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Again, the herders-farmers crisis in the country is on the front burner. The recent disturbance of public peace in Oyo and Ondo states in the Southwest geo-political zone with reports of arson and alleged killings are indications that the present administration, like its predecessors, has not found solutions to the age-long problem yet. The reactions that have trailed the development also proved that the government still has a lot of work to do if it hopes to permanently put the problem behind ...

Share The Catholic Archbishop of Ibadan, Most Reverend Gabriel Ojeleke Abegunrin, is a son of Oke-Ogun. He was born in Iwere-Ile, headquarters of Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State. Abegunrin, who is the President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Ibadan EcclesiasticalProvince, spoke with newsmen after a meeting of the Bishops of the province, recently. SAM NWAOKO brings excerpts of the interview:   Your Grace, you are from Oke Ogun area of Oyo State, beleaguered by the herdsme...

Daily Post Nigeria Published A lecturer at the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede Owerri in Imo State has been shot dead alongside a fresh graduate of Computer Science. The lecturer whose name was given as Steve Nduka was said to have been shot dead while driving in his ES 330 Jeep near Air Force Base along Owerri-Aba road, Owerri, the State capital. DAILY POST gathered that some security agents killed the computer science department lecturer as well as a student of the school, Nwokoro Chimaobi who ha...

Daily Post Nigeria Published A lecturer at the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State, Architect Kola Oladunjoye has died in a motor accident along the Moniya-Iseyin Road. DAILY POST gathered on Friday that Oladunjoye, who is the immediate past Head of Department of Architecture in the institution died on Thursday along with three others whose identities have not been made public yet. Sources hinted DAILY POST that Oladunjoye and three others were coming from Saki town before the fatal accident that occ...

Oyo State government is set to deploy 200 additional operatives of Amotekun Corps to Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun areas to curb kidnapping

The Vice President, Supreme Council for Sharia, Sheikh Abdur’rasheed Hadiyatullahi has said the resolution of South West Governors to ban open grazing without providing ranching options could be disastrous. He said Nigerians have to allow Fulani and give them ranches to breed their cows and apply the law on the criminals who are penetrating evils in the country. “Instead of issuing threats and counter-threats, we appeal to the various ethnicities in the country to understand the nature of t...

Advertisement Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo, one of the six South-western states, had issued an ultimatum to herders, mostly of the Fulani tribe, to vacate the state’s forest reserves within one week. The folks are not rangers and have no business in forest reserves, much less turning them into grazing fields. But that’s Greek. In Nigeria, where the law can often be a respecter of connections or identity, you’ll be a fool not to press your advantage. The unspoken feeling is that ...

Why is cattle still such a great source of misery and divisiveness in Nigeria today? by Azu Ishiekwene Jan 28, 2021 If you were on a holiday to Nigeria from Mars last week, you would almost certainly cut short your stay to avoid what looked like a coming Armageddon.  Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo, one of the six South-western states, had issued an ultimatum to herders, mostly of the Fulani tribe, to vacate the state’s forest reserves within one week. The folks are not rangers and ha...

Vanguard News SUNDAY IGBOHO: The making of a freedom fighter On By Clifford Ndujihe, Political Editor UNTIL Friday, January 15, 2021, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, was arguably an unknown entity outside the South-West zone of Nigeria. Even in the South-West, his popularity was not widespread. However, all that changed on January 15. No thanks to the recurring herdsmen menace in many parts of the country especially the South-West, Middle-Belt, South-South, and South-East th...

Muslim youths under the aegis of National Council of Muslim Youth Organisations (NACOMYO) have said the inability of the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde to halt the killings and kidnappings in both Ibarapa and Oke Ogun geo-political zones is responsible for the present civil disturbance in the state. NACOMYO noted that the seeming ineptitude of Makinde to urgently address the plight of the people of the areas resulted in a series of security breaches. DAILY POST gathered that Ibarapa and Oke O...