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AutosRe: Very Clean Golf 2 With Alloy Wheels And AC Tokunbo @ 570k (08096577304)SOLD SOLD by Hectarus(m): 7:56pm On Jul 25, 2017
GAZZUZZ:
hilarious thread grin
Oga so we plenty wey dey follow this thread? Chai.. ok.. Kontinuee..

Op happy sales. But you need to go over those posts and calm frayed nerves. People will always be people and if you want to be successful in business you must learn to manage different kinds of people. That's a fact
AutosRe: Solved by Hectarus(m): 6:23pm On Jul 06, 2017
sexyboocalher:
Tade, for bringing in a family that u do not know about this, i stand on d word of God that says cursed is he who curses me and my household....
U shall beg for mercy and u will never get..
With d pains I went thru before having my kids, i curse everything u hold dear.. .
Tade, whatever power u really on from today shall turn against u.. .
Whoever u depend on for powers shall disappoint u and fight against u.
For bringing them in, u shall say a sad story.
Haba!! That is too harsh madam!! I believe everything can be sorted out without going this far.I sincerely believe so.
AutosRe: 2007 Nissan Sunny In Warri, 450k by Hectarus(m): 6:17pm On Jul 06, 2017
450 Cash down sir!!
AutosRe: Production Of Gasoline Cars Ends In 2025, Nigeria In Trouble by Hectarus(m): 11:51am On Jul 05, 2017
sagaxity:
I doubt this claim though self driving cars are still in the growing...not enough to even take a 10% share of petrol vehicles in 8 years time......its just his ideology and he is selling it to the world..

I just don't believe it...
You better believe it.... Electric cars are already on the rise globally. China pays its citizens subsidy to go electric ; Australia, Germany, the Eu in general and California is a perfect example of hoe to make EVs a success.. With these trends it is only a matter of time before it comes knocking at your door step.
AutosRe: Super Clean 2006 Honda Accord DC For Sale Sold by Hectarus(m): 8:32pm On Jul 04, 2017
Love the way you used your car sir. I love the car as well but not a Honda Fan. Honestly I haven't seen a nicely used car as this on NL. Happy sales
FamilyRe: I Caught Her Cheating, Wedding In Two Months, Should I Go Ahead Out Of Pity? by Hectarus(m): 10:53am On Jul 04, 2017
listenersky:
Wedding preparations already done. Hall booked, cloths bought, both families already preparing, what will people say? How will she move ahead if I leave her?
What is that compared to your peace, happiness, security and eventually safety? Someone who can do that may get rid of you to continue her life with whom ever she desires. You better don't go and kill your self this man... The same people will wonder why you didnt run when you found out. Don't be a fool sir!!
CrimeRe: 15 Suspected Badoo Members Arrested During Raid Between Police And OPC. PICS by Hectarus(m): 5:10pm On Jul 02, 2017
sendmeonly:
Do you mind sharing your location?
BADOO sighted
CrimeRe: 15 Suspected Badoo Members Arrested During Raid Between Police And OPC. PICS by Hectarus(m): 4:25am On Jul 02, 2017
SaulRazor:
It's seems a lot of innocent people were arrested in this eye service raid oooo see me below story of an innocent pharmacist arrested in the raid
Don't worry, by the time the chips are down, the innocent will go free while the guilty face the music
AgricultureRe: N-Power Beneficiary Starts Sugar Cane Farm With N-Power Stipend (Photos) by Hectarus(m): 11:54pm On Jun 29, 2017
Papiikush:
See as person waste 2 Acres on sugarcane. There are more profitable things you could have done dude!
More profitable things like TBC coins, Money Miss Mail(MMM) or buy a brand new Infinix? I shake my head at the poverty that will tear many young persons with this mentality into pieces.
Christianity EtcRe: Prepare To Meet Your God (An Excerpt): The Rapture And Great Tribulation! by Hectarus(m): 4:50pm On Jun 25, 2017
Jhaytee4all:
now, I'm going to 'paste' how she described him... Here is it;

