No fewer than 13 persons were on Thursday confirmed killed in a car accident along Kaduna-Kano express way. Several passengers also sustained various degrees of injuries in the accident involving a Kano bond Macopolo luxurious bus and four other vehicles. It was gathered the crash occurred around a village called Jar-marmara in Ikara local government […]
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The Nigeria Air Force has deployed three helicopters to tackle looters that descended on National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Kubwa, an Abuja suburb, in the early hours of Tuesday. The helicopters were seen around 10:00 am hovering around the orientation camp. It was unclear if the helicopters touched down in the premises […]
Continue ReadingOndo State Police Command has confirmed the death of two policemen and one civilian in last week’s violence that engulfed the state in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests. Commissioner of Police, Bolaji Salami, who spoke while parading 18 suspected looters and arsonists, said the two policemen were killed in Ore and Ondo town. He […]
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Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai Yoruba and Hausa community leaders have pledged to forget the ugly incidents of the past week and promote peaceful co-existence in Ifako-Ijaiye/Ojokoro and its environs. They spoke at a people’s peace forum organised by the Commander of the 9th Brigade of the Nigerian Army, for community […]
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The National Youths Service Scheme, NYSC has directed its State Coordinators to liaise with security agencies in their respective states to beef up security presence to ward off potential attacks on the camps by hoodlums who might be invading them in search of hidden COVID-19 palliatives. The Katsina state coordinator of NYSC, Alhaji Yahaya Ahidjo […]
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A lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, has filed a N10 billion fundamental rights suit against President Muhammadu Buhari, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, and 10 others over last Tuesday night shootings at #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos. In the suit before the Federal High Court in Lagos, Ogungbeje is […]
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Ten persons, comprising six policemen and four civilians were killed and 38 cops injured in Lagos during violent protests that erupted last week, the police have said. They also said that 16 police stations were burnt and 13 vandalised by hoodlums who hijacked the peaceful #EndSARS protests across the state. Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, gave […]
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condoles with those who lost lives, property condemns burning of Zik’s statue The apex Igbo socio -cultural Organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, says it believes in one Nigeria and will not be part of anything that will bring disunity in the country. It says the greatness of the country will only be realised when all sections of […]
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Several Nigerians on Twitter have expressed dissatisfaction over the oath of secrecy administered on members of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The oath of secrecy administered on panel members reads in part: “I … solemnly swear/affirm that I will not directly or indirectly communicate or reveal any […]
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the full reopening of markets in the state. Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Dr Wale Ahmed, made this known in a statement on Tuesday. The statement, made available by the governor’s Senior Special Assistant on New Media, Gawat Jubril, noted that both food markets and non-food […]
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