The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has urged the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to be more proactive and decisive in confronting the security challenges in the state. In a statement on Monday, the Minister accused the governor of being scared to make a decision that would protect indigenes of his state from attacks. Dare told the governor to seek help from states and non-state actors rather than “reacting out of...

The residents of Igangan in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State on Sunday gave accounts of the misfortune in the hands of the Fulani herdsmen. The community leaders spoke during a visit of the state government delegation to the town. They disclosed that they had paid a total of ₦50m as ransoms for kidnapping carried out by herdsmen in the community. The community presented pictures and other evidence of ransoms paid to the herdsmen to...

The Aribiyan II of Igangan, Oba Abdulazeez Adeoye, on Saturday, said that the visit by the popular socio-cultural activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, was free from violence. The monarch stated this against the reports that the activist and his men touch the residence of Seriki Fulani in the area, Salihu Abdukadir. This is coming after the Oyo State Government disclosed that a delegation including the Commissioner of Police in the state,...

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday, said his government would not tolerate anyone hiding under the guise of ethnic interest to perpetrate crisis in the state. Governor Makinde said the war to be waged by the state and the security agencies is against criminal elements, irrespective of their tribes, religions, or creed. Makinde added that his administration would not allow anyone to threaten the peace of the state by acting against the law,...