Southwest

Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has come out to blast South West Governors in the country. He recently revealed this while speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa Service, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, the violence currently happening in the region is clearly as a result of ...

The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has come out to ask for a stop to the destruction of lives and property in the South-West amid the #EndSARS protests. The socio-cultural group recently revealed this via a statement signed by Chief Wasiu Afolabi, its Deputy President. According to OPC, even if the ...

The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has come out to declare that the Yoruba nation is set to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari come 2023. The group recently called on prominent Yoruba leaders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) to immediately resolve the division among its ranks and make sure ...

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has come out to say that Southwest governors are prepared to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to break down the entire concept of the new security outfit, Amotekun, and why it should not be scrapped. He revealed this today in Abuja. According to the governor, ...

Nigerian lawyer, Babatunde Fashanu, SAN, has shared his reaction to the ongoing saga following the launch of security outift, Amotekun, in SouthWestern states. Fashanu believes the attorney general or Buhari himself do not have the right to declare Amotekun illegal because that can only happen via a duly constituted court ...

Kogi State government has said it plans to strengthen its own borders to prevent invasion from external forces. After the launch of Amotekun, Special Adviser to the state Governor on Security, Commandant Jerry Omodara (Rtd) believes Kogi must be prepared to protect its area from runaway criminals from the South ...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has come out to say that the Western Nigeria Security Network, code-named Amotekun, organized by the six Southwest States to battle crimes in the region, is here to stay. According to NANS, any move by the Federal Government to scrap it will not ...