Imo begins full enforcement of curfew

As security operatives commenced full enforcement of the 24-hour curfew imposed on Imo State yesterday, Governor Hope Uzodinma has warned residents to stay indoors. Banks, markets, shops, schools and business premises were closed. Movements, including motorists were restricted. All the police stations and other sister security agencies’ locations were heavily guarded. Uzodimma also condemned the […]

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Lagos needs healing, reconciliation, Sanwo-Olu laments

Says State Recorded Unprecedented Destruction In Its History Relaxes Curfew After three days of rage, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babjide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, said the city-state needed healing, lamenting that the carnage it witnessed in the last few days was unprecedented in its history. Speaking after a tour of some areas in the city that were […]

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EndSARS protests: Buhari promises to improve governance

Says Protests Well-Intentioned But Hijacked Obasanjo Commends President Over Speech Jobs, Good Economy Critical To Checking Youth Restiveness – Ex-Leaders Opposition Trying To Use Protests To Return To Power, Says Presidency Culpable SARS Officials Will Be Punished – Police Commission Barely 24 hours after presiding over a National Security Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, […]

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Fear in Kano over #EndSARS violence

Residents of Kano metropolis are in fears over a possible resurgence of the violence that greeted the #EndSARS protests in the state on Tuesday. Banks and traders did not open on Friday as many streets were deserted. Kano youths on Tuesday joined the nationwide #EndSARS protests. But hoodlums hijacked the demonstration, vandalising grandiose malls and […]

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Hoodlums loot national silos, warehouses in Osun, Kwara, Calabar, Ekiti

Some hoodlums, on Friday, broke into a national silo located at the Osun Ankara, Irojo area of Ilesa, Osun State, and carted away food items. The hoodlums also stormed warehouses on the premises of Cocoa Processing Industry, Ede, and looted food items donated to the Osun Food and Relief Committee by the private sector Coalition […]

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#EndSARS: Lagos, police count losses

Following violence that trailed the #EndSARS protests, the Lagos State Government and the state police command have begun to count their losses. Hoodlums who took advantage of the protests had carried out wanton destruction of government and private properties, setting them on fire while carrying out acts of looting. On Friday, the state government said 80 Bus […]

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#EndSARS: Don’t turn our region into battleground, South-West Reps warn

Members of the House of Repre-sentatives from the South-West have warned Nigerians from other geopolitical zones against turning the South-West, especially Lagos State, into a battleground over the ongoing #EndSARS protests, which have been allegedly hijacked by hoodlums. The South-West caucus, at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, condemned the attacks on places of Yoruba heritage, […]

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Lekki shootings: US reaffirms visa ban policy for anti-democratic forces

Retired generals condemn shootings, probe begins Monday Lagos, others warn hoodlums as looting, arson continue The United States Government may impose a visa restriction on persons found culpable in the shooting of unarmed #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos on Tuesday. This is just as the judicial panel set up by the Lagos State […]

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We didn’t hoard looted COVID-19 palliatives – Osun food committee

The Osun Food and Relief Committee on COVID-19 on Friday said the looted items at a warehouse in Ede town were not hoarded, but rather kept for flag-off of official distribution. Alhaji Bayo Jimoh, Secretary to the committee, in a statement in Osogbo, said that the looted items were donated to the committee as palliatives […]

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#EndSARS: Akeredolu lifts curfew as peace returns to Akure

Gov.ernor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has lifted the 24 – hour indefinite curfew he imposed on the state, following the return of peace to Akure, the state capital. Mr Donald Ojogo, Commissioner for Information and Orientation, said on Friday in Akure, that the decision is with effect from Saturday. Akeredolu imposed the curfew on […]

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