slams Oyo, Ondo governors for going to Abuja to beg Buhari Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, has lambasted Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; and his Ondo State counterpart, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, for visiting President Muhammadu Buhari in a bid to find lasting solution to the herdsmen crisis rocking the two South-West […]
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Evicted Seriki Fulani of Igangan, Saliu Abdulkadri Residents of Igangan in the Ibarapa North-West Local Council Development Area of Oyo State have vowed never to allow the now-ejected Seriki Fulani, Abdulkadri Saliu, to return to the community. According to them, accepting the Seriki Fulani back in the town was tantamount to self-suicide, adding that they […]
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President meets with Oyo, Ondo governors, Ooni Oyo State needs deployment of more riot policemen and full support of the Federal Government for its joint security outfit, Governor Seyi Makinde on Wednesday told President Muhammadu Buhari. He also said his drive “is to secure the state by going after criminals who are the real enemies […]
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Oyo State Government has deployed 200 operatives of the Oyo State Western Nigeria Security Network, code-named Amotekun, in Ibarapa Local Government Area of the state. Of late, there has been crisis between Ibarapa indigenes and Fulani herdsmen accused of perpetrating crimes ranging from kidnappings, killings, rape to invasion of farmlands with their cattle in the […]
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Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, has accused some insider collaborators of colluding with criminals in burning his house in Ibadan the Oyo State capital. His house located in Soka area, of Oyo State, was gutted in the early hours of Tuesday by a midnight fire lit by some yet unidentified criminals […]
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Oyo State Police Command said hoodlums are responsible for the fire incident in the Ibadan residence of Sunday Adeyemo known as Igboho. Police spokesman Olugbenga Fadeyi in a statement said the hoodlums loaded in a bus and taxi shot in the air several times before putting fire to the house located at the Soka area […]
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• Governors to meet with Miyetti Allah in Akure over region’s security Southwest states are on red alert following the expiration of the quit notice given to herders by Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. The notice for the herders to vacate the Reserve Forest expired on Sunday. To prevent the herders from moving to their […]
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To begin public sitting next Tuesday Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde, 2nd Left; with Members of the Panel The 12-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde to look into petitions of police brutality and victimisation will begin public hearing next Tuesday. The panel, after concluding preliminary analysis of complaints/petitions submitted […]
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The new Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP Ngozi Onadeko, has assured the people of the state of maximum protection of lives and property, while soliciting constant dissemination of credible information to enable the Police to serve them better. She gave the assurance in a message signed by the Command’s spokesperson, Olugbenga Fadeyi, a […]
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The remains of an abducted farmer, Mr Wole Agboola, have been recovered from the bush in Aba-Odo, a few miles from where he was abducted. Sources hinted Agboola was killed after his family allegedly paid about N2million ransom to his abductors. A family source said they were expecting the release of Agboola four days after […]
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