Young fulani man killed, six cows poisoned in separate farmland incidents in Plateau state
By: Zagazola Makama
A 25-year-old Fulani man, Yakubu Salisu of Tenti village, Bokkos Local Government Area, was killed in a violent attack, while six cows were poisoned in a separate incident in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State on Saturday, authorities confirmed.
According to sources , Salisu was stabbed at the back by yet-to-be-identified assailants suspected to be locals of Bokkos. He died instantly at the scene.
Before the attack, a farmer, Josiah Joshua, 28, said he reportedly confronted six herders rearing cows on his farm. According to him, herders allegedly refused to remove the animals and attacked Joshua, resulting in injuries.
In retaliation, Joshua mobilized his friends to attack Yakubu Salisu, stabbing him multiple times on his before and killing him instantly.
Local leaders told Zagazola that the claims by some parties suggesting the Fulani victims “invaded farmlands” are false and appear to be an attempt to justify the attacks. Investigations indicate both incidents were unprovoked and targeted.
The police, however stormed the scene, photographed the corps and later released to relatives for burial according to Islamic rites, as the family declined an autopsy. The Authorities said they have commenced investigation, and efforts are ongoing to apprehend the perpetrators.
Meanwhile, in Riyom LGA, six cows were poisoned in Kwi village without any apparent provocation.
Authorities have commenced investigations into both incidents, and efforts are ongoing to apprehend the perpetrators.
Security officials warned residents to remain vigilant and urged communities to avoid taking the law into their own hands.
These incidents illustrate the rising tensions in Plateau State, drawing attention to the need for swift intervention to prevent escalation of communal violence over farmland disputes.
⚡️BREAKING
Iran has released classified videos from the 12-day war
Air Defense Units not leaving their positions while Israeli cruise missiles are on their way to strike them
The Federal Government must come clean with Nigerians.
The quiet appointment of Xpress Payments Solutions Limited as a new TSA collecting agent is not an administrative decision, it is a dangerous resurrection of the Alpha Beta revenue cartel that dominated Lagos State during and after the Tinubu years. That model created a private toll gate around public revenue and funnelled state funds into the hands of a politically connected monopoly.
What we are witnessing now is the attempt to nationalise that same template, moving Nigeria from a republic to a private holding company controlled by a small circle of vested interests.
To introduce such a policy in the middle of a national tragedy, while Nigerians are mourning loved ones lost to the deepening insecurity crisis, is not only insensitive, it is a deliberate act of governance by stealth. When a nation is grieving, leadership should show empathy and focus on securing lives, not on expanding private revenue pipelines.
This latest move raises fundamental questions:
Why was this appointment rushed and smuggled into the public space without consultation, stakeholder engagement, or National Assembly oversight?
What value does Xpress Payments add that existing TSA channels do not already provide?
Who truly benefits from this? Nigeria or an entrenched political network?
This is not reform. This is state capture masquerading as digital innovation.
Let me be clear:
Nigeria does not need more middlemen between citizens and their government revenue. What we need is greater transparency, stronger institutions, and a tax system free from political capture.
I therefore call for the following:
1. Immediate suspension of the Xpress Payments appointment pending a public inquiry;
2. Full disclosure of the contractual terms, beneficiaries, fee structures, and selection criteria;
3. A comprehensive audit of TSA operations to prevent the creeping privatisation of revenue collection;
4. A legal framework, not executive shortcuts, that prohibits the insertion of private proxies into core government revenue systems;
5. A national security priority shift, recognising that a country under assault cannot afford economic governance conducted in the shadows.
Nigeria’s revenues are not political spoils. They are the lifeblood of our national survival, especially at a time when insecurity is tearing communities apart.
The government must abandon this Lagos-style revenue cartelisation and return to the path of transparency, constitutionalism, and public accountability. -AA
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TRIBUTE TO OUR “UNEDUCATED” LITERATES:
Behold: yet another ‘uneducated’ and ‘stark illiterate’ ‘Out-of-School’ child, at least according to the ‘experts’ or ‘literates’ who can barely fill a school form without autocorrect.
Meanwhile, the same “illiterate” Almajiri has memorised an entire holy book in a language that isn’t his own, mastered an ancient script most critics can’t even comprehend, and is now calmly writing long passages from memory as if it were nothing.
The real comedic irony?
Those quickest to label the youngster illiterate would struggle to produce two sentences—in any language, with any script, without Google, spell-check, and lots of tears.
Another reason for a rethink on what it means to be ‘educated’ in today’s #Nigeria.
As any system that doesn’t recognise and integrate such scholarly brilliance disenfranchises millions of very gifted young learners.
@DrTunjiAlausa@NigEducation@NGRPresident@nassnigeria
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اللهم صلِّ على الكمال المطلق
و الجمال المحقق عين أعيان الخلق
ونور تجليات الحق، صلاة بك منك عليه كما هو أهله، وعلى آله في كل لمحة ونفس عدد ما وسعه علمك.
آمين
وقد نص على جواز #المولد عدد من الحفاظ والعلماء مثل:
•الحافظ ابن حجر العسقلاني
•الحافظ السخاوي
•الإمام السيوطي
وكلهم أكدوا أن المولد ما دام يشتمل على الطاعات والعبادات فهو من الخيرات والقربات