Yoruba traditional rulers from Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Kwara and Kogi states, on Sunday, demanded the immediate release of 13 aides of the Yoruba freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, who were arrested by the Department of State Service, DSS, during a recent raid on his... Read more
The Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has expressed support for the total ban placed on open grazing by Southern governors, saying it must be implemented latest by September 1. The group also blasted some Northern leaders for disapproving the ban on open grazing. “Afenifere is in full support of the... Read more
Relatives of Agip’s pipeline explosion lament neglect insensitivity Relatives of the victims of the pipeline explosion at Agip’s oil field at Azuzuama community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Bayelsa have decried the neglect and insensitivity of the oil firm.. A pipeline explosion on July 9,... Read more
Former military governor of Kaduna State, Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (retd), has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has exhibited poor skills in managing the diversity in the country. In a statement entitled “Nigeria: Nation Challenged” and made available to newsmen on Wednesday, Dangiwa said that “it is my long... Read more
Rev Yahaya Adamu Jangado, the Proprietor of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna, where students were abducted on Monday, disclosed on Tuesday that the bandits called to say that the students are in safe hands. Rev Jangado said that the bandits gave him the opportunity to speak with a couple... Read more
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has reacted to the Department of State Services’ (DSS) raid on the house of popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television Programme, Politics Today, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria described the action of the... Read more
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has thrown his weight behind the decision of the Southern Governors Forum to enact laws to ban open grazing of livestock in the region as a bold and patriotic move that will bring to an end the lingering crisis caused by armed herdsmen.... Read more
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Samson Ayokunle has condemned the abduction of 180 pupils of Bethel Baptist College, Kaduna on Monday by gunmen, noting that President Muhammadu Buhari has lost grip on the leadership of Nigeria. The CAN president also panned Buhari’s inability to tame... Read more
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have shot and killed 21 persons that include women and children in three communities in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. The gunmen were said to have killed 19 persons at Tsauwa village in an attack that occurred by 11.30 pm on Monday... Read more
The Minister of Justice and Solicitor-General of the Government of Alberta, Canada, Kelechi Madu, has slammed the Nigerian Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, over the re-arrest of the self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Madu, in a post on... Read more
