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Sat, 23 Jan 2021 07:51:29 +0000
Soldiers Escort Herdsmen To Ogun Villages, Torture Residents For Rejecting Herders
There is tension in the Ketu-speaking villages in the Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State after soldiers escorted herdsmen to graze in the communities, and brutalised some residents in defence of the herders. The soldiers' action...

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 06:41:51 +0000
"I Walked All Night In The Forest, Now In Ogun State"—Seriki Fulani Says After Youths Allegedly Burnt His Settlement In Oyo
Following the Friday night unrest in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government of Oyo State, the Seriki Fulani of Oyo State, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir, on Saturday morning, said he trekked through the forest to Ogun State from Oyo State. He told...

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 05:58:12 +0000
Don't Rely On Government To Defend Your Territories, Kanu Tells S'West Youths
IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has told Yoruba youths that the security of their lives and property, including those of their parents is their responsibility. He advised them no...

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 05:56:42 +0000
Amotekun Arrests Four Suspected Kidnappers In Ekiti
File photo used to illustrate story. Operatives of the Ekiti State Security Network Agency, popularly called Amotekun Corps, have arrested four suspected kidnappers in Eda Oniyo, Ilejemeje Local Government Area of the state. The suspects are ...

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 05:55:11 +0000
Almajiri Children Return To Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna Streets Months After Eviction
File Photo Hundreds of almajiri have returned to the streets, months after northern state governors banned them from begging in their states. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, some northern state governors spent millions evacuating the s...

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 05:50:48 +0000
We Are Not Aware Zeenat El-Zakzaky Positive For COVID-19—Kaduna Prison Officials
Zakzaky and wife Zeenat Authorities of the detention facility where the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife Zeenat, are being held say they are not aware Zeenat tested positive for coronavirus. The coup...

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 05:48:58 +0000
Two Feared Dead As Herdsmen, Sunday Igboho's Supporters Clash In Oyo
Violence erupted in Igangan in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State on Friday when a popular Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, reportedly stormed the Fulani settlement in the town to eject th...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:24:03 +0000
Yoruba Youths Have Driven Me, My Wife, Children Out Of Our Home, Burnt Our House, 11 Cars —Oyo Seriki Fulani
The settlement of the Seriki Fulani of Oyo State, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir, was allegedly set on fire by aggrieved youths on Friday night. Abdulkadir told SaharaReporters in Ibadan that he, his wives and children were sent out of the settle...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 20:41:24 +0000
Supreme Court Dismisses Abacha Family’s Appeal For Access To Foreign Accounts
A lawsuit filed by the family of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, seeking access to the looted funds which were stashed in foreign bank accounts has been dismissed by the Supreme court.  A five-man panel led by Jus...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 20:41:03 +0000
Nigerians React As Okupe Slams Son For Being Gay
Nigerians have taken to social media to condemn the position of a former presidential spokesman, Doyin Okupe, on his son's sexuality. Bolu, Okupe's son had recently shared a picture of himself wearing rainbow boxers and accompanied by a ters...



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