Amotekun

There was palpable fear in Iwerele, Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Monday, as many were reportedly feared dead in a clash between Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Amotekun, Operation Burst, Soludero and a group of herdsmen, The…

Amotekun, the South West security outfit, on Saturday, arrested two armed robbery suspects, who robbed a female trader on her way back from the market in Ila-Orangun, Osun State. Brig-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi (rtd), Osun Corps Commander, in a…

Anthony Iwuoma The Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, has lambasted the Federal Government over its preferential treatment of  some sections of the country. Akeredolu was irked by the discovery that the Federal…

Anthony Iwuoma Ondo State has again come under attack by gunmen, suspected to be bandits, who reportedly abducted 32 passengers of a Coaster bus, returning to Akure, after attending a burial ceremony in Edo State. The bandits struck…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the recruitment of additional 500 corps into the South Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), code-named Amotekun, NAN reports. The NAN said that this was contained in a statement issued…

Anthony Iwuoma Two rival cult groups have clashed in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, resulting in the death of two suspected hoodlums. One other person was injured in the clash, around the Asoje, Balogun Agoro area, during which  guns…

Some gunmen have abducted the Eze Ndigbo of Ifon in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, Chief Donatus Okereke. The whereabouts of Eze Okereke, who is a popular businessman in Ifon community is still unknown as at press time. A…

The South-West Governors Forum has insisted that its earlier ban on open grazing in the region stays despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of a recommendation asking for about 368 grazing routes to be recovered. Chairman of the…

Criminals will find no space in Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said. The governor, on Monday, said a long list of abandoned buildings across Local Government Areas (LGAs) and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), which…

The Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun, on Sunday, seized about 250 cattle which allegedly destroyed 300-hectare farmland in Ipogun, Ilara Mokin and Owena Dan areas of  Ifedore Local Government Area of the state. The security…