Men suspected to be herders on Sunday set ablaze the farm of the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae, in Akure, the Ondo capital. The farm was located at Ilado Community in Akure North Local Government area of Ondo State. The Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the former SGF,
Many members of Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) who infiltrated Nigeria have been arrested in Benue, Edo and Kogi. Security operatives have identified the infiltration of Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) in Nigeria’s North Central and South South. Security reports say further revealed that a “good number” of the Islamic State terrorists were
THE President, National Movement for Positive Change (NMPC), Barrister Niyi Aborisade has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to adopt a model propounded by the former Premier of the defunct Western region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, as the final solution to the lingering farmers/Fulani herdsmen in the country. Aborisade made this call in a statement signed and
Former President, Chief Olusengun Obasanjo, has cautioned against hushing the call for restructuring in Nigeria. Obasanjo made the call while presenting a plaque to Prof. Ehosa Osaghae, the Convocation Lecturer at the National Open University (NOUN) on Friday in Abuja. “We should not sweep the quest for restructuring under the carpet.“Let us talk about it,’’
THE army’s Special Task Force (STF) in charge of security in Plateau State has disagreed with the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) over the number of cattle alleged to have been stolen by natives in Bassa Local Government Area, saying the actual figure is far below the number quoted by the association. MACBAN, in
IMO State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, says all governors in the All Progressives Congress (APC) have endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for a second tenure. Okorocha said this in a statement issued on his behalf by Sam Onwuemeodo, his chief press secretary. He said the endorsement was part of the outcomes of the three-day meeting of Buhari
The controversy over appointment of a new director general of Nigeria’s external security organisation, the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has moved to the courts. On Friday, an activist and the convener of the Concerned Nigerians group, Deji Adeyanju, asked a federal high court to reverse the appointment. The activist challenged the propriety of the appointment
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State said his government will appeal the judgment which sacked the 21 Ibadan high chiefs that he installed as monarchs. Justice Olajumoke Aiki of Oyo State High Court on Friday declared the retired Justice Akintunde Boade’s Commission of Inquiry which reviewed the 1957 Ibadan Chieftaincy Declaration and other Chieftaincies as
Justice Olajumoke Aiki of an Oyo State High Court on Friday declared the review of existing 1957 Olubadan Chieftaincy Declaration and other Related Chieftaincies in Ibadanland by the Oyo State Government as unconstitutional, illegal, null, void and of no effect. The judgment was delivered in the case filed by the Osi Olubadan, Senator Rashidi Ladoja,
THE National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to resist all appeals to ”unthinking passions and old prejudices” and instead follow their conscience in picking their next crop of leaders in 2019. Tinubu stated this while addressing the topic, ‘Nigeria and the Challenges of 2019, this is