Archives Tag: Fulani herdsmen

Politics

April 19, 2022

When the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, revealed to the press last week that some officials of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture had invaded the state with their contractors to begin the building of Ruga settlements, the shortened temper of Nigerians flared again. The reaction to this rather provoking … Continue reading Why is the FG Setting Up Ruga Settlements at the Expense of Nigerians?

By adedoyin

Politics

April 19, 2022

The surge of militancy in the northern part of Nigeria began with the Maitatsine. That died a slow but painful death. Its carcass was, however, woken up by the Boko Haram, a group of thugs originally loyal to and used by a notorious politician from the North East. The group later turned ideological and evolved … Continue reading How Increasing Desertification is Fuelling Security Tensions in Nigeria

By adedoyin

Politics

April 19, 2022

Barely a month since Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Professor Wole Soyinka agreed on the subject of insecurity in the nation – and particularly the recent kidnappings in the South-West – there has been an unprecedented step up in coordinated effort to get regional leaders and other stakeholders on board to take pragmatic action. Gone are … Continue reading Herdsmen Invasion: A Regional Effort to Tackle Insecurity

By adedoyin

News

April 19, 2022

1. APC accepts responsibility for the country’s economic failure. According to Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha after a meeting between the APC governors forum and the President, “As APC, we are responsible for everything happening in Nigeria, we are responsible: the good, the bad, the ugly. But we are promising Nigerians that we shall fix it”. 2. … Continue reading Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Tuesday, Oct 25, 2016

By ogo-eze

News

April 19, 2022

Federal Government to sign a $15 billion deal with India for crude purchases. The National Universities Commission (NUC), scraps pre-degree and diploma programmes in Nigerian universities. Banks reject naira for visa payment due to dollar scarcity and volatile FOREX market. Death toll in Jema’ah LGA, Kaduna in attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen hit 40. EFCC … Continue reading Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Tuesday, Oct 18, 2016

By ogo-eze

News

April 19, 2022

How seriously is the federal government addressing the wanton killings by Fulani herdsmen? No one can give a definite answer till this ravaging menace spreads its tentacles throughout Nigeria- North, West, East, and South. But what do Fulani herdsmen have to do with guns? And why do they kill Nigerians? Of course, there must be … Continue reading Questions to Understand about the Killings by ‘Fulani Herdsmen’

By nnenna

ECONOMY Opinion

April 19, 2022

In its infancy, corruption has a justification—the quest for survival; having to drive to the back of a petrol station where a keg of petrol is loaded unto the boot of your car even though the petrol station declines to sell petrol into jerry cans to the general public—your undue advantage being that you know … Continue reading A Thing about Corruption

By nehijesu