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From all indications, the failure of state provides the platform for the likes of Sunday Igboho, writes Shola Oyeyipo If not until recently, Chief Adeniyi Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho was little known in the South-west, but after he lent himself to protecting the Yoruba nation from the untamed invading killer herders terrorizing parts of Nigeria, he has become a household name. The people of the West are elated that in the absence of adequate protection by security agencies, one of their own is taking up the challenge of telling the killers “enough is enough.” He gave the Fulani killer herds...

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 Nigerians. Nonetheless, cattle rearing is a long-standing practice in the country. The herders prac...

ON THE GO ‘We won’t make life difficult for Nigerians’ — CBN keeps MPR at 11.5% The monetary policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has voted to retain the monetary policy rate at 11.5 percent.Advertisement Godwin Emefiele, the CBN governor, announced the committee’s... Senate moves to establish N5bn mineral development agency A bill seeking to establish the Nigerian Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) has scaled second reading at the senate.Advertisement The agency would cost N5 billion to set up, according to the bill... Imo bye-election: S’c...

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 that has left sad and teary tales on the lips of victims. On that historic January 15, Sunday Igboho a...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 27 January 2021 If you agree with scientists who say nature abhors vacuum, you will appreciate the emergence of Sunday “Igboho” Adeyemo in the cause of halting the assault, raping, maiming, kidnapping and killing of indigenes of South-West Nigeria by elements believed to be of Fulani extraction. Those who wondered how Iba Gani Adams became a candidate, and was installed Ààre Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland by Alaafin of Oyó, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, will likely wonder how Sunday Igboho is emerging as the answer to the vacancy of state action against the ma...