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Owo Church attack: South West states mourn victims for three days

Ihesiulo Grace 14 June 2022 0

The six states in Nigeria’s South West region on Monday commenced three days of mourning in honour of the victims of the church attack in Owo. This comes three days after governors in the region resolved to mourn the victims within the period following a meeting held last Friday to review the

Politics

S/W speakers insist on state police, financial autonomy for legislature and judiciary

Ihesiulo Grace 8 May 2021 0

*Want region’s governors to purchase security helicopters and drones for aerial surveillance. STEPHEN GBADAMOSI, IBADAN The Conference of Speakers of South-West states legislatures have called for state policing and regional security summit to be convened by the South-West state governors to proffer a practical solution the present insecurity in the zone. Additionally, the

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Tension as herdsmen allegedly attack Soyinka’s country home

Ihesiulo Grace 11 February 2021 0

…It is fake news, says son …It was a case of strayed cow, say police By Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta There was palpable tension across parts of the country, especially the South West, as news filtered out in the early hours of yesterday that the country home of Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, in the Abeokuta […]

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Prioritise jobs creation through knowledge-based enterpreneurship to wage war against insecurity” – Says group

Ihesiulo Grace 3 February 2021 0

Joy Obakeye A Pan-Yoruba Socio-cultural group, Yoruba Professionals Foundation (YPF) has said the Governors of the South West geo-political zone of Nigeria that unless they prioritise jobs creation through Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Industrialisation and Agriculture, insecurity will continue to boom in the region like wave of ocean. YPF, a group of

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Oyo: Failure of intelligence responsible for attacks in Southwest – Northern elders

Ihesiulo Grace 25 January 2021 0

*Reiterate calls on sack of service chiefs Doosuur Iwambe,Abuja  Northern elders in the country have said that failure of intelligence  on the part of Service Chiefs waa responsible for the rising spate of insecurity in the South West and other geo-political zones in the country. The elders operating under the auspices of Coalition of Northern Elders […]