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One of the houses of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, has been set ablaze in Ibadan, Oyo State. SaharaReporters gathered that his house was set ablaze on Tuesday morning. A source close to Igboho who confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters on phone said two structures in his compound were razed. He said; “I have called my boss but he didn’t answer his phone. I called his Chief Security Officer and he confirmed the development to me. This is unfortunate and terrible.” Igboho had given a seven-day ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen to leave the Ibarapa area of Oyo State, blaming them for the insecurity there.  Last week, shortly after Igboho’s visit to Igangan community in the state, the house and cars of the Seriki Fulani of Igangan, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir, was burnt by some youths.  The Seriki said he and his family members had to trek from Oyo State to Ogun State, taking bush paths.  See Also Politics We Didn’t Burn Seriki Fulani...

File Photo: Herdsmen. The Ondo State Government on Monday said it had started registering herdsmen in the state with the aim of ejecting unregistered herders from the state’s forest reserves. The Special Adviser to the state governor on security, Alhaji Jimoh Dojumo, disclosed this in an interview with Punch in Akure where the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and the Nigeria Governors Forum met. File Photo: Herdsmen. It was gathered that herdsmen had started leaving the Ondo forest reserves in deference to the state government’s order, backed by governors’ forum and the Miyetti Allah at their meeting Monday. The NGF and the cattle breeders’ meeting was after a seven-day ultimatum given to the herders to quit the forest reserve. On Monday last week, the state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) issued herdsmen to vacate the state’s forest reserves. Dojumo, in the interview with The PUNCH, said his office, in conjunction with the state Ministry of Agriculture...

Boss Mustapha The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said B117 strain of COVID-19 has been recorded in Nigeria. Chairman of PTF on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, stated this during the task force briefing on Monday. Boss Mustapha Mustapha said four persons had been diagnosed with the B117 strain in Nigeria. Of the four persons, three are travellers from Nigeria to other places while the fourth person was discovered in-country, Punch reports. He said, “Over the last few weeks, the PTF has been closely following the rising number of infections reported daily in Nigeria and other jurisdictions. Similarly, our scientists have been sequencing the variants of the virus. “There have been reports of cases with the B117 variant strain, first reported in the UK, found in Nigeria. Three of these were in travellers out of Nigeria and one a resident.” Mustapha appealed to Nigerians and school proprietors to take all precautionary measure...

file photo A teenager in the Badore/Ajah area of Lagos State has narrated how she was raped by a man, identified as Emmanuel Okon. The latter also invited his seven friends to have carnal knowledge of her.  According to her, she had gone to fetch water when Okon deceived her into the house where he worked as a gatekeeper and defiled her. file photo UNHCR Speaking with SaharaReporters, the victim said, “I was going to fetch water when he (Okon) beckoned on me to come closer and I obliged. He said I should enter the house and I did. He said he would buy me a phone and other gifts. “Later, he pushed me inside, covered my mouth and forced himself on me. When he was done, he called seven of his friends to come and do the same thing to me.  “I didn’t tell my aunt because I was scared and I wouldn’t want her to punish me.”  The aunt of the victim, Adaora Osondu, said the police, however, quashed their attempts to get justice, claiming that they “have no case.” She...

File photo used to illustrate story. A 70-year-old plantain seller in Molete, popularly called Iya Oluso, was on Monday killed during a clash that lasted for more than four hours in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. Our correspondent gathered that the clash occurred between two rival cult groups. File photo used to illustrate story. The Guardian Nigeria The two rival cult groups clashed at Kudeti and its environ in Ibadan on Monday morning. It was gathered that the two groups caused panic in areas such as Idi-Arere, Kudeti, Ilupeju and its environment where the elderly woman was reportedly shot. The woman died due to the gunshot injuries she sustained during the clash. It was gathered that the clash started on Sunday at a party. The cult members, on Monday, then visited the areas, to unleash terror on the residents. A source told SaharaReporters that the hoodlums started attacking innocent citizens, destroying vehicles on the roads, and looting the shops in the area. He added ...