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Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the shooting on sight of killer herdsmen from the Fulani tribe.

Daily Post Nigeria Published Residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital are beginning to lose count of how many people have been killed by suspected cultists lately, DAILY POST reports. At a time the Governor Dapo Abiodun-led government is still in search of solutions to the herdsmen crises in Yewa axis of the state, residents of Abeokuta are seeking solutions to the incessant cult clashes that have sent many to early graves. Aside from those who have been killed in the cult clashes across A...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Ogun State Government has said those relocating to Benin Republic as a result of the herdsmen attacks in the Yewa axis of the state are Eguns and Hohoris. The state government confirmed that some residents of the area truly relocated to the neighbouring Benin Republic as a result of the recent killings, arson and kidnapping in Ogun West. However, it was reported that the residents who relocated were not indigenes of Ogun State but Eguns and Hohoris, who were des...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called on members of the public to ignore an advert on WhatsApp purportedly seeking to enlist

Daily Post Nigeria Published Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security, confirmed the incidents in a press statement He said security agencies reported an attack on the people of Kajinjiri village, Igabi Local Government Area. Two residents were killed. One person is receiving treatment for gunshot injuries. In Rago village, also in Igabi Local Government Area, bandits killed two locals. In a separate incident, gunmen invaded Kutura station in Kajuru Local Government Area, and killed th...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has slammed Governor Dapo Abiodun for distributing noodles, rice and other food items to those affected

Share The Ogun State Government has denied a media report that some people affected by the attack of herdsmen in Yewa North and Imeko Afon Local Government Areas are now seeking refuge in the neighbouring Benin Republic. This was made known by the Chairman, Ogun State Peace Keeping Committee on Farmers/Herders Conflict, Hon. Kayode Oladele, in his remarks at the meeting of the committee held in Abeokuta. He explained that the purported movement of the people were those who were not actual inhab...

Punch Newspapers Sections Daud Olatunji There is no respite for residents of Yewaland in Ogun State as rampaging nomadic Fulani herdsmen continue to maul them on their home soil. Consequently, many of the residents have fled to neighbouring Pobe in Benin Republic. The number of Yewa villagers taking refuge at a makeshift Internally Displaced Persons camp located at Pobe in Benin Republic continues to increase day after day as Fulani herdsmen unleash fresh terror on residents of Yewaland. Some v...

Timeline: How 1,525 Nigerians were killed in six weeks On Kindly Share This Story: In the first six weeks of 2021, no fewer than 1, 525 persons have died across the country, Vanguard’s investigation and data obtained from the Nigeria Security Tracker, NST, a project of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa programme, have shown. The 1,525-death figure, which is conservative, covers only reported cases arising from the Boko Haram insurgency, banditry, herdsmen crisis, kidnapping, communa...

Ogun Residents Displaced By Herdsmen’s Killings Flee To Benin Republic Communities The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has been sleeping. If he has not, he should have known that Yewaland is being deserted. We are being frustrated by the herdsmen’s attacks. by Saharareporters, New York Mar 01, 2021 Residents of Yewa and Imeko-Afon Local Government Areas who have been troubled in recent weeks by herdsmen’s attacks are now fleeing into Benin Republic towns as refugees. SaharaReporters l...