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NIGERIA: Notorious Warlord Iskilu Wakili Arrested In Oyo

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A joint team of Ibarapa - Oke Ogun security operatives, made up of Oodua Peoples Congress, Vigilante, and other groups have arrested the terrifying Fulani aggressor threatening Oyo communities, Iskilu Wakili. Wakili was captured barely seven days after his second-in-command, Isiaka Muhammadu, was arrested alongside four others. The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, confirmed Wakili’s arrest in a statement made available by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, on Sunday. Adams said the Fulani warlord was arrested around 7 am on Sunday and had been handed over to the Divisional Police Office in Igbo Ora, Oyo State. The statement was titled, “Insecurity: Gani Adams extols OPC, Ibarapa joint security team over arrest of Wakilu and three others in Ibarapa’. The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland described Wakili as the ‘most-dreaded, notorious kidnap kingpin’ who has operated in Oyo State. Adams said, “I am happy that the notorious kidnapper had been captured alongside...

Arewa Consultative Forum Supports Order To Shoot Bandits With AK-47

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 The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) have given full backing to the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari that bandits bearing AK-47 should be shot on sight.  The ACF said the security situation need unconventional control, saying that AK-47, being a dangerous assault rifle, should not be handled by unauthorised persons. In addition, Benue  State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari over his directive to security agents to shot anyone illegally bearing AK-47 rifle. Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President Garba Shehu told the BBC Hausa Service in an interview aired on Wednesday that the order showed the seriousness with which the government was taking banditry, kidnapping and other acts of terror. “What can be stronger than the fact that the President has directed the operatives to shoot anyone seen with dangerous weapons like AK-47, on sight, in as much as the person is not a security operative? “Government is doing this...

Man Give away Family House To A Church, Renders His Family Members Homeless

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  A Nigerian family has cried out for help after their son donated the family house as a seed to a popular Pentecostal church in Delta state. The philanthropist simply identified as Shedrack was said to have returned from abroad, and became more involved in religious activities which made him  to unclothe Peter to clothe Paul   in Warri, Meanwhile, He donated the family house to the church without the knowledge of family members  as a seed to a branch of Christ Embassy, also known as LoveWorld Incorporated  in Warri.   Shedrack had previously sowed his car as a seed to the church.  The family did not know their son had donated their house to his church until Shedrack’s father noticed men going around, viewing the property and was told the property now belongs to Christ Embassy and has been valued to be sold at 25 million Naira. When the older man made enquiry, he was told the property now belonged to Christ Embassy and had been valued to be s...

College Student Sentenced for Role in International Fraud Conspiracy.

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Oyindamola Akinrinola, a 23-year-old Nigerian citizen has been convicted for her role in fraud schemes that targeted victims across the United States. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 23-year-old  Oyindamola Akinrinola of Lawrence has pleaded guilty in federal court for her role “Akinrinola and her co-conspirator in Nigeria victimized individuals, several elderly, through a variety of online scams,” said U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister. “She now faces time in federal prison for her crimes. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of fraud schemes like these, no matter where they originate. I also take this conviction as an opportunity to reiterate to all Kansans the vulnerability of our senior citizens to scams and con artists, who prey upon them. We must all be vigilant to protect our parents, grandparents, elderly relatives, friends and neighbors from such frauds and fraudsters.” “Scams such as lottery, on...

NIGERIA: Security Agents Attempt To Abduct Sunday Igboho

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IBADAN : There was a move today to arrest   one of the most popular  Yoruba  activists, Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, by combined security agents along the Lagos Ibadan expressway. According to a statement signed by a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, Igboho was on his way to meet with 93-year-old Afenifere Chieftain, Ayo Adebanjo, when the incident occurred. “I just spoke to my brother Sunday Igboho. He told me there was a violent attempt to arrest him this afternoon by a joint team of soldiers, DSS operatives and policemen numbering about 40 on the Ibadan/Lagos Expressway whilst he was on his way to see Baba Ayo Adebanjo in Lagos. “I condemn this attempt to ambush and abduct him. It is not only reckless but also very dangerous. If the security agencies want to see him all they need to do is to invite him to their office. I am not aware of any crime that he has committed and I urge restraint on all sides. Video Shows ...

NIGERIA : Don't carry AK-47, Bauchi Governor Begs Fulani Herdsmen

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Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has pleaded with Fulani herders not to carry AK-47 riffles but remain peaceful.  He insisted that his earlier comment on herders carrying AK-47 was figurative. The governor, who made the plea in his speech at the launch of the 2020/2021 annual livestock vaccination campaign held at the Galambi Cattle Ranch, Bauchi, on Wednesday, described the Fulani people as humble, simple, and humane. He said, “What I will do, I will not say it here, but I will do everything possible to make sure I protect you and lend support to you because I know you mean well. “Through time and history, you have been seen to be cajoled, and lampooned but you remained humane, you remained simple, you don’t show so much aggression and of course, that humility is always what we recognized and this is what a character that should always try to show. “Please, don’t carry the AK-47 that I made a figurative allusion to. Try to make sure that you remain peaceful.” The governor sai...

95-Year-old Nazi Camp Guard Deported From USA To Germany

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The United States has  extradited a 95-year-old who had been living in Tennessee with German citizenship who once served as a guard in one of Nazi Germany’s concentration camps. Friedrich Karl Berger arrived in Germany on Saturday, where enforcement took him into custody for  inquiring.  Mr Berger, a former resident of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, did not appeal deportation judgment in  February 2020,   Immigration judge Rebecca Holt said Friedrich Karl Berger had served in the camp where prisoners were held in "atrocious" conditions.  Berger is the seventieth Nazi persecutor to be removed from the United States according to the justice department. "After 75 years, this is ridiculous. I cannot believe it," he told the Washington Post newspaper after the trial last year. "You're forcing me out of my home." "Berger’s removal demonstrates the Department of Justice’s and its law enforcement partners’ commitment to ensuring that the United States is not a saf...