The Oyo State House of Assembly has said that it has passed no fewer than 86 bills into law. The assembly noted that these bills were passed into law by
Olufemi Olaniyi Published 7 August 2021•Kinsmen travelled in three buses for Igboho’s court case in Benin Republic –Family secretary Olufemi Olaniyi who visited Igboho town in the Orelope Local Government Area of Oyo State writes about the situation in the agrarian townIgboho is the headquarters of the Orelope Local Government Area of Oyo State located in the Oke-Ogun area of the state. Igboho is the hometown of Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday.
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Oyo State Command, indicated on Tuesday that it has deployed a total of 150 personnel of the Corps to the trouble zones in the state.
Mr Iskilu Akinsanya, state Commandant of NSCDC, gave the indication at the command’s headquarters saying the people of the state should give maximum support to the security agencies in the state in a bid to combat insecurity.
Akinsanya, during the monthly review of security situation in the state, announced that a total of 150 men from its Counter Terrorist Unit were deployed to support the Agro Ranger Officers in the crisis-ridden areas of the state so as to forestall insecurity and uphold unity among the people.
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FOUR out of five South-West states that are experiencing the security threat posed by activities of Fulani herdsmen will arrest and put on trial any herdsman that breaks the law which bans night and open grazing in the states.
They have also said they would leverage on the recent pact signed at a meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum with the leadership of the umbrella body of herders in the country, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), in Akure, Ondo State, on Monday, to put a stop to the menace.
However, a Fulani group, the Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria (GAFDAN), has said the outcome of the Akure meeting was not binding on its members, saying the South-West governors conceded nothing to Miyetti Allah in the agreement reached. In an exclusive interview with Saturday Tribune, the national president of GAFDAN, Alhaji Sale Bayari, cited a number of reasons why his group is taking exception to the agreement, one of which, he said