Month: January 2020

You can’t dabble in Oyo LG dissolution matter pending before Appeal Court—Oyo AG replies Malami …says AGF lacked adequate information on matter

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The Government of Oyo State has rejected the purported intervention of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) & Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) in the raging controversy over local government dissolution in the state. The Attorney-General of Oyo State, Professor Oyelowo Oyewo, in a four-page response to a letter by the AGF, said that though the AGF did not submit the said letter to his office, he had to source the same from the social media in view of the weighty nature of the issues. According to Prof. Oyewo,…

MUSWEN urges restraint on Amotekun Security Initiative

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The Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN), the umbrella body for all Muslims in the south-western part of Nigeria, has raised its concern over the controversy that trailed the recent inauguration of the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSC) codenamed Operation Amotekun. Read the full statement Besides the legal issues that the launch of the initiative threw up, we are worried by the ethnic, religious and political dimensions to the public debate. Since when the controversy broke out, MUSWEN has exercised restraint with a view to ensuring that our position…

YCYW Advises Malami To Provide Enabling Legislation For “Operation Amotekun” via Executive Bill

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The President of the Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide (YCYW): the apex umbrella body for all Yoruba youths, Aare Barr Oladotun Hassan, Esq. in a press statement released on Thursday reacted to the agreement reached by Federal Government and the Southwest Governors over the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSC) codenamed Operation Amotekun. Read the full statement: “I am not surprised to receive the retraction news of “Operation Amotekun” which has now been declared as ‘legal’ and further sought the Southwest Governors to work on the operational modus operandi and continuity…

Nigerian Govt, S/West Governors Strike deal on Operation Amotekun

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The Nigerian government and south-west states Governors have reached the agreement to draw up a legal framework for the Western Security Network code-named: Amotekun. Governor of Ondo state,Rotimi Akeredolu,disclosed this to state house correspondents at the end of a meeting Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo had with the six governors from the region on Thursday. Akeredolu said the legal framework will help resolve all “burning issues” surrounding the security network. Asked if the governors failed to draw up the legal framework for the outfit before the launch on January 9, Akeredolu said…

Ogbu: NUJ FCT Demands Investigation, Prosecution

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The Nigerian Union of Journalists, FCT Council, has expressed sadness over the death of Mr. Alex Ogbu, and also demanded for in-depth investigation into the circumstances leading to the tragic death. The NUJ FCT in a statement by its Chairman, Emmanuel Ogbeche, on Thursday, said it has become a pattern for journalists covering protest in Abuja to be targeted resulting in tragic outcomes. “It is heart-rending to know that yet another journalist was felled in this seeming unending orgy of bloodletting in Abuja and other parts of the country. We…

Amotekun: My position hasn’t changed, outfit illegal — AGF Malami Insists

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Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the federation, has said Amotekun, a regional security outfit established by governors of the south-west remains illegal. Malami’s initial position had sparked a nationwide outrage, with some notable southern leaders accusing the federal government of discriminating against the south-west since there were similar outfits in the north. In a statement on Thursday, the attorney-general of the federation said his position on the scheme has not changed. “By asking for the state governments of the Southwestern Nigeria to proceed to enact the necessary laws, in justifying the…

60 Leaders To Flag off Victory Cup 2020 in Lagos

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The emergence of the year 2020 came with Hope for Nigeria as organizations and individuals are involved in strategic goals, ideas and visions, to experience success and victory this year. The brand Nigeria is not far from the quest for success and victory. There is certainly Hope for Nigeria, as we adopt the right Mindset, Leadership and value for Human Capital. Sixty distinguished leaders have been outstanding in their investments in Nigeria’s Human Capital, hence involved at victory cup Lagos State, as they collaborate and exchange vales to further restore…

Amotekun and why Oranmiyan should stay in its grove By Dare Babarinsa

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It is not too surprising that the Amotekun security initiatives of the South-West is creating a flurry in many quarters. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami sees it as a challenge to the exclusive powers of the Federal Government as far as security is concerned. The irony is lost on Malami, a lawyer of great education but limited understanding, that it is the consistent failure of his masters that made the case for Amotekun and similar outfits in the federation so compelling. The governors of the Yoruba heartland have…

SPECIAL REPORT: Increasing Boko Haram attacks on highways threaten to cut Borno off from Nigeria

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Fear is now mounting that Borno State may soon be totally cut off from the rest of Nigeria as Boko Haram insurgents in the past few weeks have launched daily attacks on the Kano-Maiduguri highway, the only remaining safe route to the state. Six highways link Maiduguri, the state capital, with other parts of Nigeria. But for the past six years, only the Kano-Maiduguri highway that connects the state with Damaturu, the Yobe state capital, remains in use. Between 2013 and late 2014, the insurgents bombed major bridges on four…

BREAKING : How Soldiers Opened Fire On SARS Operatives Who Repelled Boko Haram Attack

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There was confusion in Mainok, a town along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road in Borno state, after soldiers reportedly opened fire on a team of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives who engaged Boko Haram fighters in a fierce battle. SARS is a unit of the Nigeria Police Force. Villages along the road which connects Borno and Yobe states have been badly affected in the resurgence of Boko Haram attacks in the last one month. On Monday, the insurgents stormed Mainok in large numbers. Some soldiers and the villagers were said to have…