•Actor Lateef Adedimeji Nollywood actor Lateef Adedimeji has lamented that the violence across Nigeria has breached the borders of the South-West, turning a once stable region into a landscape of fear. According to him, from the harrowing mass abduction and tragic killing of an educator in Oyo State to the increasingly perilous highways of Eki...
•Major General Michael Onoja The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed claims that any terrorist group has established a permanent operational base in the South-West geopolitical zone of the country. The clarification followed reports in some quarters alleging that terrorist groups had established operational bases in the region after the r...
•Alaafin of Oyo and gunmen  The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, has raised concerns over the level of insecurity in the South-West region, Kwara, and parts of Kogi State and wants the federal and state governments to ramp up efforts to address it. This is according to a statement on Friday by the Director, […]
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has warned that rising incidents of kidnapping and banditry in the South-West should not be tolerated, stressing the need for stronger security structures to address the growing threats. The group’s National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, made the remarks during an interview on Frontlin...
•Bandits The killing of five Forest Guards during a bandit attack on the National Park Service (NPS) ofÂfice in Oloka, Orire Local GovÂernment Area of Oyo State, has sparked widespread concern across the South-West geopolitÂical zone. The attack, which occurred on Tuesday night, comes barely a month after armed assailants attacked Christian wo...
•Atiku Abubakar Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has assured the Yoruba that their interests would be central to his presidency if elected in 2027. Atiku, who contested the 2023 election under the Peoples Democratic Party, said today that fears of his government favouring his Fulani kinsmen were unfounded, reports The PUNCH. In a statement...
•Amotekun Corps Following the recent armed attack in Kwara State that claimed six lives at a motor park, state governments and security agencies across the South-West have intensified measures to avert similar incidents in the region. The state governments and security agencies in the South-West, particularly the Security Network Agency (coden...
•Tinubu and PDP logo The South-West region of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will be at the forefront of efforts to unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, the Gbenga Hashim Solidarity Movement has said. In a statement by the South-West coordinator of the movement, Alhaji Abass Olaniyi, he expressed support for [&...
Pensioners under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Southwest zone, have lamented the backlog of unpaid gratuities and pension arrears owed to retirees in the region. The pensioners, who threatened not to vote for any governor who fails to cater to their welfare and well-being in the 2027 general elections, appealed to [&hell...
•South west map Creation of additional five new states, constitutional roles for the traditional rulers as well as creation of additional local governments and listing of Local Council Development Areas created by the Lagos State government in 2003 into the constitution were among the top demands of the people of the South-West as moves are [&...
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