Fulani
MACBAN: Restoring the Confidence of Herders and Ngelzarma Changing Narratives.
By Sani Danaudi Mohammed A pastoral society is one that depends primarily upon herding livestock for its existence rather than agriculture. It is a truly sustainable culture in that it relies upon resources that may be replenished without diminishing their numbers or availability.The term pastoralism comes from the Latin word ”pastor,” which means ”shepherd.The […]
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Fulani: The most volatile and tolerant group in Nigerian
By Ruth Yohanna The Fulani tribe in Nigeria are often profiled as volatile and intolerant group while others call them naive and igorants. How true is the above statement? Originally Fulani ethnic group are nomads, however, as a result of modern civilisation they are divided into two the nomadic and the city dwellers.The city […]
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Evacuate herdsmen from south, CNG tells FG.
By Mu’azu Abubakar Albarkawa, Kaduna The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has called on the federal government to take immediate steps to evacuate all herdsmen currently in the South back to the North. The call it said, is in view of the unfolding scenario set by the ratification of a regime of laws that […]
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Fulani: The most volatile and tolerant group in Nigeria
By Jamilu Kaseem The Fulani tribe in Nigeria are often profiled as volatile and intolerant group while others call them naive and igorants. How true is the above statement? Originally Fulani ethnic group are nomads, however, as a result of modern civilisation they are divided into two the nomadic and the city dwellers.The city […]
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OPINION – Fulani: The Unfinished Work of Danfodio
By Dr. Aliyu Usman Tilde The Fulani in the past few years are in our minds and news for the wrong reason—the banditry that has plagued the Northwest countryside. In the North today, Fulani in popular parlance connotes the cattle Fulani, whom I humorously classified as Fula naturalis in my 1999 column. Unlike their […]
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