Tag: Amotekun
South East to launch own regional security outfit
The South-East Governors’ Forum has resolved to launch a regional security outfit to protect the geopolitical region of Nigeria.
Amotekun: Ekiti Attorney General submits draft bill
Ekiti State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Wale Fapounda, on Monday, submitted the draft bill on Amotekun Southwest…
Amotekun was set up to annihilate herdsmen – Miyetti Allah
Alhaji Sadiq Ibrahim Ahmed, an elder statesman of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, in Bauchi state, has expressed doubt over…
Amotekun: Ex-PRONACO leader lauds Buhari, Osinbajo for resolving misunderstanding
Dr. Baba Adam, a former US leader of Pro National Conference Organisations, PRONACO and one of Nigeria's most prominent citizens…
Amotekun: Governor Makinde meets IG
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on Wednesday met with the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, at the force headquarters, Abuja,…
Amotekun: Ritual killings deadlier than Fulani herdsmen- Oluwo of Iwo
The Oluwo of Iwo Oba (Dr.) Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi has called on Yoruba stakeholders to use the newly formed regional…
Amotekun: A South-East regional security outfit for us too – Governor Umahi
Ebonyi State Governor and Chairman of South-East Governors Forum, David Umahi, has announced that the South-East will soon be getting…
Amotekun is a subtle plot by Christians to dominate Southwest – Sharia Council
The Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria has reacted to the establishment of Amotekun, a security outfit it claimed was a subtle…
Amotekun: Gani Adams blasts antagonists
Aare Ona Kankanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, has said any one of a group who antagonizes the Western Nigeria…
Amotekun: Tinubu, a true leader – Yoruba Ronu
The amicable resolution of controversies surrounding the “Amotekun” initiative between the Southwest Governors and the Federal government shows that Asiwaju…
House of Assembly promises support for Amotekun
The Speakers of Houses of Assembly in the South West Zone have pledged to provide legislative support for Amotekun, the…
What we agreed with FG on Amotekun – Southwest Governors
Southwest Governors on Thursday said they agreed with the Federal Government on developing a legal framework for its security outfit,…
Osinbajo, Southwest Governors meet in Abuja over Amotekun
Nigeria's Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo is meeting with Southwest governors in Abuja over the setting up of a regional security…
Fani-Kayode tackles Tinubu over comment on Amotekun
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has tackled the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu…
Why Politicisation of Amotekun unhealthy, dangerous – Oyetola
Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State on Wednesday said the raging debate over the launch of the South West Security…
Nigerians in America back Amotekun
Nigerians resident in the United States of America, have appealed to the Federal Government not to frustrate the consummation of…
Nigerians react to Tinubu’s comment on Amotekun
Following the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu's comment on the controversial southwest security initiative…
How to make Amotekun work – Tinubu
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has proffered solutions to make the Southwest security outfit,…
Tinubu backs Amotekun, calls for dialogue (Full statement)
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), weighed in on the controversy around the establishment of…
Amotekun Protest: Police take over Gani Fawehinmi Park (UPDATED)
Armed mobile policemen, have taken over Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos, proposed venue for a protest code-named "Amotekun Solidarity…
Amotekun is constitutional: Afe Babalola
Senior Advocate of Nigeria Afe Babalola, said attempts by the Federal Government to scuttle the Western Nigeria Security Network, would…
Atiku backs Amotekun
Former Nigerian Vice-president Atiku Abubakar has thrown his support for complementary policing efforts such as the Western Nigeria Security Network,…
Amotekun: Rep member berates AGF Malami
A member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Taiwo Oluga, described the action of the Minister for Justice and Attorney…
Amotekun: APC Diaspora urges FG to rescind decision on legality
The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Scandinavia countries, Mr Ayoola Lawal, has appealed to the Federal Government…
ÀMÒTÉKÙN: Where is Bola Tinubu?
The Yorùbá Nation in every hour of its need had found Bola Ahmed Tinubu wanting. It has found him absent.…
Amotekun: The best way of responding to Malami
Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba The governors of South West had recently established Amotekun, a regional security organization to protect the people…
AGF Malami has no power to proscribe Amotekun: Falana
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) said the law forbids the Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Malami from proscribing…
Operation Amotekun: South West governors awaiting Malami’s letter, says Makinde
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has chided Nigeria's attorney-general and Justice Minister Abubakar Malami for declaring on the pages…
Why I visited Obasanjo in Abeokuta – Makinde
Governor Oluseyi Makinde of Oyo State on Wednesday visited former Nigeria's President, Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun State behind closed…
Amotekun has come to stay – Wole Soyinka
Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has declared that the establishment of Operation Amotekun by Southwest governors 'has come to stay…