archiveJanuary 2021

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has said that she detests the leadership style of the President Muhammadu Buhari. Ezekwesili who shared on her official Twitter handle said Buhari’s “ethnic chauvinism and condemnable clannishness” have “deepened the gullies of disagreement and disaffection among people, ethnicities, regions, religions and classes.” She...

The meeting is reportedly aimed at discussing the ultimatum issued by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on the herders in his state. As the seven-day ultimatum given to herders to leave the state by the Ondo State government lapses on Monday, the six southwest states governors will meet with leaders of Miyetti...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 964 cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the tally of infections in the country to 121,566. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country has so far tested 1,258,534...

  Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the actions of Sunday Igboho against the Fulanis. He said the activist did not ask all Fulanis to leave but those who engage in killings and kidnappings. The former presidential aide lambasted Yoruba leaders for being “timid”. He said if they...

  A former governor of Oyo State, Chief  Adebayo Alao-Akala, on Saturday, advised Gov. Seyi Makinde to convene a council of state meeting to brainstorm on the security challenges facing the state. Alao-Akala gave the advice in an interview with newsmen after an expanded meeting of APC Elders Advisory Council...

Larry King, the longtime CNN host who became an icon through his interviews with countless newsmakers and his sartorial sensibilities, has died. He was 87. His son, Chance, confirmed King's death Saturday morning. King hosted "Larry King Live" on CNN for over 25 years, interviewing presidential candidates, celebrities, athletes, movie...

Human Rights writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Saturday accused the Inspector General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu of partiality and double standards by ordering the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Ngozi Onadeko to arrest the Yoruba Ethnic Rights Activist, Mr. Sunday Ighoho. But, HURIWA said IGP has refused...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the arrest of Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, over an eviction order on Fulanis in Oyo State. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this in an interview with BBC Hausa. He told BBC Hausa...

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has reacted to a statement credited to the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), over a bloody clash on Friday at a Fulani settlement in the Igangan area of Ibarapa North local government area of Oyo State. The clash was between herdsmen and a group led by...

The Senator representing Ondo South senatorial district, Senator Nicholas Tofowomo, has advised Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to give legal backing to his vacation order on herdsmen in forest reserves in the state. Governor Akeredolu had given seven days ultimatum to herdsmen to vacate Ondo forest reserves as part of his measures...