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Following a viral video that claimed herdsmen were planning an attack, the Obafemi-Owode Local Government has sent a tactical team to the Ajebo community.

Omolola Odutola, the Ogun Police Command’s public relations officer, assured the community that there was no imminent threat of attack in the area in a statement released on Friday.

In collaboration with Amotekun Corps, So-Safe Corps, Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), local hunters, and Vigilante Group of Nigeria, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, deployed the Command’s tactical team, led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations, to conduct a thorough intelligence-led assessment of the security situation in the area, she said.

The Fulani settlers in Ajebo are long-established residents who coexist peacefully within the community, according to the operatives. No weapons or suspicious activity were found in the temporary shelters where the children and women were pictured.

The men had traveled to Oyo State for trading activities, which is in line with their usual economic pattern, and there were no adults present.

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A further examination of the settlement, according to the police spokesperson, revealed an additional, allegedly ten-year-old RUGA location.

She claimed that Rueben Oluwole, the region’s traditional ruler, was given permission to grant the settlers’ settlers land use as a source of clarification.

The Baale of Alapako, where another cluster of Fulani huts was located, has also been invited to meet with the Commissioner of Police, according to her.

The forest area, which is about 10 kilometers from the main community, is under constant surveillance from the combined team of security agencies. Because the settlers were discovered to be peaceful and unarmed, their presence is strictly precautionary.

When the “situation is right for him,” President Bola Tinubu will travel to the US to meet with President Donald Trump. &nbsp,

In response to Trump’s recent designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), Mohammed Idris, the minister of information and national orientation, said this on Friday in an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today. &nbsp,

When the time comes for him to leave, “we believe that he will go to the US.” He has visited America, though. When he took office, I was with him at the UN,” Mohammed said on the current affairs program.

Read more about Trump’s declaration of Nigeria as a “country of particular concern,” and his claim that there is a mass murder of Christians is carried out.

Trump’s Threat, Tinubu’s Reaction

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In response to this tweet #PoliticsToday#CTVTweets picture, Minister of Information Mohammed Idris responds. twitter.com/2sXgr09Z28

After Trump designated the West African nation as a CPC over what he characterized as the widespread slaughter of Christians, diplomatic tenses erupted between Nigeria and the US.

The US leader threatened military action in Nigeria if the country’s authorities failed to address the growing insecurity a day later.

Trump said in a revealing post on his Truth Social platform that “the United States will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria” and “won’t be able to go into that now disgraced country, “blazing” to completely eradicate the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.

“I hereby instruct our Department of War to get ready for possible action.” It will be swift, vicious, and sweet if we launch an attack.

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The US president’s statement caused the country’s attention, but the Nigerian government has denied that Christians were killed intentionally.

Following Trump’s statement, President Tinubu said, “Nigeria is a country with constitutional guarantees to protect citizens of all faiths.”

The Nigerian government is currently negotiating with the US government through a powerful delegation headed by Nuhu Ribadu, the NSA’s representative in the country.

He claims that the move is a result of diplomatic efforts to improve relations between the two countries and win over the US government.

Idris claimed that the Federal Government is taking steps to improve security conditions despite the country’s security challenges.

CPC Designation is reviewed by the US Congress.

The US Congress held a public hearing on Trump’s designation of Nigeria as a CPC on Thursday, drawing attention to the country’s most populous nation’s current state of insecurity.

Nigeria is grappling with a wide range of security issues, including kidnapping for ransom and terrorism.

The Senate has summoned the executive secretary of the Nigerian content development and monitoring board (NCDMB), giving him two weeks to appear before the committee on local content in connection with an alleged $ 14.86 million fraud involving investments in Atlantic International refinery and petrochemical Ltd.

The NCDMB management agreed to provide the committee with full documentation of all transactions involving the alleged conspiracy and dishonest conversion of $14, 859, and 257 by December 2 following an interactive session held today.

Timipre Sylva, the former minister of state for petroleum resources, was recently identified as wanted in connection with the matter, according to recent reports from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The funds in question are allegedly the NCDMB’s investment in Atlantic refinery in order to build a refinery project, according to reports cited during the session.

