The South-West Governors’ Forum has called on the Federal Government to urgently begin a surveillance of forests across the six states of the South-West geopolitical zone, with a view to securing the vast forest belts in the zone, which are fast becoming hideouts for criminals. This was as the governors called on President Bola Ahmed […]
By Msugh Ityokura Stakeholders at the South West zonal Centre A have called for true federalism practice, state police, and devolution of power amongst others to shapen Nigeria’s democratic system. The Stakeholders from Lagos, Ogun and Oyo states made this known during a public hearing on the alteration of the 1999 constitution as organised in […]
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 state of insecurity […]
*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 speakers want […]
…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 […]
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 professionals of Yoruba descent […]
*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 […]