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File photo used to illustrate story. Five youths who were keeping vigil in the Labiran area of Ibadan were shot dead during a clash between the operatives of the Oyo State Security network, codenamed Amotekun, and hoodlums on Friday evening, SaharaReporters has gathered. Labiran has been troubled by some hoodlums in the last few days, necessitating youths to keep vigil to avert robbery. On Thursday night, over 200 houses were razed while hoodlums killed a young man in the area. One of the youths in the area, who simply identified himself as Wale, said following the burning and looting of properties in the area, elders in the community invited youth to stay awake to avert a recurrence. “It is true; they killed four of our friends. Their families have taken them for burial this morning. Our fathers invited us to keep vigil. When we heard that those miscreants were coming, one of our brothers invited the operatives of Amotekun to help us. “On arrival, they started shooting sp

Femi Falana, SAN. Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has lambasted Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; and his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu, for visiting President Muhammadu Buhari in a bid to find a lasting solution to the herdsmen crisis rocking the two South-West states. Falana spoke on a PUNCH Online interview programme, The Roundtable on Friday. Femi Falana, SAN. He said the two governors are chief security officers of their respective states as well as members of the Nigeria Police Council and should make demands for security reinforcements from the council other than seeking same from the president. The PUNCH had reported that after the meetings at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday, Akeredolu did not speak with State House correspondents while Makinde said he seized the opportunity of the meeting to call for the establishment of more Police Mobile Force squadrons in the state. But the senior advocate said the president is the commander-in-chief of the Arme

The Sultan of Sokoto, HRH Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has said seven to eight out of every ten kidnappers arrested in Nigeria are Fulani. According to the Nation, Abubakar disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at a meeting of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association (MACBAN). However, the monarch said that it was wrong to label all Fulani criminals or use ‘Fulanis herdsmen criminal’ to explain developments because of the misdeeds of some of them. He said, “I am a Fulani, and I am not a bad man. I am also not a criminal. Those engaged in one forms of crimes or another are across the country. It is not proper to refer to any tribe to describe individuals’ crime. “For example, when they collected N10m, where and how do you spend this amount in the bush? The money is back in the city. I have told the Inspector General of police to check this; we are not saying Fulanis are not part of the kidnappings as mentioned by the Secretary of Miyetti Allah, seven to eight kidnappers ar

A parent of one of the abducted Chibok girls has confirmed that his daughter, identified as Halima, has escaped from her captors. Chairman of the Abducted Chibok girls’ group, Ali Nkeki, confirmed this to Channels Television on Friday. Nkeki said Halima’s father personally confirmed that he spoke with his daughter on the phone and she told him she was with the military in Maiduguri. Nkeki said they had not been officially contacted nor do they have details of circumstances surrounding Halima’s escape. “I am currently on my way to meet Halima’s father to discuss with him and understand what exactly is going on. For now, we don’t know much,” Nkeki told Channels Television. The father of the latest escapee lives in a village some 50 kilometres away from Chibok. Attempts to reach the Media coordinator of the Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Ado Isa, proved futile as his phone line was switched off. Channels Television gathered from other sources that several other girls also es

A new report published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) has revealed politicians in West Africa, mostly from Nigeria, contribute over £30 million annually to the United Kingdom’s education sector. The report released by the CEIP, a global foreign-policy think tank, also showed that at least 40 per cent of Nigerian governors, present and past, have sent their children to UK universities from 1999 till date, with only ten states missing from the list. There had been an earlier report of how Nigerian politicians, including the president, often send their children to school abroad, while the country’s public education system battles with lack of adequate funding. The CEIP publication explored how such studies overseas are potential sources of illicit financial flows from prominent politically exposed persons (PEPs) and politicians, some of who have been accused of corruption. Authored by a former US intelligence community expert on Nigeria, Matthew Page,