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A Nigerian man, Chukwuemeka Obijofa, who killed his wife and son with a shovel last week Tuesday in Anambra State, has said he committed the crime after taking an overdose of Indian hemp. The suspect, who claimed to be an evangelist, was paraded alongside other suspects in Akwa on Saturday, said all he could remember was that he quarrelled with his wife. Eagleonlie Obijofa said he only knew he had committed murder when he opened his eyes at the police station. Explaining how the unfortunate incident happened, Obijofa said: “I came back to the house to give my wife money to buy some food items because I did not drop enough money for them when I was going out in the morning. When I came back in the afternoon, I saw my wife with two men not known to me. “I became so angry and pained because I so much loved and trusted her. She tried to explain to me, but I went somewhere to take my Indian hemp to calm myself down. “But after taking some overdose, surprisingly, I found out tha...

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has warned that a civil war could break out from the conflict between herders and local communities across the country if the issue is not addressed correctly. His statement comes amidst tensions in recent weeks over allegations that herders are responsible for killings and abductions in the south-west. Recall that the governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, had ordered herders to leave the state’s forest reserves. In the same vein, Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, asked herders to leave Ibarapa local government area of Oyo, where attacks also occurred. In a recent chat with BBC Pidgin, Soyinka said there was a need to ensure that the matter is settled amicably. “I fear that it could degenerate into violence that ends up in—I hate to use the word—a civil war unless we take action. I’m glad that governors are already dialoguing with Miyetti Allah groups (cattle breeders). “I’m also glad that they...

File Photo: Herdsmen. The Opeji community in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State has given herders six conditions before allowing them to graze and live with them. The Baale of Opeji community, Rasaq Adeshina, had given the conditions during a stakeholders’ meeting held in the village. File Photo: Herdsmen. Adeshina insisted that the herdsmen, who had just fled Oyo State, must be ready to either comply with all the conditions or leave the community immediately. The meeting had in attendance the Seriki of Hausa community in the area, Ajio Umaru, the Chairman of Bororo in the area, Yahyah Daule, the Area Commander of Odeda, Ayo Edun, and some notable personalities in the community. The community leader explained that the conditions were necessary due to the recent incessant kidnapping of people in the community. He lamented that some kidnappers suspected to be herdsmen had been allegedly abducting residents of the community and demanding ransom. Declaring the conditio...

In Cross River State, magistrates, who protested for several days at the governor’s office over two years’ unpaid salaries, say it’s been difficult to feed their families. According to a Punch report, their leader, Solomon Abuo, said the judges live on loans and family and friends’ money. He said, “Throughout these two years of the non-payment of our salaries, we have been surviving through loans we obtained from banks, friends and family members. Some of our family members and friends have been very helpful by giving us alms despite their family burdens.  “These last two years have been hellish and dehumanising because we have been reduced to beggars to survive. We can’t pay our children’s school fees, hospital bills, and house rents. Many of us have suffered the humiliation of either being thrown out of our rented apartments by our landlords or the threat of the same for being unable to pay our rents.  “Our children suffer the humiliation and psychological trauma ...

The Kano State Government has commenced demolition of structures around the residence and mosque of Sheik Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, who is perceived as a critic and political enemy to the state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. SaharaReporters had earlier reported how the cleric was put under house arrest and banned from preaching or attending the mosque as members of the DSS and police lay siege to his residence. PHOTONEWS: Power-drunk @GovUmarGanduje Embarks On Demolition Around Residence And Mosque Of Kano Islamic Cleric After Deploying DSS, Police To Place ‘Perceived Critic And Political Enemy’ Under House Arrest https://t.co/uU0a4edbLt pic.twitter.com/Aq9hrQc5Gf — Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) February 6, 2021 Since Wednesday, the cleric has also reportedly been denied food and other necessary supplies to his home. It was gathered that Kabara had been allegedly challenging Salafi teachings and asking for a debate with Wahabi clerics. Wahabi clerics of Ka...