The Lord Jesus Christ
Angelica:
At that moment I hear the Lord's voice, a beautiful voice with thunder and love, "Fear not, Daughter, for I am Jehovah, Your God, and I have come here to show you what I have promised you. Arise, for I am Jehovah, who holds you by your right hand and tells you, Fear not, I will help you." Suddenly, I arose. I had been kneeling down, looking at my body, wanting to get back in but not being able to. When I heard His voice, fear had left me, and I was no longer scared.
As I started walking, the angels began to open a path. There was a strong light shining, and as I gazed at it, I felt peace. As I looked, I saw a beautiful, tall, elegant, muscular man. Light was projecting from Him. There was too much light for me to see His face! But I could see His beautiful hair of brilliant gold and a white garment with a wide golden girdle that crossed His chest. It read, "KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS."
This was exactly my experience on July 22nd 2016. Fiery, combusting full of smoke every where, I saw the Lord with heavy glory that is beyond words or description.
PoliticsTaraba Killings: Security Chiefs Relocate To Mambilla Plateau by Hectarus(op): 8:55am On Jun 24, 2017
To stem the ranging crisis between the Fulani and Mambilla in Sardauna Council of Taraba State, security chiefs, include the General Officer Commanding (GOC) the 3 Division of the Nigeria Army, Brig-Gen. Benjamin Ahanotu, Commandment of the 23 Brigade, Yola in Adamawa State, Brig-Gen. Bello A Mohammed, Commandant of the 20 Battalion in Sarti, Lt-Col. Abdullahi Anwar and the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Yunana Yakubu Babas, have temporarily relocated to the area.

In a meeting with the Chairman of the council, Mr. John Yep, Mohammed traced the genesis of the crisis, which led to wanton destruction of lives and property, to the arrest of a Mambilla man and Wakili of Ngoroje.

He said the crisis could have been averted if relevant security measures were put in place.

He admonished security chiefs on the need to establish a motor circle unit in the area because of the difficult terrain.

Mohammed urged the state government to as a matter of urgency fashion out measures that would put to rest the incessant clashes in the area.

Responding, Yep explained said the council was living no stone unturned to prevent further crisis that could led to the displacement of persons.

At the time of filing this report, all the security chiefs, along with journalists, were on a visit to the affected villages.

Source:http://guardian.ng/news/taraba-killings-security-chiefs-relocate-to-mambilla-plateau/
CrimeRe: Killings In Taraba- Ethnic Cleansing-fulani Community by Hectarus(op): 12:01pm On Jun 22, 2017
What of the cleansing carried out by fulanis in Agatu-Is that one a spiritual cleansing? Enugu -A physical cleansing? What of delta, Rivers, Oyo, Southern Kaduna, -Jos axis, and other innumerable areas? Not a single soldier was seen, police sef no dey, to protect the victims.. Now its your turn you're crying- Omaseoo Aye ma ni kao!!!
This should be the beginning of a very long battle
CrimeKillings In Taraba- Ethnic Cleansing-fulani Community by Hectarus(op): 11:42am On Jun 22, 2017
The Fulani community in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State have accused the Mambilla tribe of committing ethnic cleansing against them.

The community in a press statement issued in Jalingo yesterday, said more than 20 families were wiped out in attacks within the week.

They said that as at yesterday morning more than 100 people had been killed in the attacks, adding that the killings were still going on

In the release signed by elders of the community, Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu , Malam Suleiman Musa, Alhaji Hassan Ardo and Alhaji Dauda Jae, the elders lamented that over 180 Fulani villages in the Mambilla Plateau were attacked.

The Fulani elders said the killings had continued now for the past four days and nothing was done by relevant authorities.

The elders said more than 130 persons, including children and women were missing while over 4,000 cows were either killed or taken away.

The Fulani community therefore appealed to Acting President Yemi Osibanjo to take all necessary measures to stop ‘the ethnic cleansing’ being committed against them.

The elders also called on the Federal Government and the United Nations to institute a commission of inquiry into the killings.

“We are not ready to accept any more window dressing by Taraba State because this is four days since the killings started and the government refused to utter a word or issue statement condemning the killings of our people,” the elders said

They also called on the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) as well as the National Emergency Relief Agency ( NEMA ) help the victims of the attacks.

