The Ohaneze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC has called on the return of the famous "Bakassi Boys" to confront violent herdsmen that have been allegedly terrorizing, raping and killing people in the South-East.
Contrary to media reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the creation of State Policing, his aides have come out to deny the claims. The Presidency said that President Buhari had requested that the report would be studied and a white paper produced within three months.
Following reports of an imminent outbreak of violence across Ibadan the Oyo State capital, Governor Seyi Makinde on Friday 31st May 2019 proscribed the activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state. The government who declared the activities of the Union illegal with immediate effect also announced the taking over of all parks and garages in the state.
Following a statement from the top echelon of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on May 28 directing it members to observe a sit-at-home order in memory of those who lost their lives in the Nigeria-Biafra war from 1967 to 1970, residents in Rivers, Enugu, Imo and most southeastern states vehemently defy the order.
Amidst unabated banditry that has continued to frustrate activities in North-west zone, the Daura Emirate council in Katsina state, the country home to President Buhari has suspended all festivities for the next week Sallah celebration.
The leader of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star has countered claims by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that there are attempts at West African fulanization and African Islamization following growing insecurity in the region, especially in Nigeria.
