James Ibori: UK promises to return to Nigeria $5.8m stolen by ex-governor
The UK has promised to return to Nigeria £4.2m ($5.8m) which was stolen by a former governor according to BBC. Former Delta State Governor James Ibori was convicted of money laundering in the UK in 2012. He is thought to have stolen around £50m from the oil-rich state. This is the first time that money …
BREAKING: Despite Warnings, Police Move OPC Men Who Arrested Oyo Fulani Warlord, Wakili To Abuja
Some members of Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, loyal to Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, who arrested Fulani warlord, Isikilu Wakili have been transferred by the Oyo State Police Command to the Force Headquarters in Abuja, allegedly on the orders of a top presidential aide. The OPC members were part of a joint …
Wakilu Arrest: Yoruba Summit Group call on Law Enforcement Agencies not to play politics with crimes
Press Release The Yorùbá Summit Group has been reliably informed with concrete evidence in audio and visual formats of the successful operation carried out this morning within the Ibarapa axis of Ọ̀yọ́ state, in the arrest of the notorious villain, terrorist, killer, Wakili. The operation as carried out by the members of the Oòduà Peoples …
International Alliance For Justice group Commend OPC men For Arresting Ibarapa Herdmen Terror-Gang Ringleader
The International Alliance for Justice and Peace (IAJP) has congratulated the men of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) for their exceptional courage matched only by great discipline in their latest intervention in the Ibarapa area of Oyo state. On Saturday, 6th March 2021, the men of OPC effected the arrested of one Isikilu Wakili, a …
The Agony Of Monogamy By Tola Adeniyi
The Agony Of Monogamy By TOLA ADENIYI It was at the church service for the 90th birthday of the legendary matriarch of the Awo dynasty Chief Dr Hannah Dideolu Awolowo in Ikenne that the thoughts that prompted this article began. Some well known highly placed gentlemen and their wives were called upon to partake in …
Communiqué – Meeting of the SW Governors, MACBAN and Security Agencies
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS’ FORUM WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF MIYETTI-ALLAH CATTLE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (MACBAN) AND THE HEADS OF SECURITY AGENCIES ON EMERGING SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE SOUTH-WEST GEO-POLITICAL ZONE, HELD AT THE INTERNATIONAL CULTURE AND EVENT CENTRE (DOME), AKURE, ONDO STATE ON MONDAY, 25TH JANUARY, 2021. …
AbdulRasheed Bawa : Setting The Pace In Fight Against Corruption | Wole Arisekola
The appointment of 40-year-old Abdulrasheed Bawa by President Muhammadu Buhari as the head of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), no doubt ushers in a new dawn at the anti graft agency that has over the years been riddled with leadership crisis since its establishment many years ago during the second term of Chief …
Herdsmen did not attack Prof Soyinka -Agunloye
PRESS RELEASE The trending story that herdsmen went to attack Prof Wole Soyinka in his house in Abeokuta is not true. Herdsmen did not break into his house. There were no attacks and no attempts to attack the Nobel Laureate. What happened was that herdsmen led their cattle to graze in Prof Soyinka’s unfenced compound …
Full list of countries on the UK’s new quarantine ‘red list’
Full list of countries on the UK’s new quarantine ‘red list’ The UK government has published a full list of countries A new ‘red-list’ of high risk countries has been laid out by Downing Street, in a bid to keep mutant strains of coronavirus at bay. UK nationals and residents returning from these destinations will …
Oyo: Makinde orders security re-enforcement around Oke-Ogun, outlines strategies, redeploys 200 Amotekun Corps to Ibarapa
Following the meeting held with representatives of Igangan, Ibarapaland, which was attended by security stakeholders including the recently appointed Commissioner of Police of Oyo State, Mrs. Ngozi Onadeko, Governor Makinde has come up with a security strategy for that zone. He revealed this on his official Facebook timeline on Wednesday. The strategy includes: Deployment of …
VIDEO: How we put out fire at Sunday Igboho’s residence–Oyo Fire Service
The Oyo State Fire and Safety Services has stated that its men were able to timeously arrest the fire incident at the Soka, Ibadan home of Mr. Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho at the early hours of today. A statement signed by the Agency’s Director of Operations, Engr. Adeleke Ismail, indicated that …
On the declaration of Miyeti Allah that Fulanis “own all lands in Nigeria”, reckless -Seun Kolade
The International Alliance for Justice and Peace (IAJP), a group of professionals of Nigerian ethnicities both at home and in diaspora, views with great consternation a statement credited to the National President of Miyeti Allah, Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Bodejo. In an interview published by the Sun newspaper in its 23rd January edition, Bodejo was …
Oyo Inaugurates Committee on Cultural-Tourism Festival to hold during Easter celebrations
Oyo State government has inaugurated a committee that will work toward organizing the the first Cultural-Tourism Festival in the State, tagged ‘Omi-Tuntun Cultural-Tourism Festival’. The Committee members include the State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun, the Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Tourism, Hon. Ademola Ige, the Vice Chairman, …
Sunday Igboho’s house set ablaze overnight [images]
One of the houses of Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho in Soka, Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, has been razed by suspected arsonists, according to a breaking news by The Nation. One of the neighbours who pleaded to speak under the condition of anonymity to Naijatoday.com that there were sporadic shootings …
INSECURITY: Journalists Allowing Themselves To Be Used To Cause Ethnic Tension In Oyo – Makinde
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has accused some members of Press of allowing themselves to be used to stoke ethnic tensions on the issue of security among the good people of Oyo State. He said this while making a statewide Broadcast on Wednesday, adding that some stories in the media are targetted at exaggerating the …
