Lagos gives N10m each to families of policemen killed during #EndSARS protests

Left behind: Chairman, Board of Trustees, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Mr. Kehinde Durosimi-Etti; Executive Secretary/CEO, LSSTF, Dr. Abdurrazaq Balogun; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu with families of police officers who died during the riots that followed the #EndSARS protests … in Civic Centre, Victoria […]

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Two feared killed, palace burnt in Ondo communal clash

Ondo Police Commissioner, Mr Bolaji Salami Two persons have been feared killed in a communal clash between angry youths of Ude and Isinigbo communities in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, who engaged themselves in a bloody fight that resulted also in the destruction of property worth millions of naira. The palace of […]

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Smartphone sales booms in Nigeria despite downturn

COVID-19 deepens economic uncertainty as consumption pattern changes While the total mobile phone shipments to Africa declined by 6.0 per cent year on year (YoY) in Q3 2020, shipments to Nigeria grew due to a shift from vendors to entry-level and mid-range devices. The International Data Corporation (IDC) made this known in its Quarterly Global […]

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Internet access wanes despite N33tr investment

Lagos free Wi-Fi project struggles Operators to concentrate more services in urban cities Costs of Smartphones, laptops pose barrier to affordability, access Despite the over $70 billion (N32.9 trillion) worth of investments that have gone into Nigeria’s telecoms sector, availability of Public Internet Access is still a far cry. These investments comprise those from foreign […]

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Blame APC for killings, terrorism – PDP

Nigeria’s leading opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that officials of the Presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, should be held responsible for the festering violence, killings and terrorism in the country. It said the confession by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration that the nation, under its watch, is at the […]

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We’re working on Diezani’s extradition, EFCC tells court

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has told a Federal High Court in Abuja that it had taken steps to execute its summons for the appearance of the fleeing ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. EFCC’s lawyer, Farouk Abdullah, told the court yesterday at the mention of a charge the commission filed against Mrs. […]

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We bombed Wike father’s church to get recognition –IPOB members

Three members of the Indigenous People of Biafra arrested by the police for allegedly detonating explosives in Governor Nyesom Wike’s father’s church in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have confessed that they carried out the attack to get recognition in the proscribed group. The suspects spoke while being paraded before journalists by the state Commissioner of […]

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Tinubu, Akande meet Oyetola, Aregbesola behind closed door

Aregbesola, Oyetola A former interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, and the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday met Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, and his predecessor, Rauf Aregbesola, behind closed doors. The meeting, which commenced around noon at the Ila Orangun country home of Akande, […]

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IGP queries force legal officer for suing #EndSARS panels

Police Inspector-General, Mohammed Adamu, has disowned the suit challenging the legality of the states’ judicial panels of inquiry investigating allegations against officers of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad. He directed an immediate investigation into the lawsuit and the alleged role of the Force Legal Section, including its head, CP Tuesday Assayomo. The IG also expressed […]

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