The police command in Kwara has confirmed the killing of the chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Kwara chapter, Idris Abubakar. The confirmation is contained in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Superintendent Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, on Sunday in Ilorin. Mr Abubakar, 32, was reportedly shot dead by unidentified gunmen at about 10 p.m. on Saturday …

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has condemned the abduction, torture and brutal killing of the Sarkin Gobir of Gatawa of Sabon Local Government, Sokoto State, Alhaji Isa Bawa. The National Secretary of MACBAN, Malam Bello Aliyu-Gotomo, made the condemnation in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Aliyu-Gotomo said the killing of the traditional ruler was not only …

Amid controversy over the Federal Government’s announcement of the creation of the Livestock Ministry, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has revealed that Lagos State consumes about 6,000 cows daily. MACBAN stated that the volume of consumption highlighted the significance of livestock trade to the region’s economy. The association also noted that around 8,000 cows were consumed …

The National President of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Baba Ngelzarma has called on President Bola Tinubu to retain the National Commission for Nomadic Education as an agency under the Ministry of Education. According to him, the commission has a special mandate of providing basic education to nomadic communities in the country. On 28th February 2024, the Federal …

The Miyetti –Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has called on the government to arrest the leader of the Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho), over a viral video released to the public, threatening the Fulani community. They made this known in a statement released by the MACBAN  National President, Baba Othman Ngelzarma. Part of the …

The national leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on Friday raised the alarm that its National Vice President, Munnir Atiku Lamido, was missing. In a statement on Friday, MACBAN Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Muhammad Abdullahi said: “We wish to bring to the notice of the general public and the security agencies that Engr Munnir Atiku …

On Sunday in Abuja, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) demanded that the government and security forces of Sokoto State put an end to the reported killings of innocent pastoralists in the state. Its National Secretary, Malam Bello Aliyu-Gotomo, stated that the wanton killing of innocent pastoralists was going on in the Gwadabawa Local Government Area of …