The Lagos State Police Command has released the protesters arrested during the commemoration of the fourth anniversary of the #EndSARS protests. The protesters who were over 18 in number, were nabbed at the Lekki Toll Gate and moved to the State Criminal Investigation Department at Panti, in the Yaba area of Lagos. The State Commissioner […]
The United Kingdom has deported 44 Nigerian and Ghanaian asylum seekers. According to UK Guardian, the number is the highest ever in a single flight. The move comes barely 48 hours after Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, agreed a deal to deport migrants arriving in the Chagos Islands in small boats to St Helena, a […]
Demonstrators gathered at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos on Sunday to mark the fourth anniversary of the #EndSARS protest. The memorial was to remember those who lost their lives during the #EndSARS protests against police brutality in October 2020. Briefing Channels Television on Sunday, Lagos State Police Commissioner, Olanrewaju Ishola, said the protesters did […]
Kenya’s ousted Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Sunday lashed out at his boss William Ruto as “vicious” and cruel, warning that his life could be in danger. Gachagua was impeached by the Senate on five out of 11 charges levelled against him on Thursday, but a court order put his replacement process on hold. “I […]
’ The Ebonyi police command says 10 people sustained various degrees of injury in a gas explosion that occurred at a catering school in the state. Speaking with NAN on Saturday, Joshua Ukandu, police spokesperson in the state, said the incident happened at Orokeonuoha community, Ebonyi LGA. Ukandu said no casualties were recorded in the […]
Officers of the Lagos State Police Command have fired teargas to disperse protesters rallying to mark the fourth anniversary of the #EndSARS protest. Videos seen on Sunday morning showed protesters fleeing as the police fired shots. The protesters had converged around 8:30 am at the toll gate with several banners and placards, calling for the […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu and his government “to stop the ‘weaponization’ of the country’s security agencies to target Nigerians simply for the peaceful exercise of their human rights, and to direct the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately withdraw the baseless defamation lawsuit by their proxies against […]
President Bola Tinubu has returned to the country after his weeks of annual leave in the UK. The aircraft carrying Tinubu taxied into the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Saturday evening after his working leave. “The eagle has landed,” presidential aide Dada Olusegun wrote on his X account. “Welcome home, Mr President.” The […]
The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, has said discussions are ongoing to transfer the management of the national grid to Independent System Operator in line with the provisions of the Electricity Act 2023 to engender more discipline in grid management. NERC also revealed that an explosion incident at the Jebba transmission station […]
Sunday 20 October 2024 Minimum wage deadline: No action in 26 states as Labour blows hot I will continue to be a problem to Atiku, Peter Obi, PDP govs — Wike National grid collapses third time in one week Okada riders kill ASP in Lagos Tinubu, Shettima’s frequent foreign trips raise eyebrows CBN allocates N1.73tn […]
