Amotekun Corps
27 Jun 2022
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved the recruitment of additional 500 men for the state’s Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), code-named Amotekun Corps.
7 Apr 2022
There was pandemonium at the Gaga Area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Tuesday evening as men of the 32 Artillery Brigade, Nigeria Army, Akure, and the men of the State’s Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps engaged in mild skirmish.
14 Mar 2022
A Hairdresser, Morayo Ayeni, who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen along Ore/Akure highway in Ondo State, but rescued by personnel of the state’s Security Network Agency, codenamed, ‘Amotekun Corps,’ has narrated her near death experience.
11 Mar 2022
Ondo State Security Network, also known as “Amotekun Corps,” has arrested 23 criminal suspects for various criminal activities, including human trafficking to Benin Republic.
28 Sep 2021
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, will today sign a bill for the establishment of the state Security Trust Fund into law, giving the State Security Network, Amotekun Corps, a legal and financial framework.
23 Aug 2021
A 65-year-old man, Akorede Lawal, suspected to be a ritualist, has been arrested by the Amotekun Corps in Ondo State, for taking 18-year-old boy, Segun Thomas, into captivity for alleged ritual purposes.
20 Aug 2021
For flouting government’s directive on open grazing in Ondo State, the State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, has arrested a 52-year-old man, Ibrahim Musa,....
19 Aug 2021
Aggrieved youths, yesterday, protested in front of the Oyo State Secretariat Complex, Agodi, Ibadan, over the alleged killing of a 14-year-old boy, simply known as Peter, by Amotekun Corps operatives.
30 Apr 2021
Operatives of Oyo State Security Network Agency, code-named Amotekun Corps, in collaboration with Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and Vigilance Group of Nigeria (VGN), have arrested six suspected bandits at Kajola Local Council of the state.
2 Apr 2021
Disturbed by the state of insecurity now pervasive across the country, with particular focus on the Southwest, Governors of states in the region launched...
18 Mar 2021
Yoruba leaders, under the umbrella of the Pan-Yoruba Congress (PYC), yesterday, urged the six states in the South-West to adopt a new anthem, saying that the body language
9 Mar 2021
Disturbed by incessant clashes between farmers and herders, the Ekiti State Government, yesterday, said it was making alternative arrangement for enclosed grazing/ranching under the National Livestock Transformation Plan in the state.
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