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File photo used to illustrate story. No fever than 80 armed Fulani herdsmen were arrested by the men of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun, on Monday. A top police officer at Testing Ground Police Command, Ibadan confirmed the development to SaharaReporters in Ibadan on Tuesday. File photo used to illustrate story. “Yes, they were handed over to us but we have transferred them to state police command for more investigation. We all need to be more vigilant and report any suspecious moves in our community,” he said.  The Fulani were intercepted at the Iwo Road area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. See Also News Amotekun Arrests Truckload Of 80 Armed Fulani Herdsmen Heading To Ogun, Lagos 0 Comments 44 Minutes Ago According to a report, they were armed with dangerous weapons like bows, arrows and daggers. Apart from that, sources told reporters in Ibadan that there were about 25 motorcycles along with cattle in their truck. Upon interr...

A major tragedy was on Monday averted in Abuja along the Abuja-Kefffi Expressway as hundreds of commuters narrowly escaped death when a heavy duty tanker conveying Premium Motor Spirit fell and blocked the entire section of the highway. SaharaReporters gathered that the accident occurred in the evening during the rush hours when people were heading home from work. Eyewitness accounts said the accident occurred after the ill-fated articulated vehicle had faulty brakes while descending the Kugbo hill, only to crash opposite the Nigerian National Petroleum Company filling station when its two tyres deflated and the tank hit the ground and started discharging its content. Officials of Federal Capital Territory Fire Service and other emergency agencies were mobilised to the scene of the incident to prevent the high inflammable tanker from exploding. The incident caused a gridlock at the ever busy Nyanya interchange with many vehicles trapped while several commuters trekked lon...

No fewer than four people have been allegedly killed by the police during a shoot-out with suspected smugglers in Igbogila community in the Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State. One person was said to have sustained gunshot wounds.  The violence, which began on Thursday and went on till Sunday has thrown the residents of the community into a state panic as the hoodlums have threatened to retaliate the deaths of their gang members. A resident of the community, Akinola Kojekun, told SaharaReporters about the apprehension in the community on Monday while recounting the  experience of the last few days. There was a fight against two rival gangs suspected to be smugglers at Imoto, a neighbourhood close to Igbogila. It was gathered that one of the members was arrested by the police at Eggua Police Divisional Headquarters, which angered the hoodlums and led to an attack on the police station at Igbogila on Thursday. “It was not the fault of the policemen. There...

Another group of youths in Lagos State have announced plans to organise a counter-protest at the Lekki tollgate on Saturday, February 13. This is coming a few hours after some youths took to Twitter to call for a protest against the reopening of the Lekki tollgate. According to Punch, the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki tollgate had, on Saturday, approved the reopening of the tollgate. However, four out of the nine members of the panel faulted the report of the forensic experts hired to comb the scene for evidence. See Also #EndSARS Nigerians Plan Another Protest Over Reopening Of Lekki Tollgate 0 Comments 21 Hours Ago The counter-rally, which is trending on Twitter as #DefendLagos and #DemNoBornYourPapaWell, is to protest against any protest organised to stop the reopening of the tollgate, tagged #OccupyLekkiTollGate. The poster of counter-rally shared on social media showed that it i...

Illustration   The private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 has disowned the move by the BUA Group to purchase one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for Nigeria. In a statement issued earlier on Monday, the BUA group had announced that it would purchase one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, through the AfreximBank vaccine programme in partnership with private sector CACOVID. Illustration However, in a statement, CACOVID denied BUA’s contribution to securing the doses, stating that purchase of the vaccine cannot be done by individuals or companies, but only through the Nigerian government. It said, “CACOVID is dismayed to learn of reports on social media today alleging that BUA is singlehandedly purchasing 1 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for Nigeria. Alhaji Abdulsamad must have been misquoted because these claims are not factual as CACOVID operates on a collegiate fund contribution model. There is no agreement between BUA, CACOVID and Afreximbank. ...