The state Commissioner of Police Mr Yunana Babas could not be reached for comment over the casualty figure released by Fulani community.

The Public Relations Officer for the state command DSP David Misal also did not answer calls made to him severely by our reporter.

The Senior Special Assistant on Media Matters to Governor Darius Ishaku, Mr Silvanus Giwa did not answer calls made to him by our reporter.


Source:https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/killings-in-taraba-villages-ethnic-cleansing-says-fulani-community/202739.html
PoliticsRe: Soldiers Arrive Taraba Over Attacks On Fulanis By Militia Group (Photos) by Hectarus(m): 3:42pm On Jun 21, 2017
Now we know who is behind the Fulani attacks all over the country.
TravelThe Most Peaceful Country In The World For 10 Years Running by Hectarus(op): 3:25pm On Jun 20, 2017
What's the most peaceful place on Earth? Since 2008, the answer has remained the same: Iceland, that quirky piece of Nordic paradise.
The 2017 Global Peace Index report named Iceland the most peaceful place on Earth, a ranking it has earned for seven years straight. According to the GPI, factors that correspond with a peaceful country include a well-functioning government with low levels of corruption and a free flow of information, equitable distribution of resources, a sound business environment, good relations with neighbors, high levels of human capital, and acceptance of the rights of others. Right behind Iceland on the ranking in 2017 was New Zealand in second and Portugal in third.


The Peaceful, And The Not-So-Peaceful

The report also ranked the least peaceful countries. The most dangerous place on Earth? Syria. In fact, the Middle East and North Africa were ranked as the least peaceful regions in the world.

The United States landed at 114 on the list—a substantial fall from its 2016 ranking of 103. That put the U.S. far behind places like Sierra Leone, Haiti, and Cuba.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (official) is the official church with 73.8%, Roman Catholic 3.6%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.9%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 2%, The Independent Congregation 1%, other religions 3.9% (includes Pentecostal and Asatru Association), none 5.6%, other or unspecified 7.2%




Sources:

https://curiosity.com/topics/iceland-keeps-getting-voted-the-worlds-most-peaceful-place-curiosity/
www.indexmundi.com/iceland/religions.html

CrimeRe: Attacks On Fulani Settlements In Taraba Villages, Many Killed, 120 Houses Burnt by Hectarus(m): 2:45pm On Jun 19, 2017
nwaanambra1:
see lies!

daily trust is creating a cover up story to give reasons why fulani will commite the atrocity they already planned on the people of taraba!

i mean how can they report that fulani village was attacked and more than 17 fulanis killed!

same fulani that went fully armed to intimidate the state assembly?

same fulani that every tribe and region in taraba is scared of them!


ok u know what? daily Trust pls furnish us with real pics and videos not acting like they normally do - or i don't believe it!


i can bet that 3 weeks from now there will be massive fulani attacks on the people of taraba and benue!

Daily Trust we are in Ramadan and you are telling this kind of lies! fear Goduooo!

