Crime
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 …
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 …
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 …
Appeal court sets aside death sentence against singer Sharif Aminu, orders retrial
An Appeal Court hearing the case of a Singer, Yahya Sharif Aminu who allegedly blasphemed against Islam has been set aside the appeal and ordered another trial of the matter. The Presiding judge Justice Nuradeen Sagir who is the State Chief Judge and his Co-panellist, Justice Nasiru Saminu, ruled that the first trial was full …
Makinde Presents 33 Operational Vehicles, 396 Motorcycles To Amotekun Operatives
The Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde has presented operational vehicles and motorcycles to the Southwest Security Network known as Operation Amotekun with a view to checkmating the nefarious activities of the suspected kidnappers, hoodlums and armed robbers. The presentation took place today at the Oyo State House of assembly, secretariat Ibadan where the …
Untold story of sex for passport saga at Nigeria Embassy in Germany. By Charles Dick
The recent news which gone viral with a video clip alleging that a Nigerian Embassy staff in Berlin, Germany, one Mr Martins, was engaged in sex for passport / visa racketeering and fraud has been found to be maliciously subjective and a deliberate attempt to cast aspersion, dent the image of the Embassy and intimidate …
BREAKING: Fire Razes Grandex Supermarket
Grandex Supermarket and Stores located believed to be ran by the family of late Abiola Ajimobi at Bodija, Ibadan, is currently being razed by fire. The incident which started from the back office is gradually spreading to the main stores. As at the time of filing this report 15:34 p.m. the cause of the inferno …
COURT GRANTS DR. OLUKAYODE AJULO LEAVE TO SUE NDDC ON THE MISAPPROPRIATION OF THE SUM OF ₦40Bn
COURT GRANTS DR. OLUKAYODE AJULO LEAVE TO SUE NDDC ON THE MISAPPROPRIATION OF THE SUM OF ₦40,000,000,000.00 A Federal High Court in Abuja coram Honourable Justice A.I Chikere on Thursday, 5th November, 2020 has granted leave to a Constitutional Lawyer and Right Activist, Dr. Olukayode Ajulo to file an Originating Summons against the Niger Delta …
Breaking: Chinese Govt Suspends Nigerians, Others From Entering China, See Reasons
Chinese President Xi Jinping The Chinese government has temporarily suspended entry into China by Nigerians and other nationals in Nigeria holding valid Chinese visas or residence permits. This new order is due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Embassy of China and Consulate in Nigeria announced this in a public notice on Thursday, adding that …
OPEN LETTER TO ALL NIGERIAN SECURITY OFFICERS
I am compelled to write this open letter after watching and analysing the #EndSars protests all over the nation, the reactions, the feedbacks and the ripple effects of the violent turn in the last few days. The death of some in few parts of the country is truly regrettable but I can’t blame the men …
SEN. BALOGUN MOURNS CHIEF THEOPHILUS AKINYELE at 88
The Senator representing Oyo South in the 9th national Assembly, Dr. Kola Balogun has described the late Chief Theophilus Akinyele, the Bobajiro of Ibadanland, who was a Special Adviser on Budget Affairs to President Shagari as great bureaucrat and versatile consultant with many decades of impeccable integrity. According to Senator Balogun; “Chief Akinyele was an …
