By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Federal Government said it has set aside N75 billion Youths Fund for youth development projects for the next three years. The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, said in Kaduna that the fund would be broken down to N25 billion per year. She said the fund was meant to support the youths …

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola  Ahmed Tinubu, has reacted to the shooting of Nigerian youths at Lekki Tollgate on Tuesday. It was alleged that some men in army uniform shot innocent youths protesting against police brutality, extra judicial killings, maltreatment and of course an end to the Special Anti Robbery Squad, …

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa By Festus Ahon, Asaba Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, Saturday, warned that hoodlums hiding under the guise of #ENDSARS protest to perpetrate arson and destruction of public and private assets in the state would contend with the law. Okowa gave the warning while inspecting buildings and other structures torched Wednesday …

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – YOUTHS in Benin City, Edo State capital yesterday stormed the government warehouses on Medical Store Road in Uselu and Textile Mill Road where they looted the palliative items allegedly meant for Covid-19 pandemic. The youths also tried to access a private residence of a senior government official but were …

IGP, Mr. Mohammed Adamu The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, Saturday, ordered the immediate mobilization of all police operational assets and resources to bring an end to the wanton violence, killings, looting and destruction of public and private property, and reclaim the public space from criminal elements masquerading as protesters in some parts of the …

AAC LOGO The Delta State Chapter of the African Action Congress has condemned the attack on private and government properties by thugs, who hijacked the #ENDSARS protest. ACC in a statement signed by its Public Relation Officer Mr.Eworise Tsola stated that “ the current burglaries by hoodlums, destruction of private and public facilities and stealing across …

Deputy Whip, Rep. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha (APC-Abia) By Tordue Salem, Abuja The South-East Caucus of the House of Representatives has bemoaned the impression in some quarters that the protest has been hijacked by some ethnic nationalists. The statement signed by all members of the Southeast Caucus in the House, led by Deputy Whip, Rep. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha (APC-Abia), …

By Emma Amaize, Jimitota Onoyume & Perez Brisibe Overzealous police officers at Ovwian-Aladja Police Station, Udu Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday, battered a reporter/photojournalist with Vanguard Newspapers, Akpokona Omafuaire, cutting and whipping him with cutlass and butt of gun. Akpokona, who is also a lawyer, was on his way to an official assignment when he …

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lapos State. By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged residents to disregard the videos trending on social media which he said “are the tools of anarchists,” whose plan is to create hatred and divisiveness for which Lagos is not known. The state government, while assuring that the state …

…say after reforms same police will protect Nigerians Disturbed by the incessant killing of police men and the burning of police structures, members of the House of Representatives have pleaded with protesters to halt their actions because Nigerians still need the police and the structures after reforms. Rep Uzoma Nkem-Abonta, PDP, Abia who spoke on …

By Adeola Badru The Oyo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, commended Governor Seyi Makinde and the angry ENDSARS protesters for finding a common ground to finally bring an end to the protest and restoring peace and normalcy back to the pacesetter’s state. The party’s spokesman, Engr Akeem Olatunji, who made this known …

Pic EndSars Protest: Youths from Various Religious denomination March alongside each other during a Prayer walk in Port Harcourt in Support of the EndSARS Campaign yesterday in Rivers State. Photo. Nwankpa Chijioke. *Tasks region’s governors to engage youths on peace advocacy By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-A South East peace building group under the aegis of Coalition of …

"I don't want a single shot or a single teargas fired against the people" @NigAirForce officer. Taking back the streets and making efforts to deescalate the situation. pic.twitter.com/0G7eRhh0MI — Káyọ̀dé Ògúndámisí (@ogundamisi) October 24, 2020 The post VIDEO: I don’t want teargas or gun shot, military man warns police officer appeared first on Vanguard News.

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Hoodlums in Osun State on Saturday, went berserk moving round some communities been breaking into government and private property looting valuables. The hoodlums were brandishing different types of weapons including guns, cutlasses, axes, and clubs scaring away residents while the looting lasted. The looting spree which commenced around 8 am was …

  Hon Oritsewinor Kevin Olu The Senior Special Assistant on Security to the Delta State Governor Hon Oritsewinor Kevin Olu has urged Deltans to obey the State Government curfew. Oritsewinor in a message to Deltans noted that the curfew by Governor Okowa is as a result of properties being destroyed by unknown persons. READ ALSOIlorin Looting: Kwara Police Command has …

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Saturday warned that hoodlums hiding under the guise of #ENDSARS protest to perpetuate arson and destruction of public and private assets in the state would contend with the law. He gave the warning while inspecting buildings and other structures torched Wednesday night in Asaba by hoodlums …

As normalcy returns to Ilorin By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin Kwara State Police Commissioner, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun has said that a large number of arrests of looters of  Shoprite, other big shops in Ilorin, and government installations have been made, stressing that the arrest was ongoing. The state  Commisssioner of police, made the disclosure while …

Some hoodlums, mostly youths, on Saturday besieged Magboro Communities in Ogun in search of warehouses that might be storing COVID-19 palliatives. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the youths had trooped to Magboro communities on the Lagos/Ibadan expressway as early as 7a.m., moving from house-to-house in search of COVID-19 palliatives. NAN reports that …

No fewer than seven persons have been arrested in connection with the invasion of Sen. Teslim Folarin’s house in Ibadan on Saturday. Mr Yinka Folarin, the lawmaker’s elder brother, told newsmen on Saturday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that some hoodlums had on Saturday invaded Folarin’s house, carting away items worth more …

Ekiti State government, raised an alarm on Saturday that huge quantities of poisonous items, mistaken for food yet to be distributed as Covid-19 palliatives, were looted in warehouses in Ado-Ekiti on Friday. Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mr Akin Omole, said in a statement in Ado Ekiti that raising the alarm became expedient to …