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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned that no life must be lost as youths continue to protest against police brutality. Jonathan said this in a Facebook post on Tuesday. He wrote, “No Nigerian blood needs to be spilled or life lost during a peaceful protest that seeks to advance our country. We may hold different […]

Lagos State Government announced in Ikeja on Monday that all schools, including daycare centres, pre-nursery and nursery schools, are free to reopen from Oct. 19. Schools in the state were closed at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in March, but staggered resumption began with final classes in secondary schools in August. Commissioner for Education, […]

The public outcry and protest against police brutality and operations of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS) continued on Monday with Nigerians making more demands. The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu had earlier announced the dissolution of the F-SARS after days of protests across the country. The protest continues across the country continued on Monday […]

MultiChoice Group, owners of the DSTV, has blamed the recent hikes in its subscription tariffs on high cost of production, especially the increment of Valued Added Tax and poor power supply leading to provision of alternative power sources. The company also lamented increment of the pump price petrol and diesel with which it runs its […]

Global rights group, Amnesty International, says 10 protesters have been killed by the Nigeria Police Force since the #EndSARS demonstrations began last Thursday. Amnesty said this in a tweet on Monday. It said, “So far, Nigerian police have killed at least 10 people since the start of protests against callous operations of SARS.” Policemen in […]

The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has endorsed the ongoing protest against brutality and extortion by Special Anti-Robbery Squad operatives. Ogunwusi said on Twitter that his 25-year-old daughter once had a nasty experience with SARS operatives that almost cost her life. The monarch, therefore, stated that he was happy that the youths of Nigeria were finally standing […]

Barely five hours after the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, dissolved the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), men of the Nigeria Police force assaulted Francis Ogbonna, AriseTV Cameraman. Disclosing this via a video clip, Ferdinand Duruoha, a reporter with Arise TV condemned the incident, noting that Francis head was broken by the officers who attacked […]

President Donald Trump said yesterday his doctors had found he no longer had COVID-19 and would not be a transmission risk to others as he returns to holding big rallies during the final weeks of the race for the White House. Trump’s physician said on Saturday that the president had taken a test showing he […]

The spokesman for the ruling All Progressives Congress has blamed the Peoples Democratic Party for creating the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the police which was scrapped by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Sunday. The spokesman for the APC, Yekini Nabena, said this in a series of tweets on Sunday while reacting to […]

After days of public outcry and nationwide protests, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Sunday, bowed to pressure and disbanded the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad. He said a new policing arrangement to address armed robbery and other violent crimes that fall within the mandate of the dissolved tactical unit would be presented in due […]

The Presidential Villa has budgeted N4.85bn for the maintenance of mechanical and electrical installations and N5.3bn for the rehabilitation of office and residential buildings. This is contained in the 2021 budget proposal presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari last Thursday. The item listed under the State House budget reads in part, “ERGP […]

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has asked Nigerians to live good lives to be able to enter heaven. Obasanjo spoke at a thanksgiving service at the Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Church, Ogba, Lagos State. The service was to thank God for the success of the burial of Olufunso Salako, the wife of a former member of […]

The Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has drummed support for peaceful protests against police brutality especially by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The #EndSARS protest which has gone global seeks the disbandment of the police unit over incessant cases of extra-judicial killings, extortion and harassment of citizens. Protests have taken place in Lagos, Abuja and other […]

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are billed to spend  3.2 billion for travels in 2021. This is according to the 2021 budget proposal submitted to the National Assembly by the President on Thursday. According to the details of the budget released on Friday by the Budget Office of the Federation, President Buhari […]

The diabetes drug Metformin hydrochloride has been recalled because it contains excess levels of a cancer-causing agent, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced this week. The drug’s manufacturer, Marksans Pharma Limited, has expanded a recall initially announced in June to now include an additional 76 unexpired lots of the medication. The recalled drugs are […]

An American priest was arrested for allegedly filming himself having sex with two dominatrices on the altar at his Catholic church in Louisana, a report said Thursday. The priest, identified as the Rev. Travis Clark, was busted after a passerby saw the lights on later than usual on Sept. 30 and peeked inside Saints Peter […]

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to disband the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) of the police force. In a statement released on Friday, the organization condemned the “trigger happy, bloodthirsty extortionists” who have inflicted gruesome acts of brutality on the youth. CDD called on the inspector-general of police, governors, […]

Nigerians in UK are planning to stage their version of #EndSARS protest in London on Sunday. A flyer for the demonstration is already being widely shared online. The protest, which is aimed at giving an international dimension, to the domestic anger against the brutal police unit, will hold at noon. The venue is the Nigerian […]