MODIFIED: THIS STORY CAN ONLY BE TRUE IF THE SUPPOSED MILITIA MEN ARE THEIR FELLOW FULANIS TRYING TO RUSTLE THEIR COWS. PERIOD!
The publisher of daily trust is a Fulani. Nda Isaiah I stand to be corrected.
PoliticsRe: PHOTOS: The Mockery Of The Federal Government's Feeding Programme by Hectarus(m): 5:34pm On Jun 18, 2017
I think those in charge of the programme in that part of the country should be arrested for questioning, and dismissed if found guilty, the state government also has an explanation to make.... It is obvious that many waters have passed under the bridge...
PoliticsRe: Nigerians join the Powerupng Class Action Against Discos For Unmetered! by Hectarus(m): 5:20pm On Jun 17, 2017
A very good way to make those dishonest DISCOs pay for their day light robbery of ummetered customers!!!
PoliticsRe: Herdsmen With Arms Storm Taraba Assembly, Threaten Showdown Over Grazing Bill by Hectarus(op): 12:47pm On Jun 13, 2017
Hizzy:
who get moral like me make we kuku ma carry stick, enter government house go demand 4our right and left
OSIBANJO must give me my left and right
government must give me business reserve bill
Lol grin Business reserve bill kwa!!
PoliticsRe: Herdsmen With Arms Storm Taraba Assembly, Threaten Showdown Over Grazing Bill by Hectarus(op): 12:26pm On Jun 13, 2017
DanseMacabre:
No, you're the unlettered Stone Age Neandarthal who doesn't recognise sarcasm even when it slaps him on his unclothed genitals.
Gentlemen!!!!! We are in the midst of a very brewing storm that may consume us all if we fight one another and refuse to come together as one. Now we know who the evil doers are!
PoliticsRe: Herdsmen With Arms Storm Taraba Assembly, Threaten Showdown Over Grazing Bill by Hectarus(op): 11:27am On Jun 13, 2017
francisduru:
God save your people
Amen and this is just the beginning of many revelations that will make many aware of what is really going on.
PoliticsHerdsmen With Arms Storm Taraba Assembly, Threaten Showdown Over Grazing Bill by Hectarus(op): 11:23am On Jun 13, 2017
It’s in ignorance; why ‘ll protesters carry arms?—SPEAKER

By John Mkom

JALINGO—MEMBERS of Taraba State chapter of Miyeti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, clad with arms, yesterday, took its protest against the state’s Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranchers Establishment Bill 2017 to the House of Assembly, threatening breakdown of law if the bill is passed.

The anti-open grazing bill was sponsored as an executive bill to the state House of Assembly by Governor Darius Ishaku about a month ago.

The speech of the state’s Chairman of Miyeti Allah, Sahabi Tukur, was read by Alhaji Adamu Azo at the gate of the Taraba State House of Assembly before the Speaker, Peter Diah, and other members of House.

The association described the bill as a move targeted to subdue the Fulani tribe and also to undermine and restrict activities of the Fulani tribe in the state.

The group called on the lawmakers to stop the bill in the collective interest of the people of the state. It also threatened that there would be a breakdown of law and order, should the House pass the bill into law.

While addressing newsmen, the Speaker, Diah, condemned the threats by the Chairman of Miyeti Allah, noting that the association was protesting in ignorance since the issues raised during the protest were accommodated within the proposed bill.

He said the committee set up by the House of Assembly to handle the process of the bill had given three weeks within which to conduct public hearing on the bill before passage, where all issues that appear unclear will be addressed.

He called on Miyeti Allah to compile all areas they are not comfortable with as a memorandum for the public hearing, stressing that the Assembly had given room for groups and individuals to attend the public hearing with their lawyers.

He described the protest as a deliberate move by Miyeti Allah to cause public disorder in the state capital, as the group did not follow due process, which was the reason security did not allow them access into the assembly complex.


He said: “How can you mobilise for protest and you allow your members to carry arms? The Assembly is an organised place and the security will not allow disorder.

“I think that was why they were not allowed access into the complex, but as a leader who was elected by the people, I insisted I will attend to them, even in the midst of their weapons.

… while Tiv leader raises alarm

Meanwhile, President-General of Tiv Cultural and Social Association in Taraba State, Chief Goodman Dahida, yesterday, raised alarm that herdsmen have taken over highways in the state, robbing motorists and passengers.

Dahida, who alleged that he was robbed alongside Senior Special Assistant to Governor Darius Ishaku on Revenue Mobilisation Matters, Jerry Tyolanga, and two others, at Iwari village on Wukari-Jalingo Highway, said the herdsmen had now taken their criminal activities from the farms to the highways, urging the Federal and state governments to step in.

Tyolanga also lamented that the incident almost took the life of a former member of the state House Assembly, Donga Gbashi, who was in a state of shock while the operation lasted.

He said: “They conducted a thorough search of Tyolanga’s car and they took all our monies and other valuables.”

We were so unfortunate to be the first car that ran into them when they blocked the road, just a few kilometres to Iwale from Wukari.

