The Osun state police command has denied claims of fresh crisis erupting in Ife and Modakeke communities in the state. Reports have been rife online that fight broke out in the two communities on Sunday night, May 16. However, in a statement released this morning, the state Commissioner of Police, Yemisi Olawoyin, said…
Senior pastor of Covenant Christian Centre, Poju Oyemade has alleged that political leaders control people by putting wedges between them. Oyemade said this on Sunday May 17, while commenting on the recent calls for secession. The Pastor who stated that the country will not disintegrate, also claimed that some political leaders are using ethnicity to divide…
The leader of the Indigenious People of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has dismissed claims that men of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, were behind the various attacks in the Southern part of Nigeria. Kanu on December 13 2020 launched the ESN security outfit due to the rising insecurity in the region. There have been…
Former Presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba has started off yet another controversy with his claim of cows having more economic value than the entire oil and gas reserve in the country. Garba who took to Twitter to lay out the claim, also disclosed that he supports Miyetti Allah’s directive for Fulani herdsmen to leave Southern…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has commended Governors from the Southern region of the country for issuing a ban on open grazing in the region. Speaking at the ‘Media Week and Communications Day 2021’ organised by the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi at the Holy Ghost Parish Hall on Thursday May 13, Ortom stated that those opposing…
Abdulfatai Buhari, the lawmaker representing Oyo North in the Senate has called for a good reason to initiate the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari. Abdulfatai who said this when he paid a Sallah visit to former Governor Rashidi Ladoja of Oyo State, stated that impeaching a President has a process. He also cautioned against causing problems that could not…
A six-foot bronze crucifix worth £20,000 has been stolen from a church garden of remembrance in Newcastle. According to Daily Mail, thieves took the sculpture from a garden where mourners scattered the ashes of their loved ones outside All Saints Church in Gosforth, Newcastle. The crucifix, which was erected in the church’s remembrance garden in…
Imo police command has explained why some newspapers vendors and distributors were arrested by security operatives in the state. A clampdown on newspaper vendors in the state was initiated by security operatives on Monday May 10. It was reported that popular Rotobi area noted for newspaper distribution was raided by security operatives who also arrested some vendors and distribution…
The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the death of seven officers during attacks by gunmen in the state on Friday night May 7. In a statement released today May 8. the spokesperson of the state police command, Nnamdi Omoni, described the killing as “unprovoked and mindless”.? According to Omoni, the gunmen who drove in two branded…
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Ikare Akoko in Akoko North East local government area of Ondo state, over violence that rocked the community since Monday May 3 over the Olokoja chieftaincy title. Chief Ogunye Idowu and Chief Sunday Bada have also been barred by Governor Akeredolu from parading themselves as Olokoja…
