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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday held consultations with the Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, and the Awujale of Ijebu Kingdom, Oba Sikiru Adetona, all in Ogun, over the security challenges in the country. Osinbajo, who first visited the Akarigbo, was accompanied by Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun. The …

A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Jonathan Asake, has said the new move to create Ruga settlements in some parts of the country is nothing but an attempt to ‘Fulanise’ the country. Asake, who was a member of the seventh House of Representatives between 2011 and 2015, …

The General Secretary of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Baba Uthman Ngelzarma, says Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s office is helping the herdsmen to create Ruga settlements across the country. Ngelzerma boasted that when the programme has been successfully completed, Nigerians would fully enjoy the benefits of animal husbandry. …

The Ndigbo yesterday declared that the country’s presidency in 2023 belongs to them, vowing not to wait in the trenches any longer while other sections of the country enjoy power at the centre. The zone declared that they would remain in Nigeria, adding that until other sections of the country …

Ondo state elders called on President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint Delta State indigenes as the next Chairman and Managing Director of the Commission. The elders, who spoke spoke in Akure, said the position of the managing director was the privilege of the four leading oil producing states of Delta, Bayelsa, …

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has decried the high rate of crimes linked to Fulani herdsmen in the South-West geopolitical zone and declared that criminal elements among the herders in Yorubaland would soon be kicked out. A statement by the spokesperson for the Ooni’s Palace, Moses Olafare, in Osogbo …

More than 27,000 people have been killed in attacks in northeastern Nigeria since 2009, the United Nations said. “The humanitarian crisis in northeast Nigeria is one of the most severe in the world and is first and foremost a protection crisis,” Edward Kallon, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, said …

In response to the increasing cases of kidnapping and robbery by bandits and suspected Fulani herdsmen in the South-West, traditional rulers from the region have vowed to defend their people and flush the marauders out of the region. The monarchs made the declaration just as governors from the South-West announced …

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission has recommended the suspension of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, from his throne over an alleged misappropriation of N3.4 billion. According to the commission, the crime was committed between 2014 and 2017. The recommendation was contained in a preliminary …

Suspension on our king is a suspension on the entire Umukwata—Umukwata spokesman HRM Friday Abaja Suspension is an embarrassment on Ndokwa nation—PDP Youth Leader. The six months suspension of the king of Umukwata Kingdom, in Ukwani Local Government Area of Delta State, His Majesty, Friday Abaja, by the Delta state …