A farmer in the Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, Olalekan Tajudeen, has narrated his ordeal in the hands of nomadic herdsmen including how they uprooted his N5m cassava farm for their cows to feed on. Tajudeen, who said he obtained a loan of N5m to start his farming business in the Akinyele Local Government Area, said the herders have since denied him of a fruitful venture. The farmer in his late 40s spoke when The PUNCH team visited the Ibaayin, Elekuro, Ejitolu, Meele, Idi Osan, Akala, Oja Ode and Alaja villages in the Akinyele LGA recently. The PUNCH…
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Fashion stylist, Toyin Lawani, has fired back at critics of her raunchy nun outfit. The Nation had reported the fashionista sparked outrage over her controversial dress for the premiere of ‘Prophetess‘, a movie by Niyi Akinmolayan. Many critics who took to social media, described the outfit as an insult to Christianity while some others carpeted her for promoting immortality. In several photos shared on her Instagram page, Lawani could be seen clad in an all-white attire with a sign of the cross inscribed on it. Although she was partly unclad as her thighs could be visibly seen while she also…
A tweet was on Sunday tweeted, claiming over 50 people who attended the birthday party of a suspected yahoo boy died and this caused widespread reactions. According to the tweet, attendees had started dropping dead after leaving the party much earlier. No casualties were recorded on the scene. “A Yahoo boy did birthday party this last Sunday, and over 50 friends of his who attended the party are dead already. The toll still counting… This happened around Alagbole Akute. May God help us,” @pelumiawotedu tweeted on the 18th of March. “It was at this point that my apprentice noticed his…
US-trained journalist and social media influencer, Kemi Olunloyo has alleged that Chioma Rowland’s bride price has been refunded, leaving Davido with no right of claiming his son, Ifeanyi, according to Igbo traditions. Olunloyo stated this after photos of the DMW Records boss kissing his newly found love, Mya Yafai, leaked online. In the recent post by Kemi Olunloyo, she alleged that Davido has been handed back the bride price he paid on his fiancee, which automatically makes his son, Ifeanyi Jr, the last born of Chioma‘s family according to the Igbo tradition of a child born out of wedlock. Taking…
Speculation have risen as regards the continued stay of the Oyo state deputy governor, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as he meets with former osun state governor Rauf Aregbesola on Friday. The meeting which was adjudged to be a top secretive one happened some miniuites after Arrive was invested as the grand patron of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, in the Southwest. The duo met inside one of the rooms at Calton Gate hotel, Idi-Ape, shortly after leaving Premier Hotel, venue of the investiture. This came few days after stories suggest Makinde may join the…
As part of efforts towards actualising their agitation for the acclaimed Oduduwa Republic, a security outfit has been launched in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The security outfit named Oduduwa Nation Security Force, was code-named “Operation Paramole’. TODAY SPLASH reports that a set of Yoruba nation agitators suddenly appeared in Abeokuta on Tuesday for a rally. With branded vehicles, T-shirts and banners, they marched to the palace of the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo. However, the monarch was said to have travelled out of the State for a presentation at the Senate in Abuja. Recall that Sunday Igboho’s…
Three persons have been reported kidnapped by some suspected unknown gunmen at alabameji village, sanyo area of Ibadan ,the Oyo state capital. Today splash gathered that the victims included a male farmer and a couple who were also farmers were abducted while working inside their farm . The Oyo state police Public Relations Officer , Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi who confirmed the abduction of the farmers said investigations have commenced into the circumstances surrounding the kidnap. He also disclosed that the police are on the trail of the suspects.
Tajudeen Omideyi, a food and cash crop farmer in Igangan area of Ibarapa, Oyo state, said he lost his brother to a minor dispute with herders on his cashew farm. According to him, his brother found some Fulani women on the farm harvesting cashew seeds and chased them away. A day after the incident, he was attacked on the farm, tied to a cashew tree and beheaded. He said the death of his brother did not extract any remorse or emotion from his attackers when the matter was reported to their leader, Seriki Saliu. Omideyi said rather than being shown…
Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, said his call for the recruitment of 50 million youths into the Nigerian Army was a blunder.The All Progressives Congress (APC) leader gave the advice at the 12 Colloquium in Kano organized to commemorate his birthday. The spokesman, Tunde Rahman, in a statement on Tuesday said the politician canvassed the urgent need to combine employment and national security policy by the recruitment of 5 million youths in all aspects of nation-building, ranging from infrastructural development to agricultural modernization. He noted that Tinubu believes eligible youth should be recruited into the armed forces, police and…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have proven their worth by beating the Lesotho team 3:0. The match which was played at the Realm Valium Stadium, was the first in the last ten years. Victor Oshimen came through with his first goal as Eleni and Onuachu sealed the victory. https://twitter.com/NGSuperEagles/status/1376956624120729600?s=19
