Herdsmen Crisis In Nigeria

The Borno state government said it has identified areas where it would kick-off the pilot scheme of the suspended President rural grazing area to put an end to farmers-herders clashes in the state.

The senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly matters, Ita Enang, has said that the the controversial Ruga settlement policy was amended into law by former president Obasanjo.

Justice Abang awarded N100,000 cost in favour of each of the 14 defendants in the case, which he said must first be paid by the plaintiffs before they could take any further steps.

The democracy vanguard of Nigerians in the diaspora has petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) over incessant attacks by suspected herdsmen in the country.

Allen Onyema, the chairman of Air Peace airlines, on Sunday, August 4, said that one of the latest tactics armed robbers employ in committing crimes in Nigeria is to disguise themselves as herdsmen.

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed concern over the rising insecurity in the nation particularly clashes between herdsmen and farmers.