Oyo Abductions: Stakeholders reject ethnic profiling, seek unity against insecurity
By Adeola Badru Stakeholders in Oyo State have called for stronger collaboration among security agencies, traditional institutions, farmers, herders and local communities to tackle kidnapping and other security challenges across Nigeria. They also warned against the ethnic profiling of Fulani people over criminal activities committed by individuals, stressing the need to distinguish between law-abiding citizens […]
‘Sylva not responsible for clamp down on opposition’
He noted that the decisions of the state government on fiscal policies and development projects were based on the need of the people, stressing that the trivial outburst of some critics should not be an excuse to reprimand the present administration.
Appeal Court declares AC’s Bode winner of Ekiti Central Senatorial poll
By Dayo Benson, Political Editor, Demola Akinyemi & Gbenga Ariyibi ILORIN — THE Action Congress (AC) senatorial candidate in Ekiti Central Senatorial District in the last election, Mr Ola Festus Bode, was yesterday declared the winner by the Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin. Mr Bode is to replace the incumbent senator, Mr Adefemi Kila […]
Royal father assures Uduaghan of support
The embattled monarch said that six of the 11 villages that formerly made up Oporomor Kingdom before they seceded to form Egrangbene Kingdom are from one descendant and speak a different Ijaw dialect which distinguishes them from the others, noting that they were unique and from Ogbe-Ijoh in Warri South-West Council Area of the state.
Robbers abandon loot, flee from JTF
By Emma Amaize WARRI—A group of armed robbers who hijacked a Toyota Hiace bus belonging to Igbinedion Universtiy, Okada in Edo State and were busy robbing passengers on Eku-Abraka Road in Delta State were forced to abandon their loot and flee for their dear lives following an exchange of gunfire with the men of the […]
Group to hold workshop on impact of pipeline damage
The workshop is billed to be chaired by Senator Folasade Bent, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, while Director General of the National Oil Spill Detection and Remediation Agency (NOSDRA), Dr. Bamidele Ajakaiye, would present a lead paper.
