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The governor, in a statement he personally signed, said the measures will ensure peaceful coexistence among residents in parts of the state.

The police charged Adamu, who resides in Wusasa Zaria, Kaduna with criminal intimidation and attempted abduction.

He said this on Tuesday in an Instagram Live Chat with a popular journalist, Dele Momodu.

Ojudu, in a now-deleted piece published on his Facebook page on Monday, had alleged that opposition politicians contracted Igboho to disrupt the 2009 Rerun Governorship Election in Ekiti State.

Struggle over grazing land and scarce resources have over the years resulted in perennial and growing violent conflicts in terms of frequency, intensity and geographic scope. Underpinning the escalation in frequency of conflicts in Nigeria is a confluence of environmental and demographic forces, especially desertification caused by climate change and population explosion.

The Generalissimo of Yorubaland spoke on Sunday against the backdrop of threats by the Northern groups and Herders Association to attack the South West in a reprisal mission.

This development was disclosed by a family source who preferred anonymity.

The suspect, Friday Domozu, 23, after allegedly killing Farida, a sickle cell anemia patient, continued to demand ransom.

Malam Ashiru Zango, Chief Security Officer of the university, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Zaria, ahead of the resumption of students for academic activities.

Igboho had on Friday stormed the area with a large number of his supporters bearing arms in fulfilment of his promise to dislodge the Fulanis in the area, who he accused of serial murder and kidnapping.

The Force Public Relations Officers, CP Frank Mba, disclosed this at a media briefing in Abuja.

The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, revealed this in a statement on Sunday.

The Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Sunday Abutu, told newsmen in Ado Ekiti that Akinbami was released around 3 pm. on Sunday without the payment of any ransom.

Navy Capt. Shuaibu Muhammed-Ahmed, the Commanding Officer, FOB, parading the suspects in Igbokoda, told newsmen that the men were apprehended on Jan. 13 at 4.00pm during the Navy personnel’s routine patrol on Ondo-Lagos open sea channel.

Inuwa told the News Agency of Nigeria in Katsina that the Federal Government should particularly focus on Nigeria’s borders with Niger Republic, Chad and Cameroon.

Asking Makinde, who has been holidaying in Houston, Texas, United States of America to return to the country immediately, Akande, who is the Director of the Centre for Presidential Studies, Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State, asked all indigenes, irrespective of their political leanings, to identify with the governor at this critical time.

The Command’s Spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement detailing the 2020 achievements recorded in the state.

Bagega made the pledge in his maiden press conference, held at the command’s headquarters on Wednesday in Ilorin.

Assenting to the bill on Thursday in Jos, Lalong said it would address unlawful land grabbing, rising spate of kidnapping, cultism and other violent crimes in the state.

Yusuf, who is 45, disclosed this in an audio clip obtained by PRNigeria during an interrogation by an intelligence officer.