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Two herders and over one hundred cows have been reportedly killed in what seemed to be a revenge attack in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state A community leader in Kwal district where the attack occurred, Ezekiel Bini, told The PUNCH in Jos on Saturday that before the incident happened on Wednesday, a young…

Farmers and herders in the South-West region of Nigeria signed a peace pact on Saturday to permanently halt conflicts between the two groups and promote food security for everyone. The signing was carried out by the coordinator of Commodities Farmers Organisation in South-West, Segun Dasaolu, and the President of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of […]

A group, Middle Belt Patriots, has urged state governors not to give in to pressure from the Federal Government to give lands to herders for grazing. The group said agreeing to such demands would worsen the security situation in the middle belt and other parts of the country. President Bola Tinubu had while speaking at the…