Tag Archives: FULANI

District Best Farmer urges gov’t to deal with Fulani menace

Amadu Alhassan, a 53-year-old District Best Farmer in Upper Manya Krobo, Eastern Region, is calling on the government to address the Fulani menace in the district, citing concerns about its impact on food security. Alhassan emphasized that the destructive activities of Fulani herdsmen and their cattle continue to pose threats …

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Fulani herdsmen abandon cows as armed residents chase them from Boti

Fulani herdsmen scampered for safety when residents of Boti in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region embarked on an exercise to forcefully evict them from the community. This followed complaints that the herders had been leading their cows to destroy farm produce in the area. The residents armed …

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Farmer allegedly shot dead by police over Fulani menace

A 54-year-old farmer, Kwasi Ahoku, has been allegedly shot to death by the police at his residence at Maamekrobo in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District of the Eastern Region. The incident occurred on Friday, February 3, 2023, around 6:30am. It is alleged that the police are the cause of …

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Fulani man killed, five suspects arrested by police

A young man, Yakubu Amadu, 32, believed to be of Fulani extraction has been beaten to death by five suspects at Loagri, a suburb of Walewale in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region for allegedly allowing his cattle to graze on a beans plantation farm. The incident …

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Suspected Fulani herdsmen hack two to death, injure another

Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed two persons in Zongo Akiki, Makurdi Local Government Area in Benue State. Zongo Akiki is a community located along Nigeria Army School of Military Engineering , NASME, Northbank, Makurdi. It was the first herdsmen attack in the metropolitan council since gunmen launched a blistering attacks on Benue …

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Three persons arrested over murder of Fulani herdsman

The Upper West Regional Police Command has arrested three persons in connection with the murder of a Fulani herdsman. The suspects, John Dakurah, Numbuzie Chawinaa and Tankpare Sylvester are being held for the murder of the deceased Demo Jeti, who was reportedly killed in a bush at Kuntaali village. A …

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Fulani Chief declares war on criminals, vows to expose them

The Vice President of the Council of Fulani Chiefs, Alhaji Osman Bin Ahmed, has cautioned members of the Fulani community to desist from acts that bring the name and reputation of the Fulani community into disrepute. He said the few persons within the Fulani fraternity engaging in such cruel acts …

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Irate youth descend on Fulani herdsmen, kill several cattle

The irate youth of Adoe, a farming community in the Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono Region, has descended on Fulani herdsmen in the area and killed several cattle. The aggrieved youth, who wore red headgear and armbands, said the influx of the nomads in the area had been worrying …

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The Church of Pentecost appoints first Fulani pastor into full time ministry

The historic moment took place at a commissioning service for the 2021/22 batch of ministerial students held at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC), Gomoa Fetteh. Having been commissioned, P/Overseer Diallo and his wife, Mariam Diallo Sulemana, are now set for Nkwanta, where they would be stationed to serve God and …

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Fulani herdsmen planning to disguise as worshippers, attack churches in South-East Nigeria

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has sent a warning to the Christian community in the South-East about plots by the Fulani herdsmen to attack churches in the region. The spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful, who made this known in a statement, affirmed that the herders had already infiltrated …

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