A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services to release the President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, from detention. Justice Mohammed Zubairu described Bodejo’s detention since December 9 without being charged to court as unlawful. “The applicant is hereby released from the 2nd respondent’s detention,” the … Read more
The president of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, has been arrested by the Nigerian Army following a confrontation between herders and a retired general in Nasarawa State, with his family accusing the military of an unlawful detention. Bodejo’s family claims the arrest is linked to his intervention in the matter, despite no direct involvement … Read more
On Friday, the federal government arraigned Bello Bodejo, the president of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore group, before a Federal High Court in Abuja. The charges against Bodejo include allegedly establishing and unlawfully supporting an ethnic militia group called Kungiya Zaman Lafiya. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) filed the case, accusing him of … Read more
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called on the federal government to ignore the request of governor Samuel Ortom of Benue, to declare the association as a terrorist organisation. Hours after the federal government gazetted an order designating bandits as terrorists, Ortom called on the Federal Government to also declare Miyetti Allah … Read more
Engr. Munnir Atiku Lamido, the National Vice President of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has been declared missing. Lamido was declared missing by thr Miyetti Allah National Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Muhammad Nura Abdullahi, via a statement on Friday. The statement read in part, “We feel compelled to inform the general public … Read more
The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, also known as Miyetti Allah, has dragged Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, before the International Criminal Court (ICC), Hague, over the alleged seizure of cows. Mr Saleh Alhassan, the National Secretary-General of the Fulani socio-cultural group, stated this while reacting to the inauguration of state’s Community Volunteer Guards. In a … Read more
Gunmen Kidnap Miyetti Allah Chairman in Kogi The Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in Kogi State, Alhaji Wakili Damina, has been abducted. The state Secretary of MACBAN, Mr Adamu Abubakar, told newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday that Damina was abducted on April 30 by some armed men dressed in army … Read more
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) as a terrorist organisation. Ortom made the call hours after the federal government gazetted an order designating bandits as terrorists in Nigeria. In a statement on Thursday, Nathaniel Ikyur, chief press secretary (CPS), quoted the governor … Read more
The association of Fulani cattle breeders in Nigeria, known as MACBAN, has demanded that Sunday Igboho, a prominent figure in the South West, be arrested and prosecuted immediately for his recent provocative remarks that called for the removal of Fulani cattle breeders from Yoruba land. The association’s national president, Baba Othman Ngelzarma, … Read more
The leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MCBAN), South East Zone, has begged Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo to postpone his stand to fully implement the anti-open grazing law in the state. On Monday in Awka, the leader of the Miyetti Allah in the South-East Zone, Gidado Siddiki, said the plea … Read more
Baba Ngelzarma, President of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, says the President Muhammadu Buhari regime has neglected issues affecting Fulani herders in the country. Ngelzarma stated this in a recent interview with Punch, stressing that the president failed to address any if the problems they brought before him. He said: “We must … Read more
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, has told Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State it is ready to put an end to senseless killing of innocent people in the state. The group condemned the governor over the enactment of a law banning open grazing. Baba Othman Ngelzarma, the National Secretary of MACBAN, made … Read more
The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani Socio- Cultural Association, has accused the Ondo state Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of creating Amotekum to kill the Fulanis. They chided Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State for his perceived hatred for the Fulani people. The National Secretary of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Mr. Saleh Alhassan, in a statement, … Read more
Aloy Ejimakor, a lawyer to Biafra agitator, Nnamdi Kanu, has said the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB cannot be compared to Miyetti Allah. The special Special Counsel to Kanu explained that IPOB is registered worldwide, hence cannot be compared to Miyetti Allah. He stated this while reacting to Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka’s comment on the Federal Government’s … Read more
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has dumped the conventional open grazing system in Ondo State. This is even as the Ondo State chapter of Miyetti Allah embraced the feedlot operational system as an alternative to open grazing The Ondo State MACBAN Secretary, Mr. Ahmed Danna, the feedlot system will help herders … Read more
Controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi has reiterated his call for the federal government to establish a ministry of nomadic affairs. According to Gumi, this will help address the grievances of the herdsmen. The controversial clergy made the call on Wednesday while speaking at the ‘Pastoralists and Fulbe Security Conference’ in Abuja. Daily Report Nigeria … Read more