The Police Service Commission, PSC, on Saturday denounced reports that it threatened to sack police officers who failed to return to work in the aftermath of #EndSARS violence in the country. A statement issued by Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press and Public Relations, PSC, said the attention of the commission had been drawn to a publication […]
It was a black Saturday in Ondo State, as a truck crushed 10 traders to death at a market in Akungba-Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the truck had break failure and ran into traders at the market. The truck was conveying rice and was coming from […]
Polls opened in Algeria on Sunday in a referendum on changes to the constitution pushed by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and the powerful military. The move is meant to turn the page on last year’s popular unrest. The referendum is seen as a test of strength for both Tebboune and the leaderless opposition “Hirak” protest movement […]
President Donald Trump has been bashed on Twitter following his tweet on the reported rescue of an American citizen by U.S. special forces in Nigeria on Saturday morning. Shortly after news of the rescue broke, Trump took to his Twitter handle to celebrate, saluting “the courageous soldiers behind the daring nighttime rescue operation”. “Last night, […]
The Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has lifted the curfew imposed on the state with immediate effect This was contained in a press release signed by Gbenga Omotoso, the Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, on Saturday. The statement read: “The curfew imposed on Lagos State after the hijack of the peaceful #EndSARS protests […]
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, says it is time to restructure Nigeria in order to ensure equitable distribution of resources. Speaking at a public lecture to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Arewa House, held in Kaduna on Saturday, the governor maintained that restructuring the country is in the best interest of ensuring sustainable development. El-Rufai, […]
By Simon Kolawole Years ago, as we were driving through some Lagos streets early morning on a weekday, we saw idle young men sitting in front of their houses, some with wrappers surrounding their waists and toothbrushes dangling from their mouths. They stared at us. Their faces instantly instilled the fear of God in me. […]
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new four-week coronavirus lockdown in England, which will join several European countries in imposing the measure for a second time, as Slovakia took a different tack and began testing its entire population. Global infections are fast approaching 46 million, with close to 1.2 million deaths, and Europe […]
…Furious gov goes after Igbo proscribed group, local collaborators with bounty …Inside story of the Oyigbo attack that killed security agents …Residents allege police, soldiers siege amid manhunt for assailants Before Wednesday, October 21 wave of violence that left three police stations, an Area Command and a court burnt and three policemen killed in Oyigbo […]
