THE NIGERIAN OBSERVER There has been continued attacks by armed herdsmen in search of grazing routes for cows in Edo, Delta, Anambra, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and others in the South of Nigeria. The armed herdsmen enters farmlands with their…
VANGUARD NEWS INDIGENES of Uwheru kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, have lamented the invasion of their communities by AK47 wielding herdsmen who they allege, take their people hostage and demand money and food items as conditions for…
THE SUN The Bayelsa State Anti-Open Grazing Committee has disclosed how Fulani herdsmen engaged security operatives in a gun fight to prevent the arrest of violators of the law. Bayelsa State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr David Alagoa,…
PUNCH NEWS Cattle owned by some herders have reportedly destroyed some farms along the Tombia-Amassoma Road around Okutukutu in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Some of the affected farmers have, therefore, called on the state government to…
THE SUN The anti-open grazing law in Bayelsa State is under serious threat as herdsmen have been violating the laws in recent times.Governor Douye Diri had, on March 10 2021, signed into law the anti-open grazing law known as Livestock…
VANGUARD NEWS BAYELSA State government has charged three cattle rearers/herders arrested by security personnel attached to the State Livestock Management Committee to court for contravening the Livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulations Law 2021, which banned open grazing in the…
THE GUARDIAN Women in Ogba-Egbema-Andoni Council of Rivers State have protested against the persistent destruction and invasion of their farmlands by herdsmen. The protesters numbering no fewer than 200 blocked the gate of the council Headquarters at Omoku, demanding that…
VANGUARD NEWS The Delta State Government must further clear the air on whether or not it is planning to give land to Miyetti Allah or herdsmen. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has been on record insisting that there is no land in…
VANGUARD Armed herdsmen have pursued farmers and commandeered their farmlands at Obiaruku, Umutu, and other communities in Ukwuani Local Government Area, Delta State, where they brazenly root out cassava, yam, corn and other crops cultivated by farmers to feed their…
PUNCH NEWS Residents of Obor and Obie communities in Usomini clan of Ogbaland, in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State have raised the alarm over the invasion of their farmlands and destruction of crops by herdsmen. One of…
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