Revealed: How Herdsmen Are Renaming Communities Forcefully Taken By Them
According to a document obtained by the Vanguard, it has been revealed how the herdsmen in Nigeria are renaming communities invaded by them after their original occupiers have been attacked and displaced. The reports gave list of numerous communities invaded and renamed by Herdsmen dated back 2001 till date. The occupied communities include “Rotchun (aka Rafin Acha), Dankum (renamed “Mahanga”), Hywa (renamed”Lugere”), Fass (renamed “Tafawa”), Davwak, Chwelnyap, Lyoho Dakar, and Angwan Dalyop which were all attacked Between September 7 and 10, 2001 with the original inhabitants displaced. Others are, “Janda, attacked on 8th February, 2010; Darin, attacked on 28th April,
Police Arrested Pastor For Selling Tickets To Heaven For Church Members
A Pastor in Zimbabwe has been arrested together with his wife for allegedly selling tickets to heaven to his church members, report from a local FM in Zimbabwe has said. Pastor Tito Wats told thousands of people that it was Jesus who appeared to him, then gave him tickets to people especially sinners so that they could also enter heaven easily. The pastor was quoted to have said: “I don’t care what people or the police are saying about me, I am being persecuted because of doing the work of God.” ” Jesus Christ appeared to me and gave me the
Opinion: Why Nigerians Should Go For Dankwambo Against 2019
By Sani Jauro Though as a career civil servant I am not a politician, the compelling motivation to write this piece was predicated on an interview I granted some newsmen during the week, in which they asked me questions regarding my principal, Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo. The press men, obviously amazed at what the governor was able to achieve with so little resources, felt I was the right person to shed more light on what some of them correctly termed the Dankwambo phenomenon. In this article therefore, I am going to paraphrase some of the things I told them, believing it
Plateau: Buhari Mocks Opposition, Says PDP Shedding Crocodile Tears
President Muhammadu Buhari has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of playing irresponsible politics with the killings of Nigerians in Plateau State when they (PDP) says it is declaring seven days mourning in Nigeria. The president said that the PDP is dancing on the graves of the dead, playing cheap and infantile politics when it says flags in its offices would be flown at half mast nationwide, they forgot that those flags had been forcefully lowered since its 2015 loss at the polls, the President said. In a statement signed by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,
Again, Federal Govt Borrows $2.1b Loan From World Bank
The World Bank has approved a loan of $2.1 billion for Nigerian government following a request from the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. According to a statement released on Thursday, the money was approved for seven projects which cover areas like nutrition, access to electricity, states’ fiscal transparency, polio eradication, women’s economic empowerment, public finance and national statistics and reducing vulnerability to soil erosion. More to follow..
Video: Herdsmen Flooded National Assembly With Cows
The open grazing of cattle in Nigeria seem to have become embarrassing as some Herdsmen led their cattle through the National Assembly without fear or anyone challenging them. Watch video here. https://youtu.be/J6vY8UO7YXg
Video: Ekiti Women Protested Against Fayemi, Call Him Different Names
Some group of women in Ekiti State wearing white Polo T-shirt, has protested against the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Kayode Fayemi, calling him unremarkable names. Watch the video https://youtu.be/WvJ-jb7YtA4
Tension In APC As Court Fixes July 3 In Suit File To Disqualify Fayemi
There is tension in the camp of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Bwari, on Wednesday, fixed July 3 to deliver judgment on a suit challenging the eligibility of former Minister of Mines and Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to participate in the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State. Justice Othman Musa reserved his judgment after parties in the matter argued and adopted their final briefs of argument. The court had earlier ordered the service of hearing notices on both Fayemi and the All Progressives Congress, APC, who were listed
Ekiti Guber Polls: To Vote APC, Is Like Voting For Killer Herdsmen — Fayose
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has urged Ekiti people not to vote for the All Progressives Congress in the July 14 governorship election. He said voting for the APC during the election was an invitation to chaos, killing, raping of people’s wives and daughters by the killer herdsmen which the APC harboured. Fayose urged them to learn from daily killings by herdsmen in the APC-controlled states of Benue, Plateau, Zamfara, Kaduna and Nasarawa. Fayose stated this during a meeting with teachers, civil servants and local government workers in Ado Ekiti. In a press statement issued by his Chief Press
Herdsmen: Sagay Blasts Defence Minister, Ask Buhari To Sack All Security Chiefs
- Says killing is causing embarrassment to all Buhari's supporters Prof. Itse Sagay, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has called for the immediate sack of Service Chiefs in the face of deteriorating security problem in the country saying they are causing embarrassment not only to President Muhammadu Buhari but to all the people supporting the administration including himself. Speaking in a chat with Daily Independent on the latest massacre in Plateau State, Sagay also lambasted Mansur Dan Ali, Minister of Defence for justifying the killings by saying the anti-grazing law is responsible for the clashes between
