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Stop Giving “Juju” to Cult Members, Police Ask Traditionalists

28Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Security

Stop Giving “Juju” to Cult Members, Police Ask Traditionalists

Hakeem Odumosu, the Lagos State Commissioner of police has cautioned traditionalists operating in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of the state to desist from strengthening cultists and criminals in the area with local charms, otherwise called juju in the country. This was contained in his speech during the 2021 Ikorodu Town Hall meeting on security on Wednesday. The commissioner said the state had enjoyed appreciable peace except in some areas like Ikorodu with a high rate of vices such as cultism, gangsterism, traffic robbery, ritual killings, amongst others. According to Odumosu, 242 armed robbers and cult members were arrested in the local government area within the last six months while 28 arms and 120 ammunition were recovered. He added that 192 cultism cases and 18 murd...

Nigeria in a State of Emergency – Buhari to New Service Chiefs

27Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism, Violence

Nigeria in a State of Emergency – Buhari to New Service Chiefs

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, told the nation’s new service chiefs that the nation is in a state of emergency, hence the need for them to be patriotic, and serve the country well. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President spoke during the first meeting he had with the service chiefs after their appointment on Tuesday. The statement titled “President Buhari charges new service chiefs” indicated that the service chiefs were led to the meeting by the Minister of Defence, Major-General Bashir Magashi (retd.). The service chiefs are the Chief of Defence Staff, Major-General Leo Irabor; Chief of Army Staff, Major-General I. Attahiru; Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral AZ Gambo; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice-Marshal ...

20 Generals Face Retirement as Buhari Names New Service Chiefs

27Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Armed Forces, News, Nigeria, Security

20 Generals Face Retirement as Buhari Names New Service Chiefs

At least 20 members of courses 34 and 35 may proceed on retirement as President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday announced a change of the country’s service chiefs. The reshuffling of the officers was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement titled, ‘President Buhari appoints new service chiefs,’ named officers who would head the nation’s armed forces. Adesina listed the new security heads to include Chief of Defence Staff, Major-General Lucky Irabor; Chief of Army Staff, Major-General I. Attahiru; Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo, and the Chief of Air Staff, Air-Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao. Reports have emerged that the development might lead to the retirement of some military personnel as sources in the Nigerian ...

I Don’t Know You, Sunday Igboho Tells Ojudu

26Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism, Violence

I Don’t Know You, Sunday Igboho Tells Ojudu

A popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has denied ever having anything to do with a Special Adviser on Political Matters to President Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Babafemi Ojudu. Ojudu, in a piece titled “The Sunday Igboho I knew” on his on his Facebook page on Monday, alleged Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) chieftains hired Igboho to disrupt the 2009 Rerun Governorship Election in Ekiti State. He said he was able to win over Igboho after series of meetings. But told reporters at his residence in Ibadan on Tuesday after a fire incident at one his buildings in the Soka area of Ibadan he had no dealing with Ojudu. He said the presidential aide was a liar. He said: “I have been hearing reports about a man called Femi Ojudu. I don’t know this man. He said ...

BREAKING: Buhari Bows to Pressure, Sacks Service Chiefs, Appoints New Hands

26Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Armed Forces, Breaking News, News, Nigeria, Security

BREAKING: Buhari Bows to Pressure, Sacks Service Chiefs, Appoints New Hands

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the service chiefs in the country, African News Today has gathered. Buhari appointed new officers to head the country’s security architecture and combat the security challenges in the country. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser On Media and Publicity To the President, Femi Adesina, in a tweet on Tuesday. Adesina wrote, “PMB appoints new Service Chiefs. Maj Gen LEO Irabor, CDS (Chief of Defence Staff), Maj Gen I Attahiru, Army, Rear Adm AZ Gambo, Navy, AVM IO Amao, Air Force. “He congratulates outgoing Service Chiefs on efforts to bring enduring peace to the country.” The development follows several agitations from different quarters for the change of service chiefs for fresh ideas on effective fight against varying security challenges confr...

Akeredolu’s Quit Notice to Fulani, Constitutional – Falana

25Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, Judiciary, News, Nigeria, Security

Akeredolu’s Quit Notice to Fulani, Constitutional – Falana

Femi Falana, SAN, has said that the order given by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State asking herdsmen to vacate forest reserves in the state within seven days is legal. Falana in a statement issued on Sunday said the governor was within his constitutional rights to issue such order. He cited Section 42 (1) (e) and (g) of the Forestry Law of Ondo State which provided that whoever in any forest reserve, except with authority in writing of the prescribed officer, digs, cuts, turns or cultivates the soil or makes a farm or plantation; pastures cattle or permits cattle to trespass or trespasses in any part of forest reserves in which trespass shall be prohibited by an order of the governor. The human rights lawyer stated that the Presidency was hasty in issuing a statement last we...

FFK Warns Against Arrest of Sunday Igboho

24Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

FFK Warns Against Arrest of Sunday Igboho

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that it would be dangerous, reckless and counterproductive for the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to arrest Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, who issued a quit notice to Fulani herdsmen in Oyo State. The Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, had ordered the Commissioner of Police in Oyo state, Ngozi Onadeko, to arrest Igboho with immediate effect. In his reaction, Fani-Kayode in a post on his verified Twitter handle condemned the move to arrest the activist. He wrote, “It would be dangerous, reckless & counter-productive for Buhari to ARREST or KILL Sunday Igboho. When the Northern youths demanded that Igbos should leave the north no-one was arrested. Why should Sunday be arrested or kille...

23Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Terrorism, Violence, Youths

IGP Orders Arrest of Sunday Igboho

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the arrest of Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, over an eviction order on Fulanis in Oyo State. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this in an interview with BBC Hausa. He told BBC Hausa the IGP told him on the phone order had been given to the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Ngozi Onadeko, to arrest Igboho immediately and transfer him to Abuja. Igboho had ordered herdsmen in Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State to leave within seven days, attributing the spate of banditry and killings in the area to them. The activist was in Igangan in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State on Friday when Sunday Igboho and his supporters reportedly stor...

Don’t Rely on Politicians to Defend Your Territories, Kanu Warns S’West Youths

23Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

Don’t Rely on Politicians to Defend Your Territories, Kanu Warns S’West Youths

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has asked Yoruba youths to defend their land and forests against gunmen attacks. Kanu alleged that politicians could not defend the South-west if the youths rely solely on them for security. The IPOB leader in a statement issued by the groups’ Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, reminded the Yoruba youths that southwest governors did nothing when herdsmen kidnapped and killed a Yoruba leader, Pa Fasoranti's daughter on Yoruba soil. He urged the youth to emulate the Eastern youths who formed the Eastern Security Network, ESN, and take their destiny in their hands. Kanu warned the youth that any attempt to compromise would end the Yoruba nation. The statement partly read, “Which one is herdsmen pe...

Akeredolu Orders Massive Amotekun Recruitment

22Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Terrorism, Youths

Akeredolu Orders Massive Amotekun Recruitment

Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has ordered massive recruitment into the State Security Network known as the Amotekun Corps in its second batch recruitment exercise. Akeredolu was the first to launch the Amotekun Corps last year in the South West region to help tackle criminal elements in the state. Categories of officers to be recruitment included regular officers, intelligence Corps and volunteers. Commander of the Corps, Chief Tunji Adeleye, in a statement said interested applicants must be between 20 and 70 years. The Amotekun Corps had helped to stem the tide of kidnapping and other criminal activities in the state.