•South West governors Being The PUNCH Editorial For the South-West, the long-feared spillover of Nigeria’s school-abduction crisis has now become a grim reality. On Friday, armed men who have terrorised other parts of the country struck brazenly in Oyo State, attacking three schools in Yawota and Esiele, Oriire Local Government Area. The assau...
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has decried the invasion of the South-Western Nigeria by terrorists in recent times, urges governments and security agencies to do more in tackling the menace of banditry. Comrade Jare Ajayi, National Publicity Secretary, of the socio-political organisation, in a statement yesterday, pred...
•South-West governors South-West governors, under the aegis of the South-West Governors’ Forum, have renewed their call for the creation of state police to tackle the security challenges bedeviling the region and the country in general. They made the call yesterday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, after a closed-door meeting held at the Oyo S...
•The six Southwest governors Governors of the South-West states are today holding a closed-door meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The meeting is attended by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, who is also the chairman of the regional forum. Others included Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo), Ademola Adeleke (Osun), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Bi...
•Tinubu The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Kayode Ojo, has called on South-West governors to immediately organise a joint rally for the endorsement of President Bola Tinubu as the sole APC presidential candidate for 2027 general election. Ojo, an APC leader in Ekiti State, in a statem...
•South West governors The six South West governors yesterday rose from a meeting in Lagos, saying that they are ready to counter any attempt by the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) to enter the region, thereby undermining its security. The Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, addressing the media after...

