Tag: Benue

Nigeria: 7 more killed in another Benue attack

April 27, 2018 Nigeria Agatu, Benue, Nigeria

At least seven people were killed after suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked another church in Benue State yesterday (26 April). The attack came two days ago after the massacre of 19 worshippers, including two priests, at a Catholic church in Gwer West Local Government Area. In the early hours of yesterday . . . Read More

Nigeria: pressure on Buhari to act increases after latest massacre

April 26, 2018 Nigeria Benue, Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari – criticised for his lukewarm attitude towards the Fulani herdsmen held responsible for numerous attacks in the country – has come under more pressure to take decisive action following the latest massacre at a Catholic church in the Middle Belt state of Benue. On Tuesday (24 . . . Read More

Nigerian bishops accuse government of failing to protect citizens from ‘terrorist’ herdsmen

February 9, 2018 Nigeria Adamawa, Benue, Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Taraba, Terrorism

Nigeria’s Catholic bishops have told President Muhammadu Buhari that attacks attributed to members of the Fulani pastoralist tribe have been carried out by “terrorists masquerading as herdsmen” and accused the government of being “incapable or unwilling” to protect citizens from them. A delegation of 11 bishops delivered a strongly worded . . . Read More

New IS branch discovered in Nigeria, as UK archbishop calls for end to violence

January 25, 2018 Nigeria Benue, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Justin Welby, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau, Terrorism

A village head inside his destroyed home in one of the villages in Southern Kaduna that were attacked by Fulani herdsmen, in May 2017. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has called for an end to the ongoing violence in Nigeria. His statement comes as a new terrorist network has been discovered in the country – IS in West Africa (ISWA) – which recruits foreigners to act as Fulani herdsmen and attack local communities. . . . Read More

Fulani herdsmen ‘terrorists’ ‘pampered’ in Nigeria’s Middle Belt

January 15, 2018 Nigeria Adamawa, Benue, ECWA, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nasarawa, Nigeria, Taraba

A spate of violence attributed to ethnic Fulani herdsmen in central Nigeria has seen dozens killed since the turn of year. In Benue State, violence has claimed 80 lives and forced 80,000 to flee. The funerals on 11 January for 73 of the victims in Makurdi, Benue’s capital, were broadcast . . . Read More

Nigeria’s New Year begins with attacks on Christians

January 4, 2018 Nigeria Adamawa, Benue, Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna, Kwara, Muhammadu Buhari, Omuku, Rivers State

In Nigeria, the New Year celebrations were marked by incidents which claimed dozen lives across the country. According to local sources and media, the attacks were carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen or Muslim youths, who targeted Christian worshippers. The attacks affected the volatile Middle Belt states (Benue, Kaduna), epicenter . . . Read More

Persistent Fulani violence ‘indicates ethnic cleansing’ of Nigerian Christians

November 14, 2017 Nigeria Benue, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Middle Belt, Nigeria

A new report detailing the sustained attack on Christian communities by Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s central state of Benue concludes that the number and ferocity of incidents is evidence of ethnic cleansing. Further, signs of ethnic cleansing on Christian communities “are likely to become increasingly evident” in light of a . . . Read More

Nigeria: cattle-grazing ban seeks to end Fulani violence

November 2, 2017 Nigeria Benue, ECWA, Middle Belt, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau

A law imposing a ban on cattle grazing has come into force today (2 November) in Nigeria’s central state of Benue. The ban follows years of deadly clashes between nomadic Fulani herdsman and local farmers in Nigeria’s Middle Belt. According to the BBC, the new law requires everyone to keep . . . Read More

Nigeria: when Fulani herdsmen and farmers clash

September 11, 2017 Nigeria Benue, ECWA, Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna, Middle Belt, Nasarawa, Nigeria

Fulani cattle herds in Bauchi State, northern Nigeria, July 2016 (Open Doors International)

Many experts on Nigeria now believe that violence across the Middle Belt, which World Watch Monitor has reported at length, has been responsible for more deaths than Boko Haram. As Emmanuel Akinwotu wrote last year in the New Statesman, the conflict – between ‘indigenous’ settled farmers (mainly Christian) and nomadic . . . Read More

Church leader seriously injured in Fulani attack in Nigeria’s Nasarawa state

July 6, 2017 Nigeria Benue, ECWA, Fulani herdsmen, Joseph Kurah, Middle Belt, Nasarawa, West Africa

When Ibrahim Maisaje, a pastor of an ECWA (Evangelical Church Winning All) church in Panwasa Mada village, went to his farm with his family on 26 June, he was full of joy and expectation. It was mid-season, the crops had grown well and the harvest season was looking promising. But . . . Read More

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