crisis. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Buhari Fiddles While Herdsmen Slaughter, Say Nigerians
Guardian, 8 January 2018
While historians have disputed the account that Rome's emperor, Nero, played away on a fiddle as the city burned, the phrase nevertheless has become synonymous with doing too… Read more »