August 4, 2025

Herders

General Insecurity

Displaced Benue Residents Reject Return Over Persistent Insecurity

Makurdi, July 8, 2025 — Thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Benue State have rejected the state government’s call to return to their ancestral communities, citing ongoing security threats and fear of renewed attacks by armed herders and criminal gangs. The IDPs, many of whom have spent years in temporary camps across the state,

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Miyetti Allah Calls on President Tinubu to Issue Directive for Protection of Herders Nationwide

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has formally appealed to President Bola Tinubu to issue a presidential order directing security agencies to enhance protection for pastoralist communities across Nigeria. In a statement issued by MACBAN’s National Secretary-General, Alhaji Bello Gotomo, the association expressed deep concern over ongoing ethnic profiling, discrimination, and unlawful

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