Prominent indigenes and stakeholders in Oyo town have urged the newly installed Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, to prioritise resolving longstanding land disputes between Oyo and Afijio Local Government Areas, which they say have recently escalated into violent confrontations. The appeal comes in the wake of Oba Owoade’s coronation as the 46th Alaafin of Oyo, officially presented by Governor …

At least four persons have been killed in a renewed boundary dispute between the Ogwor community in Ishiagu and the Umuobor Community in Akaeze, both in the Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The first three persons killed were said to be part of a contingent that entered the disputed land to harvest yams on Wednesday, while a woman …

No fewer than 23 schools in Atiba, Afijio, Oyo East, and Oyo West local government areas of the Oyo State that were shut 10 years ago have been reopened by the state government. The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Oyelade said the schools were reopened following a resolution of the …