Category: News
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COVID-19: ABU Suspends Monday Resumption
Authorities of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) have suspended its planned resumption of academic activities earlier scheduled for Monday, 25th January 2021. A statement issued by the school’s Director, Public Affairs Directorate, Auwalu Umar, stated that the state government had sent a verification team to the institution on January 20th, 2021 to assess ABU’s compliance with…
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Recently Deployed Oyo Commissioner Reacts To Attack on Fulani Communities
The recently deployed Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Ngozi Onadeko, has called for calm in the state, promising that action will be taken against those behind the recent violence and ethnic tension in the state’s. The Command’s image maker, CSP Fadeyi Olugbenga who spoke on behalf of the Commissioner disclosed this in a statement…
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Insecurity: Police Launch ‘NPF Rescue Me’ Mobile App [See How To Use It]
In a bid to stem the tide of rising insecurity in many parts of the country, the Nigeria Police has deployed technology towards the challenges with the launch of “Rescue Me app.” The app would facilitate the prompt arrival of police officers to crime scene anywhere in the country. Jigawa State Police commissioner, Usman Gonna…
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Oro Worshippers Imposed Mandatory Curfew in Igangan After ‘Fulanis Exit’
After the forceful exit of Fulani herders from Igangan in Ibarapa North local government area of Oyo state by youths in the town, a mandatory curfew has been imposed by Oro worshippers. The curfew, Vanguard gathered, will expire by 12 noon on Sunday. Igangan Development Advocates (IDA), Mr Oladokun Oladiran, leader of the association, dismissed…
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Truck Crushes AAUA Students, Others To Death in Ondo [Graphic Photos, Video]
An articulated truck on Saturday crushed no fewer than eight persons to death in Ondo including Some students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, AAUA. The report had it that ten others who sustained serious injuries have been rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention. Eyewitness account said” the trailer carrying cement lost control due…
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Video: Secondary School Students ‘Caught in Bush’ Arrested By Amotekun
Some secondary students in ‘Oyo State’ were spotted in a viral video being apprehended by Operatives of Amotekun for exhibiting questionable behaviors. The students according to the woman recording the moment they were about to be taken away said, the teenagers were arrested in the bush, though she did not state clearly what they were…
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IGP Orders Immediate Arrest of Sunday Igboho, Presidency
Presidency says the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the arrest of Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho, for giving Fulani in Oyo State an ultimatum to exit the state. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, was quoted as saying this during an interview with BBC Hausa. According…
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Sunday Igboho Reacts To Attack on Fulani Communities
Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has said he and his men are not behind the burning of the house and property of the Seriki Fulani, Salihu Abdukadir, in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, saying the indigenes of the settlement were responsible. Igboho, speaking through his Personal…
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10-year-old Girl Strangled Self To Death During TikTok Challenge
A 10-year-old girl in Italy accidentally strangled herself to death while taking part in a terrifying TikTok challenge. Antonella Sicomero was found lifeless on the bathroom floor by her four-year-old sister in Palermo, Sicily. Like the dangerous Blue Whale challenge, the TikTok craze Antonella is feared to have joined a sick game that has been…
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Quit Notice: 3 Reportedly Killed as Fulani Communities Attacked in Oyo
A woman and two children were reportedly killed on Friday when youths, allegedly led by Sunday Igboho, attacked Fulani communities in Iganga, Ibarapa North of Oyo State as the seven-day ultimatum given to them elapsed. Daily Trust learnt that security operatives were earlier stationed around the Fulani communities, but they were overpowered by the youths…