By Bulama Makarti It’s indisputable that northern Nigeria is today one of the most dangerous places on earth. While Boko Haram continues its rampage, launching deadly attacks in the northeast literally every day, criminal gangs in the northwest are operating with impunity. Attacks have become so frequent that the massacre of dozens no longer makes […]
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By Banji Ayoola American international Cable News Network, CNN, today fired back at the Federal Government over its displeasure with its report on the Lekki toll gate shootings which ended the recent #EndSARS protests, saying it stood by its story despite threat of sanction. It maintained that its report on the alleged shooting of #EndSARS […]
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By Banji Ayoola Contrary to general belief, there were no mass killings at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos in the wake of the #EndSARS protests, Nigeria insisted on Thursday. It spoke through the Information and Culture minister, Lai Mohammed, at a press conference in Abuja, where it faulted the CNN report which has gone […]
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By Elizabeth Ogunwale Sometimes it is the smallest decisions that can change your life forever. This is not to say that the biggest doesn’t but that the smallest decisions which you had no high hopes for could turn tables around. In recent time, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has gained both popularity and […]
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An investigation by Cable News Network (CNN) into the October 20, 2020 shooting at Lekki Tollgate has revealed that the claims by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Nigerian Army that no one died on the scene and that live ammunition were not fired at protesters were not true. It showed imagery of a […]
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A poultry farm in Ibadan, Redi Foods, through its Managing Director, Sina Kawonise, has sued Hybrid Feeds Limited, for N12.5 million over the loss of thousands of birds in the farm due to alleged poisoning by poultry feed bought from the company. It named as the second defendant in the suit filed before Oyo State […]
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Former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to work with Nigeria’s brightest and most experienced minds in the efforts to end the worsening insecurity across the nation order. Unhappy about the escalating incidents of banditry and kidnapping, he made his recommendations following the abduction of 12 police officers among other ugly […]
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By Abdu Rafiu The events of the last one month have proven more than ever before how urgent it is that we examine and reflect on the extant security architecture of our land. If bandits could dare to abduct police officers on assignment on an expressway, there is no other signal that can be picked […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari says he is proud of Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, for defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC. He described the defection “as a bold move driven purely by principle rather than opportunistic motives.” This was contained in a press statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President, Garba Shehu, on Wednesday. […]
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says: protests peaceful until government-sponsored hoodlums attacked protesters #EndSARS has not ended It is the beginning of a long struggle to restructure Nigeria DAAR Communications Plc Founder, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi on Wednesday asked the Federal Government to release all detained #EndSARS protesters. He also called for the unfreezing of their accounts by banks, an […]
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