President Muhmmadu Buhari on Monday reflected on the ongoing nationwide protests against police brutality by youths. He said the peaceful protests fell within the framework of fundamental human rights. He said although he was “worried about some of the exceptions” to the protest, he believed that as  “a father to this generation of our youths,’ […]

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday held talks on the protests by youths against police brutality. The meeting held at the monarch’s palace in Ile-Ife, Osun State. According to a statement by the Ooni’s media aide, Moses Olafare, Oba Ogunwusi described the #EndSARS struggle as a clear message to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to ensure that Nigeria is restructured. This call was made in Lagos by Yoruba groups, led by the umbrella body of self-determination groups, the Coalition of Oodua Self-determination Groups (COSEG ), at an intra-ethnic nationality round-table  where the state of the nation was discussed. The groups said restructuring is […]

Amid nationwide protests demanding the reform of the police among others, the Presidency may have embarked on new measures to save the day and convince Nigerians that governance has not been grounded.  One of the moves is the planned reform to a new bill aimed at giving teeth to different measures to transform Nigeria’s business […]

Police teargas #EndSARS protesters at the Asokoro end of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as they marched towards the Villa …yesterday. Photo: Philip Ojisua Organisers consider Belarus option Protesters fault Benin ‘jailbreak’ claim Don’t overthrow Buhari, Miyetti Allah tells protesters Northern Coalition backs down Officials begin re-arrest of Edo jail breakers 12 killed in Abuja, Benin […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appealed to #EndSARS protesters demonstrating against police brutality and extrajudicial killings to leave the roads and embrace dialogue. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘Leave The Road And Let’s Dialogue, Sanwo-Olu Appeals To Protesters’, on Monday, by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile. #EndSARS protests rocking the […]

There was heavy presence of soldiers in Abuja on Monday around the Federal Secretariat and the Three Arms Zone, as #EndSARS protesters barricaded the Abuja- Keffi Road, causing a lot of drivers to divert from the route. Security operatives also dislodged protesters that blocked the AYA Junction, Asokoro end of the major road that connects […]