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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for dialogue over tribal clashes in Oyo State and appealed to the Federal Government to apply...

Akinwale Aboluwade The Odua Peoples Congress, New Era, has described as unfortunate, the call by the Federal Government for the arrest of a Yoruba socio-cultural activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Sunday Igboho, on account of the eviction of Saliu Abdulkadri, the Seriki Fulani and his men from Igangan community. Citing the incessant cases of kidnappings, raping, destruction of farmlands and killings of farmers in the Oke Ogun and Ibarapa axis of Oyo State over the years, the group said that ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Wale Oyewale Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and traditional rulers in the state will visit Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state today to deliberate on how to restore peace to Ibarapaland. The Deputy Chairman, Oyo State Council of Obas, Oba Francis Alao, who said this in an interview with one of our correspondents on Saturday, said the meeting was organised primarily to ensure that peace returne...

  The Oyo State Government on Sunday said at least 51 suspects are on trial for their involvement in kidnapping, rape and banditry from the Oke Ogun axis of the state. The Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Security, Mr. Fatai Owoseni disclosed this during an assessment tour of Igangan, Ago Are and Tede communities, calling on residents to stop hostilities and allow peaceful coexistence which the areas have been noted for. Owoseni and the Commissioner of Police in the state, Ngozi Ona...

Sunday Igboho In this interview with a popular broadcaster, Kola Olootu, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, speaks on why he gave a quit order to killer herdsmen in the Ibarapa area of Oke Ogun, Oyo State. Excerpts  God forbid. It is an authentic video of me at my residence. The gate of your residence was highly fortified, why? Tomorrow (Friday) is the D-day when the ultimatum given to killer herdsmen would elapse. This is not an issue that affects Sunday Igboho but a matt...

Mr Igboho is an acclaimed Yoruba activist but some persons describe him as a notorious 'political thug' in Ibadan.

  Two houses at the Fulani settlement have been burnt along with three vehicles following the tension that rocked the Igangan area of Oyo State on Friday. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state, Gbenga Fadeyi, confirmed this to Channels Television on Saturday evening, adding that one policeman was injured in the incident.   Fadeyi, however, noted that there was no fatality. He said investigations have since commenced into the matter while efforts are on to return normalcy to the are...

Akinwale Aboluwade Popular businessman and socio-cultural activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Igboho, is currently in the eye of the storm and has been at the centre of news in the past few weeks based on his agitation for a Yoruba nation and the ultimatum issued to Fulani herdsmen in the Ibarapa and Oke Ogun areas of Oyo State. For Sunday Adeyemo, the increasing spate of  killings and kidnappings of the residents of Oke Ogun and Ibarapa is the handiworks of herders, hence the ultimatum that ...

An open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi iii Your Excellency, I have never been timid or shy of my total support for the success of your administration to deliver the country to the promised land. My confidence had always been based on Your Excellency’s ability, fitness and competence in leading the country to the Promised Land, where Law and Order prevail, individual liberty is guaranteed, economic well-being of the citizens is assured....

Buhari. Photo: TWITTER/NIGERIAGOV Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, yesterday, alerted President Muhammadu Buhari to growing feeling of frustration, disappointment and despondency among Yoruba people caused by nefarious activities of Fulani herdsmen, bandits and kidnappers, which, if not immediately addressed, could lead to other serious national catastrophes and security challenges. The revered monarch, in an open letter to Buhari, lamented the security situation in the country, especially i...