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The Council of Arewa Chiefs in southern Nigeria yesterday protested the continued detention of Sarkin Hausawa of Lagos and the Chairman of the Council, Alhaji Aminu Yaro, by the Department of State Services (DSS). It was learnt that the secret police had invited Yaro for interrogation in connection with the ongoing investigation of the former…
By Abbas Dalibi The recent terrorists attack on Saint Francis Catholic Church in Owo, in which many lives were lost, left horror and anguish in its wake. In this interview, Alhaji Nuruddeen Abubakar, the Sarkin Hausawa of Owo, the traditional ruler of the Arewa Community in the town, tells Daily Trust Saturday disturbing tales of…
Panic-buying in Lagos, Oyo as Arewa leaders express fear Security agencies embark on ‘show of force’ in Kwara, Osun, Rivers Calm in Ogun as IGP warns against violent protest Abiodun Alade, Eugene Agha, Christiana T. Alabi, Risikat Ramoni, Abbas Dalibi (Lagos), Jeremiah Oke (Ibadan), Peter Moses (Abeokuta), Mumini Abdulkareem (Ilorin), Victor Edozie (Port Harcourt), […]
Apart from the many lives lost to the crisis, the ruins caused by the fight have been massive. Properties, including shops and houses worth billions of naira, were burnt while goods were looted in the market. However, the irony is that both the Hausa and Yoruba people in Sasa and the environs are pointing accusing fingers at security operatives for allegedly taking side. But a senior police officer in Ibadan, who does not want his name mentioned, said the blame game showed that security operatives intervened professionally. “If the Yoruba people would accuse us of supporting the Hausa peo...