Shehu Sani, former senator representing Kaduna central, says the solution to the crisis between farmers and herders in the south-west is the setting up of grazing reserves and agro-allied industries in the north. Speaking on Arise Television on Friday, Sani said it is not possible for herders to move around with cattle and not clash with farmers. The former senator said the meeting of the south-west governors with Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) will only douse the tension but not solve the problem. Sani stated the north has enough landmass for cattle to graze without problems. “The dialogue going on between the governors of the south-west and Miyetti Allah is a good step but it is not going to permanently resolve the problem,” he said. “It has reached a point where the whole issue has been politicised because nobody went through the details and then it became a major issue,” he said. “The killings and kidnappings have been going on and what the people of Ondo ...

Some of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram nearly seven years ago have obviously escaped from their captors, a father of one of the girls told CNN. In April 2014, members of the jihadist group Boko Haram attacked an all-girls boarding school in Chibok in the middle of the night and kidnapped 276 students . Some of the girls managed to escape on their own, while others were later rescued or freed following negotiations.  According to ABC News, Emmanuel Ogebe, a Nigerian human rights lawyer who practices in the United States and has previously worked with some of the freed girls and their families, said a parent told him that his daughter and others have escaped their captors. “Mr. Ali Maiyanga’s two daughters were part of the few Muslim schoolgirls taken with the majority Christian Chibok girls. Information currently available to us indicates that there are other escapees with the army whom parents are anxiously waiting to identify,” Ogebe said in a statement to ABC News...

  Nigerian billionaire business tycoon and philanthropist, also the wealthiest person in Africa, and the richest Black person in the world , Aliko   Dangote filed a lawsuit at a Miami-Dade County Court in Florida, U.S. against his former American girlfriend, Autumn Spikes, who exposed a part of his body via a social media post. According to documents obtained by  PremiumTimes, t he wealthy businessman used the pseudonym, John Doe, with AD, which stands for the ‘acronym’ for his name, Aliko Dangote, as his alias. One of the court documents filed by the plaintiff on January 22, is titled, ‘Complaint petition for declaratory judgment complaint for (about) extortion petition for injunctive relief’. It stated that Mr Dangote’s “business acumen has made him a target for coercion by the defendant”, adding that Ms Spikes demanded “meritless claims of $5 million” in the nature of “palimony to which she is not legally entitled”. Palimony is an amount of money a law court ...

  The Nigerian government have asked civil servants on grade level 12 and below to work from home, following a surge in coronavirus cases in the country. Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head of Civil Service said civil servants within the cadre should keep working from home till the end of February. Yemi-Esan’s directive was contained in a circular dated January 26, and addressed to the offices of the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, clerk of the National Assembly, Permanent Secretaries. She explained that the directive was part of efforts to curtail the spread of COVID-19. The circular reads: “Further to the Circular, No. HCSF/3065/Vol.1/47 dated 22nd December 2020, on the above subject; and following the advice of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, all officers on GL 12 and below are to continue working from home till end of February, 2021. “It is important to emphasize the need to ensure strict compliance with the existing guidelines on the prevention of t...

Chief 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, claimed that Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) chieftains hired Igboho to disrupt the 2009 Rerun Governorship Election in Ekiti State. However, while speaking with journalists during a  press conference   at his residence in Ibadan on Tuesday following a fire incident at one his buildings in the Soka area of the state, Igboho said he had no dealing with Ojudu, adding that all the President’s aide said were lies.  He said: “I have been hearing reports about a man called Femi Ojudu. I don’t know this man. He said the late Chief (Lamidi) Adedibu contracted me in 2009 and we all know that Adedibu died in 2008. “I think the man should undergo a mental test because the late Chief Adedibu did not train me for any job and...

President Biden on Monday nullified former  President Trump ’s embargo on all transgender people serving in the military, Servicemen will be able to serve in their gender identity when they complete their transition and their gender has officially been changed in the Defense Department’s personnel system. The president signed an executive order that “sets the policy that all Americans who are qualified to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States should be able to serve,” according to a fact sheet released ahead of newly minted Defense Secretary  Lloyd Austin 's meeting with the president at the White House. “What I’m doing is enabling all qualified Americans to serve their country in uniform and essentially restoring the situation … where transgender personnel, if qualified in every other way, can serve their government in the United States military,” Biden said before he signed the order. He was joined in the Oval Office by Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of S...

For soldiers to escort murderous Fulani herdsmen back to a community in Ogun state from which they were earlier evicted and then to publicly whip members of that community for evicting them simply beggars belief. Have the people of the South West now become slaves in their fathers land? Have we finally been conquered and occupied? It is utterly mind-blowing. It is wicked. It is evil. It is unacceptable. How much more bloodshed, carnage, violence, insults and humiliation are the people of the South West expected to take? Soldiers are whipping our people like dogs in the street in order to reinstate those that are killing, raping and maiming them? Is our Army a Nigerian Army or a Fulani Army? Are the Fulanis superior to all others? Are they above the law? Is the Presidency a Nigerian Presidency or a Fulani Presidency? Why do they always speak out in defence of killer herdsmen and never for their victims? It is only when you have met someone whose whole family has been raped and butchered...

