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*Our people now live in fear in the South West *Yoruba monarchs secretly invited me to rescue the region *I can’t be intimidated; I only fear God *Only a Yoruba bastard won’t support my cause *We’re not waging war against Fulani *Report of me fighting Boko Haram without govt support is fake Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known …

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said the Ogun State Police Command ‘lied’ that herdsmen did not trespass on his unfenced compound with their cattle. Soyinka spoke on Thursday on an Arise TV programme monitored by The PUNCH. The PUNCH had reported that herdsmen trespassed on the compound of the respected academic with their cattle despite repeated warnings. The trespassing herdsmen were later arrested …

Alhaji Adamu Abache, Chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Ekiti chapter, on Thursday, promised that the association would henceforth expose any member with criminal tendencies to the appropriate authorities in the state. The MACBAN leader gave the promise in Ado Ekiti, during a security meeting, organised by the state chapter of Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) for …

Nigeria has called for more effective engagements in the international community to develop a better understanding on the challenges involved in the attainment of Net Zero emissions as envisaged under The Paris Agreement regarding Climate Change expectations and commitments. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, raised the issue this afternoon while receiving at the Presidential Villa, British Member of Parliament and COP26 …

The outbreak occurred in two backyard poultry farms of multiple species, ostriches, geese, turkeys, layers, and peacocks in Kano state. Avian Influenza, a highly contagious viral infection of birds, has resurfaced in Nigeria, the Director of Veterinary and Pest Control Services in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja, Olaniran Alabi, has revealed. Mr Alabi disclosed this in …

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says he does not believe the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is in charge of the captaincy of the nation. Soyinka spoke on Thursday on an Arise TV programme monitored by The PUNCH. He said if the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces were indeed in charge, the insecurity situation in the country won’t have degenerated …

Adamu Isa, the Sarkin Hausa of Edo, says there has been peace in Edo State. The leader of the Arewa communities in Edo State has refuted a report circulating on social media that some herdsmen have been killed in the state. The report about the alleged killing is contained in a video said to be in circulation on Twitter and Facebook. Adamu …

Former Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, is dead. He reportedly died on Thursday at the age of 91. Jakande, aka Baba Kekere, brought a lot of development to Lagos as governor between October 1, 1979 and December 31, 1983, in line with the five cardinal programmes of the Unity Party of Nigeria founded by a former Premier of …

*VP also chairs inaugural meeting of Cabinet Committee to review Draft National Transport Policy With the commissioning of yet another solar hybrid power plant by the Federal Government in one of its universities, Nigeria’s energy transition plan to renewables is on course.And this is in line with the globally endorsed Climate Change agenda and the Buhari administration’s effort to connect …

By Okhide Em’ya David Non-availability of original or true certified copies of Statements of the Principal Witness (PWI), Mr. Benson Ayokotie as well as lack of dates on the Statement,  on Wednesday  halted  hearing  in the murder case against Oluwa Esimijie and seven others including the Iyatsere of Warri, Chief Johnson Atselege. The defendants were named in the alleged murder of the Okaoghele of …