Nigerians resident in India have called out to the Nigerian embassy to come to their help as they fear another round of attacks are being planned against them. The call was made by the Nigeria Citizens Welfare Association (NICWA) Noida/Greater Noida who stated that several appeals to the embassy have yielded no action. The group…
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Abike Dabiri Calls For Calm And Vigilance After India Attacks
Following multiple distress calls by Nigerian students in India on concerns on their safety as a result of renewed attacks on them, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has urged Nigerians in India to remain calm and be watchful of their surroundings. Dabiri-Erewa said in a statement…
#Xenophobic Attack: Report of Fresh Attacks On Nigerians In South Africa
Clement Aduku, Abuja: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received reports of alleged renewed attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. Such reports coming on the heels of the recently concluded and highly successful dual-layered engagement with top officials and parliamentarians in South Africa, including members of the Civil Society, give cause for concern. Contrary to…
WASHINGTON: 1 Sikh man shot dead, another wounded in separate attacks
Attacks on Sikhs in the US seems to be on the increase following the shooting of two Sikh men which led to the death of one, and the other wounded. In the first incident, a Sikh man repairing his car was shot and wounded in the arm by an assailant in the city of Seattle,…
The Need Why African Union Should Intervene On Xenophobic Attacks On Nigerians – Abike Dabiri
Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has called on the South African government to take decisive and definitive measures to protect Nigerian citizens and other Africans within South African borders on xenophobic attacks. She equally called on the African Union to intervene urgently in the renewed xenophobic…
FG Alerts Nigerians “Muslim Brotherhood” Terrorist Group Planning Deadly Attacks
Segun Adeyemi, Abuja: The Federal Government has alerted Nigerians to the plan by a Boko Haram affiliate, Muslim Brotherhood Cell in Kogi State, to acquire bomb-making chemicals and high-calibre weapons to perpetrate acts of terror, including attacks on banks, arms depots and prisons. In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Information…
800 Herdsmen Now In Custody In Nigeria – Osinbajo
Security agencies in Nigeria have arrested about 800 suspected violent herdsmen across the country, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Prof. Osinbajo made this disclosure in Houston, Texas in the US on Friday at a Townhall event where he interacted with US-based Nigerians who asked questions live at the event and also via the Internet,…
IPCR Engage Farmers Herders In Dialogue
IPCR Engage Farmers Herders in Dialogue Access to land either for grazing or farming, plus conflicting land use laws have been identified as the major problems leading to clashes between farmers and herders. This was pointed out at a dialogue between farmers and herdsmen, organized by the Institute for Peace and Conflict resolution. The growing…
Nigerian gunmen kidnap 14 local oil workers and driver in southern Rivers state
ONITSHA, Nigeria, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Gunmen in Nigeria’s restive southern Niger Delta region, which has been hit by a series of militant attacks on energy facilities since the start of the year, have kidnapped 14 local oil workers and their driver, police said on Saturday.
Chronicle of Fulani Herdsmen Attacks, History of Indifference by Security Agencies
On April 18, 2016, one Captain Bashir Jajira, the Assistant Director of Public Relations of the Nigerian Army announced that 36 heavily-armed Fulani herdsmen were arrested at a military checkpoint between the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Nasarawa State. He also mentioned the arrest of another batch of 56 herdsmen whom he said were arrested…
Pastures of blood
Oyo, Ogun farmers lament deadly encounters with herdsmen Pains of wasted efforts, damp squib of raped women and chilling cries of men cut down in their primes are events that have left farmers in some Ogun and Oyo communities sad and forlorn. HANNAH OJO, who visited some of the affected communities ravaged by herdsmen invasion,…
Abduction of IPOB Activists and Their Imminent Death in DSS Custody | STATEMENT
By Intersociety Following a high number of incidences of suspected death of Nigerian citizens in the custodies of the security agencies and recent violent attacks launched by security forces in some high profile prisons across the country, the leadership of International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety) is deeply concerned that…