Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Igboho has charged Governor Seyi Makinde to order the arrest of a suspected Fulani criminal, Isikilu Wakili.   Residents of Ibarapa area have alleged that Wakili recruited over 100 Fulani people with sophiscated weapons to terrorise them. Igboho, in a recent interview, noted that security agencies have so far taken no action. “Yes, the people are living in fear. They are afraid that the people might attack them and that is being done by one Isikilu Wakili. He has turned himself into terror and authority in the area and nothing is being done to address the situation. We heard about this two months ago and like I said, nothing is being done to address it. If the governor hears about Wakili killing our people, harassing them and plundering their farm and yet little or nothing is being done, it is sad. We expected the governor to direct the security agencies to smoke him out but there is virtually no action.”

 The  Nigerian Army Official Delegation from the 35th Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, Ogun State, have visited several villages in the local government area of Yewa North, Ogun State, where some soldiers had previously  intimidated  residents at the instance of herdsmen. The soldiers had earlier escorted some herdsmen to some of the villages on December 19, 2020, and whipped several residents for refusing to allow the herdsmen to graze their cattle on their farmlands. About 29 villages in the area had been attacked in recent times by terror herdsmen who were said to have camped at Eggua, a neighbouring town, from where they led their cattle to destroy farmlands within the Ketu-Yewa communities, which share borders with the Republic of Benin. The affected villages include Ateru, Moro, Ologun, Agbon, Igbota, Ogunba-Aiyetoro, Oke-Odo, Ibore, Gbokoto, Iselu, Ijale, Ohunbe, Igbeme, Ijoun, Owode-Ketu, Igan-Alade, Lashilo, Oja Odan, Moro, Ologun, Iyana Meta, Igbooro, Egbeda and Kuse, Th

  An Illinois woman died in a Missouri hospital last year after drinking hand sanitizer that was tainted with wood alcohol, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed Friday in federal court. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in St. Louis, says Kayla Lynn Stagner, 32, of Jersey County, died May 30, 2020, at a hospital in Fenton, Missouri, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. According to the lawsuit, the St. Louis County Medical Examiner established Stagner’s cause of death was caused by acute methanol intoxication. Testing in connection with the autopsy found “deadly levels of methanol” in Blumen Advanced Instant Sanitizer Clear, the lawsuit says. Stagner, who was an alcoholic, is believed to have consumed the hand sanitizer, the lawsuit alleges. The sanitizer was purchased from a Sam’s Club retail outlet in Maplewood, Illinois, KSDK reported. The lawsuit claims the active ingredient listed on the label was ethanol, which is used in alcoholic beverages. but, the sanitizer co

Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has criticized the people yearning for Biafra and Oduduwa Republics. In an interview with  BBC Pidgin  on Saturday, the Islamic cleric, who compared the agitators to the Boko Haram terrorists, described them as “miscreants”. He said those agitating for Biafra and Oduduwa Republics are not different from the Boko Haram sect terrorists in the North. The cleric said that the majority of Nigerians want a united nation where peace and equity abound and not a country divided along ethnic and religious lines He said:  “I usually give an example of General Murtala Mohammed, the former head of state from Kano that was assassinated by Buka Suka Dimka-led group. He married a Yoruba wife. So, where do you want his children to go if the nation is divided? Are they going to be with the Yorubas or Hausas in the North? “Look, let’s forget these useless youths. They’re no more different from these herdsmen. These people agitating for Ododuwa, Biafra or Arewa are all the same group of

The Minister of Information and Culture in Nigeria has disclosed that bandits and criminal  fundamentalists  are more willing to listen to religious leaders as mediators than the government. El Hadji Lai Mohammed said on Friday that renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi was in order when he met ,earlier in the week, with a group of fighting men  in Zamfara State . He said  “It is not unusual for a respected cleric to have the confidence of (approaching) outlaws or bandits,” the minister said on Friday during  TVC’s ‘This Morning’ show. He added: “As a matter of fact, they are probably ready to listen to him more than they are ready to listen to the government. They are probably ready to believe him more. “So, it is not unusual for him to act as a bridge between government and the outlaws in an attempt to find solution. Gumi had visited camps of the bandits in the forests of Zamfara State to  dialogue with them. His words: “Let there be peace; you all have a legitimate

The Commissioner of Police in Edo State, Philip Ogbadu, on Wednesday, led some police detectives to a forest along the Benin bypass to find the killers of a U.S.-based Nigerian, Dennis Abuda, who was killed on Saturday by his abductors. He was abducted by unknown gunmen in the company of members of his family who were travelling with him to Lagos to catch a flight to the U.S. The Abudas were said to have left Fugar, in Etsako Central Local Government Area in the early hours of Saturday in a Toyota Sienna with registration number, LAGOS, SMK 606 GQ, when they were ambushed by the gunmen. He was reportedly shot by his abductors after he slumped while being forced to march into the forest. The identities of the others who were also abducted are David Oghieakhe, Richard Bologi, and a lady simply identified as Mrs Comfort. The body of the deceased was discovered in the forest on Wednesday, while his three abducted relatives were released on Tuesday after an undisclosed ransom was paid. O

  The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned the blocking of Facebook page of its Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu following his live broadcast last Tuesday night. The group reacted in a statement released through its media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, on Wednesday. “The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is appalled at the despicable attitude of Facebook for blocking the Facebook page of our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, after his expository and explosive live broadcast on Tuesday night. It is not only baffling but too petty for a global social media giant like Facebook to allow itself to be used by agents of oppression in Nigeria to suppress the truth.” “We strongly condemn this attitude of Facebook managers in Lagos and Abuja who collude with corrupt Nigerian government officials to suppress the free flow of Information via their platform. This unconscionable and reprehensible attitude amounts to partnering with perpetrators of human rights abuses and other criminal activit