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ADVERTISEMENT INVESTIGATION: Inside the Igangan abductions, killings that exposed Oyo’s herder crisis Destruction of farmlands by cattle - and herders - is barely avoidable in Nigeria's outdated open grazing system and criminals are taking advantage. 13 min read Before Igangan, 177 kilometres from Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, was propelled to national attention in the past weeks, Taiwo Adeagbo, a local farmer-leader, had collected several photographs, depicting bloodied and savagely hacked human bodies. His collection also includes the photograph of a rape victim, lying si...

Akinwale Aboluwade The Oyo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ibadan, said on Thursday that it had sealed two unregistered private security guard companies for non-renewal of their operating licenses. The Command also said that it arrested nine security guards for illegal operation in the state. The Commandant of NSCDC in Oyo State, Iskilu Akinsanya, made the disclosure on Thursday during a sensitization programme for desk officers of private guard companies across all divisions in the state at the Command headquarters, Agodi Ibadan. He said that the nine ar...

Akinwale Aboluwade Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anti Vandals Squad, Oyo State Command, said on Tuesday that they arrested two trucks belonging to some vandals who are currently at large. Mr Iskilu Akinsanya, state Commandant of NSCDC, while giving the hint in Ibadan, said that in one of the cases, a white DAF tanker was intercepted in the early hours of Monday around Oloje, near Dedun Village, Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State. In an earlier incident on Saturday night, the Commandant said a red Mark Diesel truck laden with 33,000 liters of Premium Motor Spi...

Punch Newspapers Sections Wale Oyewale, Ibadan The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Oyo State Command, said on Tuesday that it had deployed a total of 150 personnel to hotspots in the state. The state Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Iskilu Akinsanya, stated this at the command’s headquarters during a monthly review of the security situation of the state. Akinsanya said the 150 officers from the NSCDC Counter Terrorist Unit were deployed to support the Agro Ranger Officers in the crisis-ridden areas in order to forestall breakdown of law and order. He also announced the creation of thre...

Akinwale Aboluwade  The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Oyo State Command, indicated on Tuesday that it has deployed a total of 150 personnel of the Corps to the trouble zones in the state. Mr Iskilu Akinsanya, state Commandant of NSCDC, gave the indication at the command’s headquarters saying the people of the state should give maximum support to the security agencies in the state in a bid to combat insecurity. Akinsanya, during the monthly review of security situation in the state, announced that a total of 150 men from its Counter Terrorist Unit were deployed to su...