Ogun State Government has ordered the resumption of academic activities in both public and private schools in the state on Monday. The state government had last week declared all schools closed in the wake of rising tensions that followed nationwide protests. The government said this through a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the […]
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More victims and eyewitnesses of the alleged Lekki Toll Plaza shooting by soldiers have taken to the social media to share their accounts of the incident. They claimed many protesters were killed. One of them, Anthony Ogbe, who said he was shot in the chest on the night, is currently receiving free treatment at Grandville […]
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The factional Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State and the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have traded accusations over the sponsorship of armed thugs molesting the people after the EndSARS protests in the state. The PDP members loyal to former Governor Ayodele Fayose warned that the governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, would […]
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Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Abiodun Adams, has urged the youth to embrace peace. Adams, in a statement, said it would drive home their demand for police reform and other sundry issues affecting the nation. Extolling the courage displayed by the youth, he said they have written their names in gold for raising their voices […]
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There are indications that a similar political gambit that upstaged Nigeria’s First and Second Republics in 1966 and 1983, as well as, aborted the Third Republic in 1993, is playing out also in the current Fourth Republic. It seems one of the national leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is in the […]
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The National Examinations Council has postponed the ongoing nationwide Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations indefinitely due to the current security challenges, occasion by the #EndSARS protests. This was contained a statement signed by the Head of Information and Public Relations Division NECO, Azeez Sani, and made available to newsmen in Minna on Sunday. Sani said the […]
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#EndSARS candle light event at Lekki toll gate, Lagos. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has condemned the violent attacks on protesting youths during the #EndSARS protests, noting that they should be constructively engaged. This is contained in a statement by the President of the union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi. The union noted that the […]
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All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has reiterated he was not party to the deployment of soldiers against peaceful protesters in Lekki, Lagos State. He said although he had been a victim of wrong attribution in the past as a public figure, the allegation that he called on soldiers to kill Lagosians […]
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Almost a week after, President Muhammadu Buhari has broken his silence on the shooting of #EndSARS protesters in Lekki, Lagos by suspected security operatives. He vowed to ensure justice for “peaceful protesters who lost their lives.” The President, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, explained he decided […]
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South West Governors, accompanied by three Ministers, on Sunday paid a condolence visit to Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on the killings, looting and arson of public properties and institutions last week by suspected hoodlums. The governors led by its chairman, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu as well as the ministers commiserated with those that lost their lives […]
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