CONTROVERSIAL Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has formed a herder rights organisation known as the Nomadic Rights Concern (Noric) designed to protect Fulani cattle herdsmen across the country.
Over recent years, Fulani herdsmen have run riot across Nigeria, carrying out very violent crimes including kidnapping, armed...
CONTROVERSIAL Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has revealed that his elder brother has been kidnapped by bandits in Zamfara State who are now demanding a hefty ransom fee for his release.
Highly divisive and seen as one of the subtle backers behind Fulani herdsmen who have unleashed a reign of terror on Nigeria, Sheikh...
MEMBERS of Nigeria's House of Representatives have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to designate the bandits terrorising large swathes of Nigeria as terrorists so they can be prosecuted under the Terrorism Prevention Act.
Of late, northwest Nigeria in particular has been plagued by bandits who go on killing sprees,...
YORUBA Nation agitators are planning a huge demonstration in Oyo State today in the town of Igboho recently named after Sunday Adeyemo the civil rights campaigner who is currently being detained in neighbouring Republic of Benin.
On July 1, Mr Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, fled after his Ibadan home was raided...
CONTROVERSIAL Muslim cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has urged the Nigerian government not use force against Fulani cattle herdsmen and armed bandits currently terrorising the country saying that doing so will only stiffen their resolve.
Nigeria is currently facing a chronic insecurity crisis as terrorist groups like Boko Haram and...
FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has expressed fears that armed bandits may soon become so accepted that they may even apply for registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and seek listing at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).
Of late, there has been a massive escalation in banditry across Nigeria...
CONTROVERSIAL Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has dismissed insinuations that he benefits from the proceeds of banditry pointing out that he does not make any more from the ransoms handed over to free kidnap victims.
Over recent years, heavily-armed bandits have been terrorising the northwest geo-political zone, controlling...
CONTROVERSIAL Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to initiate a dialogue with the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) as a means of arresting the growing ethnic tension in the southeast geo-political zone.
Over recent months, southeast Nigeria has been in flames as armed youths have taken...
ISLAMIC cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has been named as the go-between who helped parents of the recently-abducted students from Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Kaduna State after it emerged that he was the one revealing there the kidnappers could be found.
On March 11, 2021, 39 students of the Federal College of...
ISLAMIC cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has called on the Nigerian government to offer a blanket amnesty to all armed bandits operating in the country pointing out that if coup plotters who commit treason are forgiven the gesture should be extended to others.
In a bid to resolve what appears to be an endless crisis, Sheikh Gumi,...