Journalists Asked To Boycott All Buhari Govt’s Events
Deji Adeyanju, popular Abuja-based activist, has urged the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, to boycott all federal government events. Adeyanju made the appeal while condemning the imposition of fine worth millions of naira on AIT, Channels and Arise TV. The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, had fined the above listed media houses over their coverage of […]
America ‘Triple Confirmed’ Lekki Shooting By Nigerian Army
The United States thoroughly studied the shooting of End SARS protestors before issuing a reaction on the vicious attack. On October 2020, soldiers opened fire on unarmed demonstrators at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city. From about 6:40 pm, sound of gunfire rented the air as troops on foot – with vehicles moving slowly […]
Victim Of SARS Brutality Narrates Ordeal At Lagos Judicial Panel
An alleged victim of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Okolieagu Obunike painted a gory picture of how he was tortured and incarcerated without being charged at the commencement of the Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS-related abuses in Lagos, yesterday. Read Also: SARS Panel: Outrage As Lagos Issues Oath Of Secrecy […]
Abuja: 2 Killed As Security Agents Quell Attack On Kuje Warehouse
Two persons were confirmed dead in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, as “palliative hunters” attacked a warehouse near Kuje Area Council, yesterday. Read Also: Police Arrest 622 In Kwara, Adamawa, FCT, Plateau Following the invasion, residents scampered for safety while others hurriedly withdrew their wards from schools as the hoodlums believed to have been imported […]
FG Begins Distribution Of ₦30,000 To 333,000 Artisans
The Federal Government said it has begun payment of ₦30,000 one-time grant to 333,000 artisans across the country as part of implementing the Economic Sustainability Growth Plan (EGP). Read Also: Lekki Shooting: FG Sanctions Arise News, AIT, Channels TV The payments are made to sets of verified beneficiaries of the Artisan Support Scheme, a track under […]
RCCG Declares 30-Day Fast, Prayer For Nigeria
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has directed all members to begin a 30-day fasting and prayer for Nigeria. Read Also: Adeboye Reacts To Rape Of UNIBEN Student Inside RCCG Church RCCG Assistant General Overseer, Admin and Personnel, Johnson Odesola, in a statement in Ibadan, Oyo State, yesterday, said […]
Never Involved In Lekki Killings, Nigerian Army Insists
The Nigerian Army, yesterday said the allegation that it massacred protesters at the Lekki Tollgate Plaza is untrue, unfounded and aimed at causing anarchy in the country. Read Also: Lekki Shooting: FG Sanctions Arise News, AIT, Channels TV In a statement signed by Major Osoba Olaniyi, Acting Deputy Director, 81 Division, Army Public Relations, he said […]
Suspected Kurdish Suicide Bombing In Southern Turkey
A suspected Kurdish militant blew themselves up Monday in a suspected suicide bomb attack in southern Turkey, security sources said. An explosion occurred in the town of Iskenderun in the southern province of Hatay on Monday evening, which the local governor blamed on one of two “terrorists”. Read Also: 7 Killed, Scores Wounded By […]
‘Hard Choices’ As France Weighs New Virus Clampdown
French officials said Tuesday that tougher restrictions are looming to counter an alarming surge in Covid-19 cases, with doctors warning that many hospitals are just days away from being overrun with patients.“We have to prepare for difficult decisions,” Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told France Inter radio.“At some point we have to make hard choices… as […]
Atiku’s Son Loses Custody Of Children To Ex-Wife
The Upper Area Court, Kubwa, Abuja on Tuesday ordered Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to hand over his three sons to their mother Maryam Sherif immediately. Sherif had last year instituted a case against Abubakar at the Upper Area Court, Gudu with number CV/41/2019. The case was later transferred to the […]
Inflation May Rise If Looting Continues – Economist
Dr Aminu Usman, an Economist says inflation may worsen if looting continues and states are forced to shut down, especially Lagos, as a result of effects of the activities of hoodlums in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests. Usman, who is the Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kaduna State University, said this on Monday in […]
‘National Carrier, Our Priority In 2021’ – Aviation Minister
Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has said the Federal Government has unveiled its roadmap for the aviation sector in 2021 with the plan for National Carrier serving as its priority. This is as the Senate Committee on Aviation frowned at the state of disrepair, of Ilorin, Minna and Makurdi airports. While he was […]