Oyo state Governor, Seyi Makinde on Wednesday tasked commanders of the state joint security task force, named “operation burst” to redesign the architecture of operation for wider coverage of the state. The Governor who gave the charge when he paid an assessment visit to Operation Burst office in Ibadan, said there was need for the…
The Nigerian Police on Monday said that suspected killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the Afenifere leader, Reuben Fasoranti , has been arrested. Femi Joseph,spokesman for the Ondo State Police Command, confirmed the progress to Channels TV on Monday evening. According to the police spokesperson, the suspects were arrested when a team of security…
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has deployed special forces to hunt the killers of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, along Benin-Ore Expressway on Friday. It would be recalled that LiveTimes had reported that President Mohammadu Buhari has earlier vowed to fish out killer of the deceased his condolence message to Pa. Fasoranti. According to Punch, he…
…Makinde assures of provision of security for Oyo residents The former Nigeria’s Head of State, General Abdulsalam Abubakar on Thursday said that citizens of the country have roles to play in tackling insecurity by providing helpful information about strange faces in their areas to relevant security agents, adding that government could not do it alone….
The Police in Oyo on Saturday warned secret cult groups popularly known as Aiye and Eiye confraternities against unlawful gathering. The state’s command gave the warning in a statement by its Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, in Ibadan. Fadayi quoted the state’s Commissioner of Police, Shina Olukolu as saying that the command had…
Following agitations from some sections of the country over rejection of proposed Ruga settlement initiative, an idea designed to stem the tide of herdsmen/farmers clashes across the country, President Muhammadu Buhari is said to have suspended the idea pending further notice, THISDAY has learnt. The president, after consultations with stakeholders, THISDAY gathered, has resolved to…
The National Secretary of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) Apostle Emmanuel Nuhu Kure on Tuesday warned Nigerians to continually resist Rural Grazing Areas (Ruga) settlement initiative by the Federal Government. The PFN scribe who stated this in Ibadan during interview with journalists over a prayer meeting program tagged ‘Prophecy Convocation 2019’ which holds in Jogor…
The Olowu of Owu Kuta, Osun State, Oba Adekunle Oyelude has charged Nigerians to avoid making uncomplimentary remarks on the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai and also quoting him out of context. In a press release which he personally signed, Oba Oyelude, who described the General as gallant and patriotic, stated that…
Kehinde Ayanboade, Ibadan Traditional Rulers, Chiefs and Prominent Indigene of the Yoruba community on Thursday converged in Ibadan to deliberate on the issue of insecurity in the western region, and remember the virtues and qualities of the late ‘sage’ Obafemi Awolowo where his unpublished Autobiography was launched. The meeting that was attended by the Aare…
Kehinde Ayanboade, Ibadan. The Oyo State House of Assembly on Thursday called on Gov. Makinde led Executive Arm of Government to work in conjunction with the Security agencies in tightening the Security against further incursion from the killer herdsmen and other hellish groups disrupting the peace of the state and its neighbour. The house made…
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