“They asked all of us to lie face down; they were speaking in Hausa and Fulani languages, and their pronunciations were that of enlightened Fulani persons.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/herdsmen-arms-storm-taraba-assembly-threaten-showdown-grazing-prohibition-bill-passed/
PoliticsRe: Benue Grazing Law:it Is A Repressing Way Of Denying Fulani Livelihood-bayari by Hectarus(op): 11:15am On Jun 13, 2017
Candyrain:
It won't be out of place to say that the IGP is an accomplice in the murder of innocent people in the Middle Belt. This statement from this murderer proves that
i absolutely concur
BusinessRe: New Fraud In Town! Samarium Care. Please Beware Of These Guys by Hectarus(m): 1:03pm On Jun 12, 2017
Just received a call from one of them too while doing my afternoon chores. As I was receiving his call, I just typed Divine Grace Oil Services and found this thread. The info the guy gave me was so real and I had to listen attentively as he called out Alhaji Usman Bello as the contractor and one Mr Paul as the Marketing Manager. The number is 08159573691, Mr Pauls number which I ddnt bother to call is 0816607853
PoliticsBenue Grazing Law:it Is A Repressing Way Of Denying Fulani Livelihood-bayari by Hectarus(op): 11:54pm On Jun 11, 2017
Alhaji Saleh Bayari is the secretary general, member and secretary of the board of trustees of the Gam Allah Fulani Development Association. In this interview with our correspondent, he spoke on the anti-grazing law in some states, how it will affect the cattle economy and their demands, among others.

What is your association’s take on the new anti-open grazing law signed by the Benue State government?

The whole problem started in Ekiti State where the anti-grazing law was first enacted and we taught that Ekiti, being a state in the South, was just testing the waters but when it moved to the North that is basically the home of herdsmen who moved to the South as a result of desertification and global warming. We taught it won’t get to the North but unfortunately it came and they also started clamouring for ant-grazing law. We felt it was not going to be possible in such a swift manner it took in the state. We also know that they cannot make a law that will be a breach to the constitution of Nigeria. From our little understanding, this law is a direct confrontation with the constitution of Nigeria because every Nigerian has an inalienable right to move from one part of the country to another without seeking for a visa. We are baffled, and very surprised to find a state like Benue, which from time immemorial, has been the home of the herdsmen enacting such law. Benue State, from beginning of time, has been a state that has water, grass and other pastures that are not found in other parts of the country.


Is it possible to have your people rear their cattle in grazing reserves and would it solve the problem of herders/farmers clash in the country?

The first time this type of efforts were made in the country was around 1965 under the leadership of the Sardauna of Sokoto in the North and places like Wase, Dangarigari and Wawasange grazing reserves were quite attractive when they were first established because government then was serious and ready to do everything in those places to make the reserves habitable to the herdsmen. But after the First Republic, the noble programme was abandoned and that was the beginning of the problem. I don’t know any grazing reserve that has amenities that the herdsmen will find palatable and habitable for them to say, ‘this is home.’ Even in advanced countries that are being cited for mischief reasons to justify the banning of our traditional way of grazing, they do not have laws banning grazing in this form that some governors are doing in Nigeria. Even where the cattle ranches started, like in America around 1886, the cowboys and Texas rangers move their cows, riding horses through California to new Mexico, to San Juan - a journey of not less than 5000 kilometres - and back, for pleasure, as a tradition, as tourism, as education and adventure.


Are Fulani herders actually trouble-makers and why are they having problems with farmers around the country?

Fifty years ago, there were farmers and herdsmen and there were no problems between them. From our investigation, from 1999 every struggle for power has had its foundation in ethnicity, religion, sectionalism and others. People have realised that the easy way to access political office and to make money is to set one people against the other so that you will be seen to be a hero in the exploit of the division. Robbers and cattle rustlers made our people turn violent when they started kidnapping their relatives and demanding for ransom. These acts made the Fulani man to become aggressive and bear arms for self-defence and because of the need to have a balance of terror, to be able to survive. I also suggested during one of our meetings with the Inspector General of Police and commissioners of 36 states that you legally provide arms to the Fulani men to protect their means of livelihood and family or they get them by any means to defend themselves.


Are Fulani herders actually behind the killings in Benue State?

