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Nigeria: Catholic Bishops Rate Buhari Low, President Disagrees
Guardian, 9 February 2018
Catholic bishops yesterday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at Aso Rock where they lamented what they described as a glaring failure of his administration to tackle poverty,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Mixed Reactions Trail Buhari's Directive On Armed Herdsmen
Guardian, 9 February 2018
Some prominent Nigerians, including National Chairman of the National Conscience Party (NCP), Yinusa Tanko, a delegate to the 2014 National Conference, Col. Tony Nyiam (rtd.) and… Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari - Cattle Colonies Not Meant to Colonise Any State
This Day, 9 February 2018
Following the mounting resistance to the federal government's proposal to establish cattle colonies as a panacea to the conflicts between herders of cattle and farmers that have… Read more »
Cattle Colonies Not Meant to Colonise States - Nigeria President
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the solutions being proposed by his government to quell frequent clashes between Fulani herdsmen and farmers is not ill-informed, nor meant to colonise any part of the country - this as the president's critics accuse him of favouring the herders because he too is from the Fulani tribe.
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Nigeria: Buhari Speaks On Herdsmen Crisis, 'Nepotism'
Premium Times, 8 February 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja explained that the policy proposed by Federal Government in response to the frequent clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the… Read more »
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Nigeria: No Plan to Colonise Any Part of Nigeria - Buhari
Leadership, 9 February 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Abuja explained that the policy proposed by the federal government to tackle the frequent clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the… Read more »
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Nigeria: 'After British Colonisation, Herdsmen Can't Colonise Us Again'
Guardian, 8 February 2018
In this interview with reporters, immediate past governor of Plateau who currently represents the state's northern district at the Senate, Jonah David Jang, rejected the proposal… Read more »
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Nigeria: Catholic Bishops to Buhari - Your Goodwill Fast Depleting
Daily Trust, 9 February 2018
Catholic Bishops have told President Muhammadu Buhari his goodwill is fast depleting, citing his administration's "glaring failures," charges the president denied. Read more »
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Nigeria: Catholic Bishops to Buhari - Your Govt Is Failing, Your Goodwill Being 'Fast Depleted'
Premium Times, 8 February 2018
Catholic Bishops in Nigeria on Thursday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to end the endless suffering, killings and other crimes afflicting Nigerians. Read more »
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Nigeria: 13 States Agree to Allocate 5,000 Hectares of Land for Cattle Ranching
Vanguard, 9 February 2018
The Presidency, yesterday, threw its weight behind state and community policing to address the prevailing wave of insecurity across the country. Read more »
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Nigeria: Osinbajo Speaks On 'Cattle Colonies', Says States Won't Be Forced to Give Up Land
Premium Times, 8 February 2018
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the states of the federation reserve the right to decide whether to release their land for cattle ranches/colonies or not. Read more »
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The government has said that 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 »