For the second time, soldiers from 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, Ogun State, have visited some villages in Yewa North Local Government Area, Ogun State, where they had earlier brutalised residents at the instance of some herdsmen. The soldiers had earlier escorted some herdsmen to some of the villages on December 19, 2020, and flogged many of the residents for refusing to allow the herdsmen to graze their cattle on their farmlands. About 29 villages in the area had been attacked in recent times by terror herdsmen who were said to have camped at Eggua, a neighbouring town, from where they led their cattle to destroy farmlands within the Ketu-Yewa communities, which share borders with the Republic of Benin. The affected villages include Ateru, Moro, Ologun, Agbon, Igbota, Ogunba-Aiyetoro, Oke-Odo, Ibore, Gbokoto, Iselu, Ijale, Ohunbe, Igbeme, Ijoun, Owode-Ketu, Igan-Alade, Lashilo, Oja Odan, Moro, Ologun, Iyana Meta, Igbooro, Egbeda and Kuse, TheNation reports. The ...

Kunle Wizeman Ajayi   The crises of insecurity has opened a damning page in the life of Nigeria. From Borno to Badagry, citizens are sleeping with one eye open. The military and police are operating exclusively to protect the bosses and their anti-people policies. The only concern of the remaining carcasses of the armed forces is to prevent organized mass revolts. Bandits; Boko Haram; state looters; and such other armed actors are having free days in their businesses. Herders and farmers clashes have turned a national phenomenon as most herders desert war-torn North moving Southwards.  From Ibarapa in Oyo state to the farms in Abraka, Delta state;  farmers are clashing with herders. Most of the herders are Fulani and this has spinned the issues into ethnic dimensions. As these go on,  unemployment is skyrocketing, while Nigeria retained it’s inglorious award as the world headquarters of corruption and poverty.  Of course, the vacuum of resistance is nev...

Apostle Suleman General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has apologised for his outburst in a viral audio clip in which he was heard threatening to make someone ‘disappear’. Earlier on Saturday, a former Pastor in his church, Mike Davids, released the audio claiming it was his conversation with Suleman.  Apostle Suleman Davids had accused Suleman of sleeping with his wife, Faith Edeko, who currently heads an Abuja branch of the church. But reacting to the development in a new video, Suleman admitted that his voice was in the audio clip and that he truly responded angrily. See Also Christianity You will Die Prematurely – Apostle Suleman Threatens Pastor In Leaked Audio 0 Comments 23 Hours Ago However, he claimed that the audio clip was from a conversation he had with a lady who he told to stop calling him three years ago, and not from a phone conversation with Davids.  The cleric further accused Mike Davids of conspiring with othe...

Apostle Johnson Suleman The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has dismissed a purported audio proof released by a former Pastor of the church, Mike Davids. Davids had accused him of sleeping with Faith Edeko, his wife, who currently heads the church’s Abuja branch. Apostle Johnson Suleman He had released an audio clip in the early hours of Saturday, in which a voice he claimed was that of Apostle Suleman was heard threatening to “make him disappear”. But shortly after the video went viral, on-air personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze, said he had obtained an audio clip supposedly the original recording after calling the OFM General Overseer to hear his side of the story. Daddy Freeze, who took to his Instagram handle, said Suleman admitted he was the one in the recording but claimed it was doctored.  Daddy Freeze wrote, “So I called @johnson_suleman_official to hear his side of the story. He said that he was th...

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) says it has proof that cattle owned by herdsmen destroyed crops in farms across the country. The MURIC Director, Ishaq Akintola, who disclosed this in a statement, called on the Nigerian government to compensate farmers whose crops have been destroyed. According to him, MURIC has evidence of herdsmen’s culpability, including video clips, in which cows destroyed farms belonging to members of the organisation. “MURIC is now in possession of indisputable evidence of the destruction of crops on farmlands by cows brought by herdsmen. “We sent out feelers to all states where we have branches of MURIC and the reports are overwhelmingly convincing. “We asked our members to supply information on the activities of herdsmen in their states, including Abuja. We were stupefied by the outcome. “The most recent report from a young member of MURIC in Ogun State, who ventured into agriculture, reads: ‘Herders invaded my five hectares of rice farm Sunday, 3...