Amotekun

Governors of south-west states have adopted Amotekun, a joint security outfit, as a state effort and not a regional initiative. The governors had launched Amotekun on January 9, as a …

The Ogun State Government has approved the proposal for the creation of the Western Nigeria Security Network, Amotekun, in the state. The approval for the region’s security outfit codenamed ‘Operation …

•OLUWO Of Iwoland Is Angry •Rains Curses On Ritualists It is no more news that the upsurge in ritual killing in Yorubaland keeps rising. Ritual killing in our society. Today, …

The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, on Saturday, faulted the initiative of regional security outfits like Shege Ka Fasa in the North and Amotekun in the Southwest. In a chat with …

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) says it is now seeing positive signals in the Western Nigeria Security Network code-named Amotekun. The group had accused governors of the south-west of recruiting …

Muslim Rights Concern has asked governors in Nigeria’s southwest to change the name of the new regional security outfit it recently set up to fight crimes because it is anti-Islam. …

Lately, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim, the popular Lagos businessman has been a strong advocate for the Yorubas and other ethnic groups to reconcile their differences within the same federation. He is …

Former Governor of Old Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, has criticised the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams and the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola …

The Nigerian Government has agreed with governors of South-West on the creation of ‘Operation Amotekun’. This came after a meeting between the governors and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. The government …

THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE OVER AMOTEKUN Amotekun. This issue has dominated recent discourse and media headlines. Distilled to its basics, it concerns how best state governments can assist with the safety …