The killings in Benue are as a result of religion and ethnicity and they have been mostly done by a Tiv man who has a strong terrorist political pressure group and he is called Ghana. He has been terrorising people in Benue, Nasarawa and even in Taraba state and he has become the equivalence of Osama Bin Laden, Muhammad Yusuf and Shekau. But because some people are trying to establish the anti-open grazing law, they decided to attribute every killing done by Ghana to the herdsmen. They are trying to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it. They make sure they created unnecessary animosity and bad blood between the people of Benue State and herdsmen.

The truth also is that the Tiv, Idoma, Agatu and other people in Benue are farmers but with the introduction of religion into politics and economy the Fulani people have been at the receiving end of these so-called natives. The bill is an accumulation of the failed effort of driving the herdsmen out of Benue State through the use of force. Now they feel the best way to go about it is to use the law in such a way that the herdsmen will have no say in the law. These people have been attacking the Fulani and the Fulani have been attacking back in self-defence.
The fear of the unknown is also making them to want to send them out of the state, alleging that they are planning to create an empire of Usman Danfodiyo. If not for mischief, why would they be talking about an empire that took place in the 17th century in the 21st century? We have read the law but there are no provisions on how we can access the ranches. Is it through the local government chairmen, village heads, district heads, ward heads, Tor Tiv or the governor? They have not told us how and where to get the land because an average Tiv man that I know can never leave his land for any amount for any herdsman

Source:https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/it-is-a-repressive-way-of-depriving-us-means-of-livelihood-bayeri/201317.html
PoliticsBenue Grazing Law:it Is A Repressing Way Of Denying Fulani Livelihood-bayari by Hectarus(op): 11:47pm On Jun 11, 2017
Alhaji Saleh Bayari is the secretary general, member and secretary of the board of trustees of the Gam Allah Fulani Development Association. In this interview with our correspondent, he spoke on the anti-grazing law in some states, how it will affect the cattle economy and their demands, among others.

What is your association’s take on the new anti-open grazing law signed by the Benue State government?

The whole problem started in Ekiti State where the anti-grazing law was first enacted and we taught that Ekiti, being a state in the South, was just testing the waters but when it moved to the North that is basically the home of herdsmen who moved to the South as a result of desertification and global warming. We taught it won’t get to the North but unfortunately it came and they also started clamouring for ant-grazing law. We felt it was not going to be possible in such a swift manner it took in the state. We also know that they cannot make a law that will be a breach to the constitution of Nigeria. From our little understanding, this law is a direct confrontation with the constitution of Nigeria because every Nigerian has an inalienable right to move from one part of the country to another without seeking for a visa. We are baffled, and very surprised to find a state like Benue, which from time immemorial, has been the home of the herdsmen enacting such law. Benue State, from beginning of time, has been a state that has water, grass and other pastures that are not found in other parts of the country.


Is it possible to have your people rear their cattle in grazing reserves and would it solve the problem of herders/farmers clash in the country?

The first time this type of efforts were made in the country was around 1965 under the leadership of the Sardauna of Sokoto in the North and places like Wase, Dangarigari and Wawasange grazing reserves were quite attractive when they were first established because government then was serious and ready to do everything in those places to make the reserves habitable to the herdsmen. But after the First Republic, the noble programme was abandoned and that was the beginning of the problem. I don’t know any grazing reserve that has amenities that the herdsmen will find palatable and habitable for them to say, ‘this is home.’ Even in advanced countries that are being cited for mischief reasons to justify the banning of our traditional way of grazing, they do not have laws banning grazing in this form that some governors are doing in Nigeria. Even where the cattle ranches started, like in America around 1886, the cowboys and Texas rangers move their cows, riding horses through California to new Mexico, to San Juan - a journey of not less than 5000 kilometres - and back, for pleasure, as a tradition, as tourism, as education and adventure.


Are Fulani herders actually trouble-makers and why are they having problems with farmers around the country?