  Residents of Ketu-speaking villages in Yewa North Local Government Area, Ogun State were intimidated by soldiers who escorted herdsmen to graze in the communities.  The Fulani Herdsmen  crisis  remains a major problem in Nigeria. The commotion  has forced traditional rulers in the affected  communities to write a save-our-soul petition to the Nigerian Army authorities demanding protection from the harassment of soldiers and herdsmen. According to The Nation, one of the victims is Seye Mulero, who was severely injured in Ubeku village in Yewa North and is currently receiving medical treatment. The herdsmen, who had left the village after the villagers rejected their continued presence, suddenly resurfaced at about 2 pm on December 19, 2020, with a handful of soldiers from the 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta. The soldiers headed straight for the palace of the community’s traditional ruler, Chief Olaleye Adigun, calling out the villagers and warning ...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) worldwide, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Thursday clocked 40 years as the General Overseer . The famous   pastor basically trained for a career in university administration after earning advanced degrees in hydrodynamics and mathematics from the University of Lagos.   Adeboye was ordained a minister in 1977 and in 1981, following  Josiah Olufemi  Akindayomi    death,  Adeboye was named general overseer of the RCCG.  The Redeemed Christian Church of God ( RCCG )  has planted  more than 32,000  parishes  in  Nigeria and    has foreign missions in 160 nations of the world. Pa Josiah  Olufemi  Akindayomi  was the founder and first general overseer 

                                    Massimiliano Spalazzi  - CEO of Jumia Nigeria. Africa’s largest e-commerce merchant,  Jumia Food has expanded its food delivery service to five other states in Nigeria . The new cities  are Minna, Benin City, Kaduna, Abeokuta, Kano, and Ilorin. Chief Executive Officer, Jumia Nigeria, Massimiliano Spalazzi, said the extension of Jumia Food to these additional cities is part of Jumia’s resolve to expand the growing popularity and thrilling experience of online fast food services to customers in all Nigerian states. “The food industry is very relevant to the Nigerian economy. With today’s covid-19 realities, the growing popularity of fast food, coupled with the growing trends for convenience, safety and value for money, has opened up opportunities for the food market in Nigeria. As the leading online marketplace in Nigeria and Africa, it comes natural...

The government declared  C onstitutional Changes  to the  Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit of the Nigerian Police Force , but the alleged human rights violations and extortion continued.  A student of the University of Lagos, John Akinwale, was admitted in the hospital after a policeman tortured him to a coma in the Mosafejo, Oshodi area of Lagos State. It was reported that the police officer extorted N5000 from the UNILAG student, who is also an activist, before pushing him to a police station. According to a witness, Akinwale was arrested for having a “covered number plate.” SaharaReporters learnt that Akinwale was arrested on Monday around 2 pm, after he bought fuel at a filling station, by police officers attached to the Mosafejo division. After the extortion, the policemen, not done, beat Akinwale to a coma, for being “rude” after which he was rushed to a hospital. A source said, “John came out from the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority...

  President-elect Joe Biden plans to propose  a  comprehensive  immigration bill on Day One of his administration, expecting to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal status.  Under the legislation, those living in the U.S. as of Jan. 1, 2021, without legal status would have a five-year path to temporary legal status, or a green card, if they pass background checks, pay taxes and fulfill other basic requirements. From there, it's a three-year path to naturalization. For some immigrants, the process would be quicker. So-called Dreamers, the young people who arrived in the U.S. illegally as children, as well as agricultural workers and people under temporary protective status could qualify more immediately for green cards if they are working, are in school or meet other requirements.

Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has ordered herdsmen to vacate the state’s forest reserves within seven days. Akeredolu said in a statement posted to Twitter on Monday  : “Today we have taken major steps at addressing the root cause of kidnapping, in particular, and other nefarious activities detailed and documented in security reports, the press and debriefings from victims of kidnap cases in Ondo State,” the statement reads. “These unfortunate incidents are traceable to the activities of some bad elements masquerading as herdsmen. These felons have turned our forest reserves into hideouts for keeping victims of kidnapping, negotiating for ransom and carrying out other criminal activities.” The governor gave the following orders saying, “All Forest Reserves in the state are to be vacated by herdsmen within the next 7 days with effect from today, Monday 18th January 2021. “Night-grazing is banned with immediate effect because most farm destruction takes place at night. “Moveme...

Landmines placed by suspected radical members of Boko Haram have killed five soldiers and injured 15 others during an operation in a remote village in Borno State. The troops were on a clearance operation in Kwada Kwamtah Yahi village when their vehicle ran over a massive bomb and exploded. Speaking to a local newspaper journalist, a top vigilante member, Yohanna Bitrus, said a utility operation vehicle ran over a buried Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and loud explosions ensued, resulting in casualties among troops in the two Hilux vehicles. “It was a sad encounter for us in Chibok when our escort commander’s car ran over a landmine and the van was damaged completely. “I saw the vehicle being tossed up into the air. We managed and summoned courage to evacuate the corpses of the fallen heroes including a lieutenant and four soldiers. “Not fewer than 15 others sustained various degrees of injuries; they are currently receiving medical care at 28 Task Force Bridge Clinic in Chibok,” ...