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Sat, 23 Jan 2021 20:17:29 +0000Borno First-class Monarch, Shehu Of Dikwa Is Dead
The Shehu of Dikwa, Borno State, Alhaji Mohammed Ibn Shehu Masta II El-Kanemi, is dead.
SaharaReporters gathered that the monarch died in the early hours of Saturday at a private hospital in Abuja after suffering from an undisclosed ailment....
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 18:32:50 +0000Herdsmen: Buhari Deploys "Tactical" Police Team from Abuja To Conduct Assessment Of Oyo Violence
President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has deployed a police tactical team to assess the damages caused by the Friday clash between youths and Fulani herdsmen in Ibarapa North area Oyo State.
A top official of the Nigeria...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 18:14:53 +0000You Are Igbo, Don't Succumb To Pressures To Arrest Sunday Igboho, Kanu Tells CP Ngozi
Oyo CP Ngozi Onadeko
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has advised the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Ngozi Onadeko, not to superintend over the arrest and killing of a popular Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Ade...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 17:40:02 +0000Boko Haram Fighters Kill Nine Soldiers In Nasarawa
Boko Haram
Boko Haram fighters have killed nine soldiers in the Doma area of Nasarawa State. The soldiers were sent on a rescue operation in a forest along Mararaba-Udege road in the state, linking Otukpo Oweto in Benue State.
The slain soldi...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 16:36:09 +0000"When Will You Order Arrest Of Herdsmen Terrorising South-West?" Nigerians Tackle IGP, Presidency Over Igboho's Arrest
IGP Mohammed Adamu
igerians on Saturday reacted to a statement credited to the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and the Presidency's spokesman, Garba Shehu, over the arrest of Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho.
They demanded ans...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:19:23 +0000Alleged N19.9m Fraud: ICPC Drags Ex-Presidential Aide, Obono-Obla To Court
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission has arraigned a former chairman of the disbanded Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Public Property's Recovery, Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, on allegation of offences b...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:17:12 +000020 Die In Delta Gas Explosion, Houses, Properties Worth Millions Destroyed
No fewer than 20 persons died while houses and properties were burnt to ashes following a gas explosion at Osadebe Gas plant in Agbor, the headquarters of the Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State.
SaharaReporters learnt that ...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:01:37 +0000Miyetti Allah Cautions Oyo Youths, Says Banditry, Kidnapping Are National Problems
The Secretary-General, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Mr Usman Baba-Ngelzerma
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria has said that banditry and kidnapping are national problems, adding that th...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:01:01 +0000Why Ibarapa Youths Supported Sunday Igboho —Igangan Indigenes
The Igangan Development Advocates has said the people of the town and other communities in Ibarapaland in Oyo State have been under constant attacks and oppression of Fulani herdsmen in the area.
The IDA's convener, Mr Oladiran Oladokun, who...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 14:58:34 +0000 Afenifere To ACF: North Didn’t Show Remorse When Herdsmen Were Killing Yoruba
Yinka Odumakin
The Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has tackled the Arewa Consultative Forum over its comment on the violence in the Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State, warning the forum should not make inflammatory stat...