Fifty years ago, there were farmers and herdsmen and there were no problems between them. From our investigation, from 1999 every struggle for power has had its foundation in ethnicity, religion, sectionalism and others. People have realised that the easy way to access political office and to make money is to set one people against the other so that you will be seen to be a hero in the exploit of the division. Robbers and cattle rustlers made our people turn violent when they started kidnapping their relatives and demanding for ransom. These acts made the Fulani man to become aggressive and bear arms for self-defence and because of the need to have a balance of terror, to be able to survive. I also suggested during one of our meetings with the Inspector General of Police and commissioners of 36 states that you legally provide arms to the Fulani men to protect their means of livelihood and family or they get them by any means to defend themselves.


Are Fulani herders actually behind the killings in Benue State?

The killings in Benue are as a result of religion and ethnicity and they have been mostly done by a Tiv man who has a strong terrorist political pressure group and he is called Ghana. He has been terrorising people in Benue, Nasarawa and even in Taraba state and he has become the equivalence of Osama Bin Laden, Muhammad Yusuf and Shekau. But because some people are trying to establish the anti-open grazing law, they decided to attribute every killing done by Ghana to the herdsmen. They are trying to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it. They make sure they created unnecessary animosity and bad blood between the people of Benue State and herdsmen.

The truth also is that the Tiv, Idoma, Agatu and other people in Benue are farmers but with the introduction of religion into politics and economy the Fulani people have been at the receiving end of these so-called natives. The bill is an accumulation of the failed effort of driving the herdsmen out of Benue State through the use of force. Now they feel the best way to go about it is to use the law in such a way that the herdsmen will have no say in the law. These people have been attacking the Fulani and the Fulani have been attacking back in self-defence.
The fear of the unknown is also making them to want to send them out of the state, alleging that they are planning to create an empire of Usman Danfodiyo. If not for mischief, why would they be talking about an empire that took place in the 17th century in the 21st century? We have read the law but there are no provisions on how we can access the ranches. Is it through the local government chairmen, village heads, district heads, ward heads, Tor Tiv or the governor? They have not told us how and where to get the land because an average Tiv man that I know can never leave his land for any amount for any herdsman

Source:https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/it-is-a-repressive-way-of-depriving-us-means-of-livelihood-bayeri/201317.html
PoliticsBenue Grazing Law:it Is A Repressing Way Of Denying Fulani Livelihood-bayari by Hectarus(op): 11:32pm On Jun 11, 2017
Alhaji Saleh Bayari is the secretary general, member and secretary of the board of trustees of the Gam Allah Fulani Development Association. In this interview with our correspondent, he spoke on the anti-grazing law in some states, how it will affect the cattle economy and their demands, among others.

What is your association’s take on the new anti-open grazing law signed by the Benue State government?

The whole problem started in Ekiti State where the anti-grazing law was first enacted and we taught that Ekiti, being a state in the South, was just testing the waters but when it moved to the North that is basically the home of herdsmen who moved to the South as a result of desertification and global warming. We taught it won’t get to the North but unfortunately it came and they also started clamouring for ant-grazing law. We felt it was not going to be possible in such a swift manner it took in the state. We also know that they cannot make a law that will be a breach to the constitution of Nigeria. From our little understanding, this law is a direct confrontation with the constitution of Nigeria because every Nigerian has an inalienable right to move from one part of the country to another without seeking for a visa. We are baffled, and very surprised to find a state like Benue, which from time immemorial, has been the home of the herdsmen enacting such law. Benue State, from beginning of time, has been a state that has water, grass and other pastures that are not found in other parts of the country.


Is it possible to have your people rear their cattle in grazing reserves and would it solve the problem of herders/farmers clash in the country?

The first time this type of efforts were made in the country was around 1965 under the leadership of the Sardauna of Sokoto in the North and places like Wase, Dangarigari and Wawasange grazing reserves were quite attractive when they were first established because government then was serious and ready to do everything in those places to make the reserves habitable to the herdsmen. But after the First Republic, the noble programme was abandoned and that was the beginning of the problem. I don’t know any grazing reserve that has amenities that the herdsmen will find palatable and habitable for them to say, ‘this is home.’ Even in advanced countries that are being cited for mischief reasons to justify the banning of our traditional way of grazing, they do not have laws banning grazing in this form that some governors are doing in Nigeria. Even where the cattle ranches started, like in America around 1886, the cowboys and Texas rangers move their cows, riding horses through California to new Mexico, to San Juan - a journey of not less than 5000 kilometres - and back, for pleasure, as a tradition, as tourism, as education and adventure.


