In recent years, food security in Nigeria has been threatened by incessant farmers-herders conflict, fueled by climate change. A key feature of this conflict is the targeted attack on farmers and their farmlands. According to the African Development Bank, Nigeria women contribute 70 percent of the total agricultural workforce in Nigeria. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) puts the percentage of women smallholder farmers at 37 percent.
Nigeria’s secret police, Department of State Services (DSS), has released four activists arrested for pasting ‘Akeredolu; Resume or Resign’ posters in Akure, Ondo State. SaharaReporters learnt about the release of the activists on Sunday evening. However, it was also learnt that the activists were tortured and denied food and water during their illegal incarceration. They were also denied access to their relations and lawyers while being handcuffed in a crowded cell.
The Ondo State command of the Southwest Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps has arrested two suspected criminals pretending to be lunatics in Ondo State
The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Oyo State, Senator Teslim Folarin, has decried the security situation in the state,