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The committee also voted to summon foreign oil companies (IOCs) because they failed to return the one-percent capacity building fund, which is intended to promote local content development in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector.

Joel Onowakpo-Thomas, the committee’s chairman, and other lawmakers criticized the NCDMB Executive Secretary’s inability to appear before the panel, calling his absence inconvenient and obstructing the committee’s oversight responsibilities.

To keep the committee informed, “We are trying to have an idea of what happened.” We will give him another opportunity to come in and explain to us because this is his first time,” he said.

In response to the recent abduction from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, the Kebbi State Police Command expressed concern over intelligence reports suggesting that some organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are planning to stage a protest.

The police warned organisers against starting any protest in a statement released on Friday by the Command’s spokesman, Nafiu Abubakar, arguing that the state’s current security situation is too fragile for public demonstrations.

Such gatherings, according to the police, could cause tension and possibly lead to violence.

The Command criticized the planned protest as “misguided and counterproductive,” arguing that it might undermine security personnel’s ongoing efforts to rescue the kidnapped schoolgirls unharmed despite the widespread outcry over the abduction.

Read more about the abduction of Kebbi schoolgirls in the Maga community.

The police reiterated their commitment to safeguarding lives and property, assuring residents that the preservation of public order is still top of mind.

Additionally, they urged the general public to support security operations by promptly reporting suspicious activity to the police station or security agency closest to them.

This comes days after gunmen stormed the school in the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of the state and eluded the students.

Difficulty of schoolgirls were abducted before the attackers killed Malam Hassan Makuku, the vice principal.

Witnesses claimed that the bandits’ actions were repressive and widespread, causing widespread panic and ecstatic rage throughout the area.

During the invasion, Makuku allegedly was shot while attempting to protect the students.

At the G20 Leaders Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Vice President Kashim Shettima has left Abuja to represent the president.

This is in response to President Bola Tinubu’s decision to remain in Nigeria and address security concerns, according to a statement from Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President for Media and Communications.

The President had put off his earlier scheduled trip to South Africa’s Johannesburg in order to attend additional security updates on recent security incidents in Kebbi and Kwara States.

Read more about Tinubu’s postponement of the G20, AU-EU travels, awaited briefing on Kebbi, and Kwara attacks.

Leaders from the world’s top 20 economies, including the European Union, the African Union, financial institutions, and others, are gathered for the G20 Summit, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 22nd, at the Johannesburg Expo Center, on November 23rd.

President Tinubu was invited to attend this year’s edition by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is currently the G20’s current leader.

Two suspects were detained on suspicion of terrorism-related crimes and inciting the government’s overthrow on Thursday in Abuja before two separate Federal High Courts.

Hussaini Ismaila, the leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), was sentenced to 20 years in prison for terrorism, just 48 hours after the organization received the news.

The alleged mastermind of the 2012 attack on Deeper Life Bible Church in Okene, Kogi State, was Abdulmalik Abdulazeez Obadaki, who was arraigned in the first case, according to the DSS.

He faces a six-count charge that includes escaping lawful custody, being a member of a terrorist organization, conspiracy, providing assistance to terrorist acts, concealing information, and participating in terrorist organization activities.

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Obadaki entered not-guilty pleas on the remaining five charges after entering guilty on the sixth count and escaping custody.

In order for the court to review the facts of the charge to which he pleaded guilty and to provide evidence on the counts he denied, the presiding judge, Justice Joyce Obehi, adjourned the case until January 26, 2026.

Innocent Chukwuemeka, a social media user accused of using his X (previously Twitter) handle to organize a coup in Nigeria, was detained by the DSS on Thursday.

He was accused of cyberstalking and six counts that allegedly involved the publication of false information that could raise public concern.

Chukwuemeka entered a not-guilty plea, and the court also decided to hold him in DSS custody until January 26, 2026.

Background

Obadaki allegedly led a gang that defrauded five commercial banks in Uromi, Edo State, killing several people and stealing significant sums of money following the Okene church attack.

He was detained and detained at Kuje Prison, but he escaped during the Kuje Custodial Center’s jailbreak in July 2022.