Are Fulani herders actually trouble-makers and why are they having problems with farmers around the country?

Fifty years ago, there were farmers and herdsmen and there were no problems between them. From our investigation, from 1999 every struggle for power has had its foundation in ethnicity, religion, sectionalism and others. People have realised that the easy way to access political office and to make money is to set one people against the other so that you will be seen to be a hero in the exploit of the division. Robbers and cattle rustlers made our people turn violent when they started kidnapping their relatives and demanding for ransom. These acts made the Fulani man to become aggressive and bear arms for self-defence and because of the need to have a balance of terror, to be able to survive. I also suggested during one of our meetings with the Inspector General of Police and commissioners of 36 states that you legally provide arms to the Fulani men to protect their means of livelihood and family or they get them by any means to defend themselves.


Are Fulani herders actually behind the killings in Benue State?

The killings in Benue are as a result of religion and ethnicity and they have been mostly done by a Tiv man who has a strong terrorist political pressure group and he is called Ghana. He has been terrorising people in Benue, Nasarawa and even in Taraba state and he has become the equivalence of Osama Bin Laden, Muhammad Yusuf and Shekau. But because some people are trying to establish the anti-open grazing law, they decided to attribute every killing done by Ghana to the herdsmen. They are trying to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it. They make sure they created unnecessary animosity and bad blood between the people of Benue State and herdsmen.

The truth also is that the Tiv, Idoma, Agatu and other people in Benue are farmers but with the introduction of religion into politics and economy the Fulani people have been at the receiving end of these so-called natives. The bill is an accumulation of the failed effort of driving the herdsmen out of Benue State through the use of force. Now they feel the best way to go about it is to use the law in such a way that the herdsmen will have no say in the law. These people have been attacking the Fulani and the Fulani have been attacking back in self-defence.
The fear of the unknown is also making them to want to send them out of the state, alleging that they are planning to create an empire of Usman Danfodiyo. If not for mischief, why would they be talking about an empire that took place in the 17th century in the 21st century? We have read the law but there are no provisions on how we can access the ranches. Is it through the local government chairmen, village heads, district heads, ward heads, Tor Tiv or the governor? They have not told us how and where to get the land because an average Tiv man that I know can never leave his land for any amount for any herdsman

Source:https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/it-is-a-repressive-way-of-depriving-us-means-of-livelihood-bayeri/201317.html
PoliticsRe: Finally, Oyo State Starts Construction Of Bashorun-akobo Road by Hectarus(m): 11:47am On Jun 10, 2017
Op please share more pictures especially opposite Oba Akinyele axis.. Thank you
PoliticsRe: Mohammed Abubakar Stops His Convoy To Hear Protesting Farmers (Photos) by Hectarus(m): 1:00pm On Jun 09, 2017
It seems everyone in Nigeria is comfortable with the short term gains of price crash through importation at the expense of strengthening a robust rice value chain that can suffice for local consumption as well as earn us commercial dollars in export. Should there be any further crash in petro-dollars earnings, the future might just be now!! Good people, think!!!!
PoliticsRe: Mohammed Abubakar Stops His Convoy To Hear Protesting Farmers (Photos) by Hectarus(m): 12:33pm On Jun 09, 2017
Keneking:
So what do they want?

- Imported rice is only cheaper than locally produced rice.
- So until you farmers reduce your selling price, until then would the trend reverse
This did not happen today if the past leaders had done a quarter of what has been done in the last 6years about rice there would be no problem about rice. Every policy is not without its teething stages. It would be a grave mistake if government starts importation of rice now.
PoliticsRe: Nigerian Troops Kill ‘all Boko Haram Fighters Who Attacked Jiddari’ by Hectarus(m): 9:35am On Jun 08, 2017
fineboynl:
na today? talk is cheap.

the topic said killed all book haram, while it content says naturalized. this are two side of the mouth.
Neutralized means that they have either been killed or captured. Not NATURALIZED as you typed.

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