Some herdsmen have been linked to the murder of two farmers in Isaba Ekiti, Ikole LGA, Ekiti State on Friday. The suspects who were reported to be armed men launched an attack on the victims following an unfriendly encounter Friday evening. The suspects absconded after murdering the farmers. The West African Pilot News gathered that one of the victims was a man popularly called jisoro, while the other one served as a security guard at...

The chairman of the national drug law enforcement agency (NDLEA), Mohammed Buba Marwa has said illicit drugs are now demanded as ransom by criminals. Marwa noted that the use of illicit drugs is at a high rate and should be fought collectively. He disclosed this on Thursday while speaking at the inauguration of a special-purpose committee of the agency. In a statement by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA director of media and publicity, Marwa noted that the...

President Mohammed Buhari has dismissed the concept of amnesty to bandits and other criminal elements in the country. Noting that the government has resolved to deal decisively with criminals who terrorise or try to distort the peace in the country, Buhari stated the criminality will be handle without ethnic profiling. Represented by his chief of staff, Ibrahim Gambari, the president while speaking at a joint security meeting of Northern State Governors’ Forum and traditional rulers...