The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army has revealed that six of its personnel were killed and their weapons carted away by suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in the guise of #EndSARS protest in Oyigbo, Oyigbo Local Government area of Rivers. Major Charles Ekeocha, the public relations officer of the […]
A Nigerian living in Florida, Durojaiye Monsuru Obafemi Lawal, has been arrested by agents of US Drug Enforcement Agency, along with some policemen, in a sting operation against Sinaloa cartel. According to court documents, Lawal described himself as “involved in money laundering and politically affiliated in Nigeria”. Also arrested were two Miami Dade policemen Roderick […]
Twelve people have now been reported killed in Turkey after a strong earthquake struck the Aegean Sea on Friday. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake brought buildings crashing down and setting off tidal waves which slammed into coastal areas and islands. People ran onto streets in panic in the Turkish city of Izmir, witnesses said, after the […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps on Friday ordered all its officers to ‘ immediately resume’ operational activities in all formations of the Corps across the country . The Corps had earlier suspended all enforcement activities as a result of the unrest that trailed the #EndSARS protests in the country. Some offices of the Corps were […]
A military official identified as Brigadier General AI Taiwo on Friday told members of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the Lekki shootings that the Military Hospital morgue has been under renovation since October 2019. Taiwo made this known this afternoon when the panel members paid an unscheduled visit to the military hospital […]
The police have responded to the report of Amnesty International alleging that the security agency shot citizens protesting against law enforcement brutality. Amnesty International accused the police and the military of violating rights of Nigerians demanding reforms in the police. But in a statement on Friday, Frank Mba, police spokesman, alleged that 22 policemen were […]
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede has challenged the victory of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the elections petition tribunal. Joined in the petition are the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC, the Deputy Governor- elect, […]
CSP Catherine Ugorji of the Nigerian police and serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has been selected by the UN as one of two runners-up for the prestigious UN Woman Police Officer of the Year award for 2020. Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, in a statement by Oluseyi Soremekun, […]
*Calls For Respect Of Rights of Citizens The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has accused the police of violating the fundamental human rights of citizens arrested on the suspicion that they took part in looting and arson during the recent EndSARS protests. President of the association, Mr. Olumide Akpata, said in a statement last night that […]
The entire Igbo leaders, including South East Governors, the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, pro-Biafra group, the political class, traditional and religious leaders of Igbo extraction, have demanded that the Igbo should be given the opportunity to be President of Nigeria in 2023 In a communique arising from a meeting of the Movement for Actualisation of […]
