Policemen in 10 Hilux vans fail to stop them 35 looted tractors recovered in Yola An Abuja firm has catalogued its loss to the looting of public and private properties which trailed the EndSARS protests last week. It said that hoodlums stole items contained in nine trailers from the company. Also taken away from the […]
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of all classes in public and private schools across the state from Monday, November 2, 2020. It said boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, Novermber 1. Schools in the state were shut on October 19, 2020, following safety concerns after hoodlums […]
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A coalition of civil society groups on Wednesday gave the Federal Government and the Nigerian Army fifteen days ultimatum to fish out the soldiers who, last week shot the #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate Lagos. The groups, comprising the Campaign for Democracy, CD, Human Rights, Liberty Access and Peace Defenders’ Foundation, HURIDE, Civil Liberties Organization, CLO, and Igbo Elders Forum, IEF, […]
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By Banji Ayoola Olowu of Kuta in Ayedire Local Government Area of Osun state, Oba Adekunle Oyelude Makama, has appealed for calm across the country against the backdrop of the recent nationwide protests against police brutality, or simply #EndSARS protests. He called on all Nigerians to intensify prayers for peace to return fully to the country and […]
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The Presidency has accused Amnesty International (AI) of projecting misleading and inaccurate details about recent events surrounding the #EndSARS protest and the attending chaos. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, who spoke Wednesday morning on the Channels Television daily programme ‘Sunrise Daily’ said AI’s report on the crisis was […]
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of all classes in public and private schools across the state from Monday, November 2, 2020. It said boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, Novermber 1. Schools in the state were shut on October 19, 2020 following safety concerns after hoodlums hijacked […]
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The chancellor and founder of African American University, AAU, Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin, Prof Ikechukwu Benjamin Ezeohagwu, would deliver this year’s Aropeju Day Lecture at 10.00 am on November 5 at Ipetu-Ijesa Town Hall, Ipetu-Ijesa in Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State. The invitation on behalf of the Ajalaye of Ipetu-Ijesa Kingdom, HRM. Oba […]
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By Idris Mohammed Nigeria is a country of many wonders. The more you look at how things are being done the less you understand. Writing on Nigerian issues is very tedious, interesting and sometimes very annoying. This is because the country is changing like a chameleon. The more one tries to analyze or understand a […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Today, I yield place unusually for my leading article to a thoughtful contribution by Dr. Stephen Lampe, an author of books and articles. The taste of the pudding, as they say, is in the eating. Enjoy the reading. By Stephen M. Lampe It is now June 2022 and the national trepidation […]
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By James Eze I am one of those folks who feel that even in our well-known backwardness, certain things are best left the way they are. Things like the amazing otherness of Nollywood and Nigerian music. Things like the now famous Nigerian confidence and well… the cosmopolitan outlook of Lagos. I am incredibly fascinated by […]
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