The association of Yoruba monarchs known as Yoruba Obas Forum has read riot acts to Fulani herdsmen who are killing and committing other atrocities in the land. The Yoruba monarchs stated this on Tuesday night in a communiqué released following a meeting held on Monday at Kakanfo Inn and Conference Centre in Ibadan. In the…
The governors of the six states in the South West Zone on Tuesday met in Ibadan at a security summit where they sought solutions to the lingering security challenges in the zone. The summit, which focused on Western Nigeria, was organised by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) in collaboration with the six governors….
“President Muhammadu Buhari should stop paying lip service to the sensitive matter of security across the length and breadth of Nigeria” Comrade Rotimi Olumo, the chairman of Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, Oyo state wing, expressed this statement in his address to newsmen in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. He noted that, rather than subsiding, the spate…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said in his inaugural speech that most instances of inter-communal and inter-religious strife and violence were and are still being sponsored or incited by ethnic, political or religious leaders. The President who stated this in his Democracy Day address on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the leaders were hoping to benefit…
•3-man panel to produce white paper •Explains why the Police must be reformed, repositioned •Panel recommends dismissal of 37 SARS operatives President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, ordered that a three-man panel be set up to produce a white paper, in three months, on the recommendations of the Presidential Panel on the Reform of Special Anti-Robbery Squad,…
Following agitations from different quotas in the country for establishment of state and Local Government police, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday finally approved it. He also approved the dismissal of 37 police officers as recommended by the National Human Rights Commission Presidential Special Panel on SARS Reforms. This was contained in the statement by the…
The Oyo State government has announced the sack of the National Union of Road Transport Worker (NURTW) in Oyo State. The state government on Friday stated that all parks and garages has now been taken over by the state government. This was made known in press statement made available to journalists on Friday which signed…
Nigerian Air Force says the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji has destroyed bandits’ camp and neutralised dozens of bandits in air strikes it conducted at Doumbourou Forest in Zamfara State. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the operation…
Not fewer than five Nigerian soldiers have been killed while a number are missing after an ambush by Boko Haram’s Islamic State-backed faction, security sources said on Sunday. Fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province on Friday opened fire on a column of civilian vehicles under military escort in the northeastern Borno State, according to…
Nigeria’s Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Adamu Mohammed has been confirmed by the Council of State presided by President Mohammadu Buhari on Thursday as the new Inspector General of police. Mr Mohammed was appointed in the acting capacity on January 15 when he took over from former IGP, Ibrahim Idris. His confirmation was announced…
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