Tag: Miyetti Allah
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I’m now Miyetti Allah member, I need Ruga settlement, says Melaye
Senator Dino Melaye (PDP-Kogi West), on Saturday joked that he had become a member of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and deserved a share of the Ruga Settlement. He said he received 104 cows from sympathisers following the death of his mother Deaconess Comfort Melaye and this made him qualified to join…
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Court Dismisses Miyetti Allah’s Suit Seeking To Restrain Open Grazing Law
A Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Okon Abang has dismissed a suit filed by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore. The suit is challenging and seeking to restrain the 2017 Open Grazing Prohibition and Establishment Law passed by the Benue State House of Assembly The court, on Thursday, also awarded a cost of…
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Call Your People To Order, Zamfara CP Tells Miyetti Allah
Zamfara State Police Commissioner, Usman Nagogo has a given two-week ultimatum to Miyetti Allah to end banditry activities or face the wrath of the laws. Addressing leaders of Miyetti Allah during a reconciliation meeting held at J.B Yakubu secretariat Gusau today, the Commissioner said Zamfara has had enough of banditry activities, calling on the Fulani…
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Miyetti Allah calls for establishment of Fulani vigilantes in S-East
THE Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has called for establishment of Fulani Youth Vigilante body in communities of the south east, to compliment its host community counterparts and other constituted security apparatus in the zone. The cattle breeders made the request just as the South east Governors told them that nobody in…
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We Actually Demanded 100bn From FG, Miyetti Allah Gives Reasons
The National Secretary, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Mr Saleh Alhassan, has said his group indeed demanded from the Federal Government the payment of N100bn to herders but for the construction of ranches and not for amnesty as reported on social media. Alhassan made the clarification in an interview with The PUNCH on Thursday. He claimed…
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Saraki: “We Now Know Political Backers of Miyetti Allah Who Are Killing Nigerians” –PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today described the outburst of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, echoing the threats by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and agents of the Buhari Presidency, to force out the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, from office, as ominous and revealing. The statement read: “If anything, this unguarded…
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Miyetti Allah Threatens Saraki, Vows To Use Force If He Fails To Resign
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association on Tuesday warned the President of Senate, Bukola Saraki, to resign his position immediately or be forced to do so. The Punch reported that the national coordinator of the association in Benue State, Alhaji Garus Gololo, gave the warning in an interview with our correspondent in Makurdi. Gololo said…