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ADVERTISEMENT INVESTIGATION: Inside the Igangan abductions, killings that exposed Oyo’s herder crisis Destruction of farmlands by cattle - and herders - is barely avoidable in Nigerias outdated open grazing system and criminals are taking advantage. 13 min read Before Igangan, 177 kilometres from Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, was propelled to national attention in the past weeks, Taiwo Adeagbo, a local farmer-leader, had collected several photographs, depicting bloodied and s...

Cross River State Government Security Outfit codenamed ‘Operation Akpakwu’ has uncovered a baby factory at Anantigha, headquarters of Calabar South local

Share In this interview by KEHINDE OYETIMI, Alhaji Lasisi Folohunso Aborode, father to deceased Dr. Fatai Aborode who was allegedly murdered by herdsmen in December, 2020, speaks about the long history of herder settlements in Ibarapa axis of Oyo State, the advent of unrest in the zone and the death of his son.   How long have you lived here in Igangan? I am an indigene of Igangan. I am retired as chief environmental health officer. I am the father of the late Dr. Fatai Aborode. I am also the ...

After the Fulani Herdsmen crisis nearly snowballed into a consuming inferno in Oyo State, there has been no ease of tension in Nigeria. The palpable fear can be felt in the air with such choking toxicity. And at such moments of critical danger to our federation, a time you would expect Nigerian elders across the federation to come together and together for the uniting of the nation, there have been the usual discordant tunes, each of them pitching tents and some of them keeping uneasily quiet ...

Share Lush vegetation, vast landscape, quiet ambience are the qualities that merge to give Igangan, Ayete and Igboora the beautiful greenery that is a delight of herdsmen. However, following constant clashes between farmers and herdsmen, sometimes resulting in gruesome murders, the most recent being the killing of Dr. Fatai Aborode in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, there have been heightened calls that herders in the region should vacate the territory. KEHINDE OYETIMI and NUR...

One of the many laxities of the Federal Government of Nigeria is its failure in providing basic security for the life and property of its citizens.

Share Once again, Nigeria is tottering at the precipice. The last time I felt this way was 1993 after the annulment of the June 12 presidential election and an implosion hung precariously in the polity after the mandate of the late Moshood Abiola was annulled. The events that followed that, fed and sustained in very dangerous narratives till the very end of the military rule, portended nothing at that time other than a break up of the entity called Nigeria. Those who were old enough to witness ...

Share On January 15, 2021, Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, a private but concerned Nigerian, responded to the S.O.S of the people of Igangan in Ibarapa North local government and other parts of Oke Ogun in Oyo State of Nigeria with a visit to the area. Sunday Igboho, being one of the worried indigenes of the area himself, was armed with the reports of many atrocities being committed daily against the people by the Fulani imperialists under the guise of herding cattle in th...

Breaking: Makinde storms Ibarapa, vows to tackle insecurity On …As gov holds overnight consultative meeting in Igbo Ora …says we are setting up peace and security committees at LGs … govt to commence identity management programme … ‘your problem is my problem,’ he says By Dayo Johnson Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has met with selected stakeholders, local government chairpersons and political office holders from Ibarapa zone, where he declared that the problems of the peopl...

Share Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Sunday, met with selected stakeholders, local government chairpersons and political office holders from Ibarapa zone, where he declared that the problems of the people are his problems. The governor, who stated this while speaking in Igbo Ora, said that he felt the pains of the people of the area and that the visit would enable him to find lasting solutions to the lingering insecurity issues in the area. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to...