…had increasingly become one of Nigeria’s major conflict zones due to persistent farmer-herder clashes, communal violence, banditry and kidnappings, making the establishment of a specialised military formation in Makurdi timely and strategic. He said a Special Forces division would provide rapid-response capability, str…

…here and there on the Plateau, the Nigerian government still interpreted them as farmer-herder clashes. How can a clash involve bombs? How can you interpret a situation as a farmer-herder clash when someone is sleeping, and another person comes to kill him and wipe out his entire family? How is that a clash? If we may…

…longer sufficient to address emerging security challenges such as banditry, kidnapping, farmer-herder clashes and attacks on schools."A country as large and as varied as ours cannot be policed forever by one central Force run from the capital," he said, stressing the need for security officers who understand local comm…

…in batteries and other manufacturing ecosystems," the President said. Speaking on the farmer-herder clashes, the President told the visitors that his administration has turned the longstanding conflict between farmers and herders into an economic opportunity for citizens through the introduction of the Federal Ministry…

…security architecture had become overstretched by terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, farmer-herder clashes and other violent crimes across the federation. According to him, the proposed amendment clearly defines the responsibilities of both federal and state police to prevent jurisdictional conflicts. He explained that u…

Interviews with community leaders, farmers, herders, security officials, and victims' families indicate that the crisis in Gurfata did not begin with killing but with disputes over land use and access between farmers and herders.

…profiled based on ethnicity or religion," the statement said. The group also described farmer-herder clashes as largely economic disputes that should not be transformed into ethnic or religious confrontations. It warned that inflammatory rhetoric and ethnic profiling could worsen insecurity and threaten national unity…