‘Farmer-herder bloodshed claim 3,000 lives, displace 300,000 in 5yrs’ – Report

Farmer herder report

Farmer-herder clashes have claimed nearly 3,000 lives and displaced over 300,000 Nigerians between 2018 and 2023, according to data from the Nigerian Security Tracker (2024). Speaking in Abuja, Farouk Bala of the ‘Youth Against Disaster Initiative’ (YADI) referenced the 2024 Nigeria Watch Report, which recorded an additional 567 deaths linked to such violence across 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory within a single year. YADI is now urging the Federal Government to accelerate the adoption of structured ranching, describing it as both a national security solution and an economic…

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