President Bola Tinubu has called on state governors to provide land for grazing reserves for nomadic Fulani pastoralists to end the years-long violent herders–farmers clashes in the country. Rising conflict between herders and farmers in Nigeria is already six times deadlier than Boko Haram’s insurgency in the North East and banditry in the North West. The violence has claimed over 60,000 lives even as farmers have abandoned their farms because of the daily kidnappings and...
A former minister of aviation in Nigeria, Femi Fani-Kayode blames “international criminal cartels, foreign governments and intelligence agencies” for the terror attacks being witnessed in Nigeria that have seen thousands including school children forcefully taken from their homes to deep forests. Fani-Kayode said on Sunday that the West is the “hidden hand” behind Nigeria’s numerous travails, accusing it of a long-term conspiracy to “literally end our nation” because they feel threatened that Nigeria’s growth would...
Nigeria’s first lady, Oluremi Tinubu is deeply saddened by the spate of kidnappings in the country that she has called for the death of any apprehended bandit. A wave of kidnapping swept through Nigeria last week with the abduction of more than 270 school children by Fulani radical Islamic terrorists in Kuriga village, Chikun LGA of Kaduna State on Thursday, 7 March. The next day, Mrs Tinubu, during a meeting with the national women leaders...
Bandits murdered a 17-year-old herder in crisis-torn Plateau State on Tuesday. Dozens of cattle and sheep were also victims of the unprovoked attack. Local media reported Thursday that the attack was in Barkin Ladi county of the Northcentral state. The bandits rode into Fanzo village on motorbikes and opened fire on a group of herdsmen grazing cattle. “They killed one of the herdsmen and injured another. The gunmen also took away more than 50 of...
A police officer and a civilian were shot dead in Anyigba, the commercial district of Dekina LGA in Kogi State, on Thursday evening during a chilling bank robbery. The heavily armed gunmen stormed Anyigba, 116 kilometres from Kogi’s capital city Lokoja at about 5:00 p.m. Channels Television reported that they made a brief stop at Anyigba town police station, and gunned down a police officer while disarming others before heading to the banks. The banks...
Ajuri Ngalale, President Bola Tinubu’s official spokesperson and his special adviser on media and publicity, has assured Nigerians that Tinubu is working round the clock to improve their lots. Tinubu extended the reign of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, with his election victory in February 2023 after promising to improve the livelihoods of the country’s more than 200 million people. He has implemented a series of wide-ranging reforms aimed at revitalising growth in Nigeria...
Gbagir village in Ukum LGA of Benue State became a battleground on Tuesday as rival bandit groups clashed, leaving a trail of death and destruction. The battle was between a militia gang in Ukum and a Fulani militia gang from Taraba State which joined forces with another gang in Ukum. The violence claimed over 30 lives, mainly members of the conflicting militia gangs. But locals, including 12 farmers and a family of seven, were victims...
The Nigerian Army, NA, authorities have said its troops gunned down a notorious terrorist leader named Maikusa in a gun duel in Batsari LGA of Katsina State. Maikusa, said the NA, was the second-in-command of the terrorist cell led by another notorious terrorist Modi Modi whom the police are hunting for. Modi has a N50 million bounty on his head, as earlier reported by Pilot News. Maikusa was slain alongside three other outlaws on Monday,...
It was an emotional moment for business mogul Aliko Dangote at the night of tribute for the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe held last night at Eko Hotel in Lagos. The event was tagged, “Celebrating Herbert Wigwe’s Professional Legacy.” Pilot News reported that Wigwe, his wife, son, and Abimbola Ogunbanjo, a former chair of the Nigerian stock exchange, were killed in a helicopter crash in California on Friday, 9 February. At...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions, NASU, have threatened a total shutdown of the universities in the country. The unions have given the government one week — this week — to clear the backlog of unpaid salaries for the last four months. SSANU and NASU accuse the government of neglecting an agreement made in 2022 and treating the unions with “disdain” by showing...
