Bode George, former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has said that all Igbo primary school children should study Hausa,Yoruba language. Bode George made this known in an interview on the Sun,saying: ‘to promote unity in Nigeria, I have suggested that all Igbo primary school children should study Hausa and Yoruba language, while […]
Four persons have been killed in the Abraka market area in Asaba, the Delta State capital, following an attack by unknown assailants. The assailants, who invaded the Hausa/Fulani settlement at about midnight on Friday at the market within the Asaba metropolis, killed three men, one woman and left several others with injuries. Armed with guns, […]
An ethnic clash between the Hausa and Igbo communities in Jos, the Plateau State capital has started. Sources say that several people have been injured along Rwang Pam street, an area said to be dominated by Igbos, after some Hausas tried to avenge the “killings” in SE around Chobe/Atili and Rwang Pam streets, and Ahmadu […]
An attempt by #ResumeorResign protesters to take their message to Wuse Market in Abuja ended with an inter-tribal clash. The movement, led by Charles Oputa, better known as Charly Boy, were attacked at the market by supporters of President Buhari. The attack, and a resulting retaliation, forced the police to close the market. Traders were […]
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has described members of the Hausa Community in Ile-Ife as as his subjects and co-owners of the town with whom he has enjoyed tremendous loyalty in the last 14months of his reign. Ooni Ogunwusi stated this on Thursday in a statement by his Director of Media, Comrade Moses […]
…Govt declares curfew, Ooni sues for peace Tragedy struck in Ile-Ife, Osun State with no fewer than ten persons are feared dead as Yoruba and Hausa communities clash. In the clash between the communities, several houses were burnt and scores of people got injured. It was gathered that some school children took refuge at the […]
The Eze Igbo, in Plateau State, Chief Prof J.E.C Obilom, has expressed confidence the in- coming administration of the Governor-Elect, Mr. Simon Lalong, stating that one of the cardinal manifestoes of the Governor-elect was to protect every tribe state. Obilom made his position known, when Lalong was on a courtesy visit to his palace […]
A few days to the general election, the Arewa Youth Forum in Ogun State said it had thrown its weight behind the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Senator Akin Odunsi, and all the candidates of the party in the state, in the coming general elections. The forum vowed not to support the […]
There was a clash between some Yoruba and Hausa youths on Wednesday in Osun State, which left properties damaged and about five people reportedly injured. The pandemonium, which has also led to the shut down of schools and businesses, occurred in Sabo Area of Osogbo. The closed schools are: Ansar-Ud-Deen Elementary School, Sabo-Eleran and St-James […]