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Buhari Ignored My Warning About Possibility Of Killings In Benue, Taraba, Others – Bakare

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2018

The Serving Overseer of the The Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Sunday said he warned President Muhammadu Buhari about the possibility of a “horrendous genocide” in Benue, Plateau, Taraba, Kaduna and Adamawa States. Bakare revealed this in his annual State Of The Nation Address.

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Establishment of cattle colonies: MACBAN faults FG, calls for the revival of grazing reserves

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2018

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has faulted Federal Government’s proposed establishment of cattle colonies, saying it should rather revive the existing grazing reserves across the country. MACBAN said that the 415 grazing reserves in the country covered about three million hectares of land, adding that the reserves had been neglected by the

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Don’t give any part of Biafraland to Fulani herdsmen- MASSOB warns South East Governors, Traditional rulers

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2018

Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra MASSOB, has stated that the killing being perpetrated by herdsmen in parts of Benue and Taraba states was a kind of pay back to those who joined Hausa/Fulani to slaughter Igbos in 1967. MASSOB also warned governors and traditional rulers from South East not to give […]

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Buhari meets Benue leaders today

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari will today meet some leaders from Benue State over the recent killings recorded in the state. Those expected at the meeting scheduled to hold at the Presidential Villa, Abuja include political, traditional and opinion leaders from the state A top government source told journalists on the condition of anonymity on Sunday that […]

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Falana demands the release of El-Zakzaky and wife

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2018

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Sunday demanded the release of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (also known as Shi’ite), Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky; and wife, Zeinab, following their rumoured death which prompted the Department of State Service to parade them before the media last week. Falana, in a statement, described […]

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We won’t fall for Miyetti Allah’s blackmail, says Gov Ishaku

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2018

Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, on Sunday said he would not fall for “cheap blackmail and propaganda” of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association. Ishaku stated this while reacting to the allegations by the National Secretary of Miyetti Allah, Baba Usman, that the state government was training ethnic militia against Fulani and that the governor […]