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Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has slammed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on 10 local governments in the Orlu Zone of the state, as a fallout of the latest clash between security forces and members of the Eastern Security Network, the military arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra. The affected local government areas include Orlu, […]

Hoodlums loaded in a bus and taxi set ablaze the house of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as  Igboho, Oyo State Police Command has said. Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Igboho has been at the centre of a quit order given to […]

Apostle Johnson Suleman, the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, has said that the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, did not order  a probe on him over alleged adultery involving him and the wife of Pastor Mike Davids, threatening his life and denying him access to his children.   Apostle Suleman made this known […]

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has said that no eviction order was given to the Fulani herdsmen in Ondo State or indeed any part of the South West region.   The Forum blamed social media for misinterpretation of  a speech by Ondo Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, which it said was  only directed at government reserve including […]

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped eight children from an Abuja-based orphanage.They have also demanded a ransom of N100 million for the release of the victims, who were taken from an orphanage known as Rachel’s Home, located in the Abaji area of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. Nigeria is currently experiencing its worst peace-time insecurity, with kidnappers prowling […]

President Muhammadu Buhari’s  Aide Social Media Lauretta Onochie has declared it is evil to generalize that all people of the Fulani ethnic group are criminals.   Onochie declared this in a tweet thread on Monday, with advice for those who want to change the government to wait till 2023. According to her, the ballot box […]

As the security crisis rocking Nigeria’s Western region widens, the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has said it is ready to flush out killer herdsmen from the area.   OPC also stated it was ready to implement the quit to herdsmen to vacate forest reserves in Ondo State, given by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. The seven-day notice […]

  …as MBF berates IGP for threat   Sunday Adeyemo, the Yoruba activist also known as Igboho, has declared that he is not intimidated by the threat of arrest issued by the Inspector General of Police.   Igboho had asked herdsmen in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo to leave within seven days […]

The Nigeria Police have vowed to bring to justice the persons who were responsible for the arson and other criminal actions that took place Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State on Friday.   This was declared on Sunday by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Ngozi Onadeko, through a statement issued […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the arrest of Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, over an eviction order he gave to Fulanis in Oyo State.   Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in an interview with BBC Hausa.   Shehu said on BBC […]

Governor Abdulahi Sule of Nasarawa State on Friday raised the alarm over activities of the terror group, Boko Haram, saying the terrorists, once dislodged from the state, were regrouping there. Governor Sule disclosed this to State House Correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said […]

Hopes of Federal and State-owned universities reopening soon dimmed Friday as the non-teaching staff in the varsities announced their plan to begin a nationwide strike from February 15, 2021.   The universities have been on strike since March last year due to strike action by the teaching staff under the aegis of the Academic Staff […]