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BY KAYODE KOMOLAFE It might have been a mere coincidence that at last President Muhammadu Buhari “accepted” yesterday the “resignations of service and their retirement” at a time the political consequences of rising insecurity are dangerously becoming manifest. However, not a few would draw a link between this announcement from Aso Rock and the gross incompetence in tackling insecurity in the land amid the ferment generated by this failure of the state to perform a constitutional duty. ...

Olusegun Bamgbose, a chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, has said that Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Igboho, is helping President Muhammadu Buhari by defending his people against killer herdsmen in Oyo State. He said Buhari’s inability and failure to act promptly and decisively has made it imperative for Sunday Igboho to intervene. Bamgbose, an attorney at law, noted that the insensitivity of the government, in times of insecurity can lead to illegality, adding that it was alr...

TUESDAY WITH REUBEN ABATI In the past week, in the South Western part of Nigeria, we have been treated to stories of conflicts in Ondo and Oyo States between herdsmen, identified as Fulani, and the Yoruba owners of indigenous communities. In Ondo State, the issue at stake is the conversion of the state’s forest reserves into a criminal space by herdsmen who violate the integrity of the reserves and a hide-out for kidnapping, extortion and killings. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu affirming his powe...

Sunday Igboho and the Yoruba Nation, By Reuben Abati 9 min read The Igboho phenomenon deserves some close attention. Sunday Igboho showed up in the fight against criminal herdsmen in Oyo State because of the shocking absence of leadership. The state governor failed to defend the people’s interest. He did not stand up to the truth like Governor Akeredolu of Ondo State has done. He provided a vacuum, which a Sunday Igboho decided to fill. In the past week, in the South-Western p...

In the past week, in the South Western part of Nigeria, we have been treated to stories of conflicts in Ondo and Oyo States between herdsmen, identified as Fulani, and the Yoruba owners of indigenous communities. In Ondo state, the issue at stake is the conversion of the state’s forest reserves into a criminal space by herdsmen who violate the integrity of the reserves and a hide-out for kidnaping, extortion and killings. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu affirming his powers as the Chief Security Of...

Sunday Igboho And The Yoruba Nation By Reuben Abati But those who lost their loved ones will not remember the politics of it. They will remember their loss and the pain that they now live with: the women who were raped, the children of late Fatai Aborode, Ph.D who have lost a father, the farmers whose farms were destroyed by cattle-rearers, the families that paid ransom and still had to pick up the corpse of their loved ones by the roadside, the many untimely widows and orphans in Ondo, Igangan...

A chieftain of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Oyo State, Engineer Oyedele Hakeem Alao has urged Governor Seyi Makinde of the State to as a matter of

Lauretta Onochie, the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media on Monday claimed that the country was safer under her boss than under the previous administrations. This is coming in the wake of the unrest in South West caused by herders/farmers clashes, particularly in Oyo and Ondo States. Reacting to the crisis in the Southwest, the controversial aide to the President tweeted that an international organization, ombudsman released data showing that Nigeria was safer under...

Buhari’s War Of Genocide Against Yorubas Is Catalyst For Oduduwa Nation By Bayo Oluwasanmi Fulani terrorists backed by Buhari’s federal soldiers and police are trying to exterminate Yorubas from their towns, cities, and villages. Yoruba men, women, and children were shot, rapped, kidnapped, clubbed to death and burned alive by Fulanis. If there’s a Nigerian who can’t hear the drums of war by Buhari’s regime against Yorubas, the person must be deaf. by Bayo Oluwasanmi Jan 24, 2021 Nige...

Group accuses Makinde of downplaying Oyo insecurity "Since the Governor’s broadcast and now, we have it on record that a 20-acre farmland was invaded by the criminally-minded herdsmen." ADVERTISEMENT The Ibarapa Development Forum (IDF) has reacted to the statewide broadcast by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, over the worsening security challenges in the State, particularly in the Ibarapa axis. Mr Makinde, in his Tuesday broadcast, said the reports on insecurity in Oyo State are exaggerated ...