The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, says it has beefed up security, following the threat of a planned attack on the teaching hospital by hoodlums. UCH Spokesman, Toye Akinrinlola, said in a statement that the Federal Ministry of Health had alerted all teaching hospitals, Federal Medical Centres, Specialist Hospitals and other tertiary hospitals in Nigeria …

Lt. Gen Jeremiah Useni (Rtd.) has appealed for calm and self-restraint in the face of on-going break-ins, looting and destruction of both government and private property across the country. Useni, a former FCT minister, in a statement on Sunday in Jos, said that such actions could dent and diminish the genuine agitations for justice that …

Kaduna State Government, says it will trace, arrest and prosecute those who looted COVID-19 items in Kaduna on Saturday. The state Acting Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe said in a state-wide broadcast on Sunday. She said that security agencies had already arrested some of those involved. “There can be no other word but theft for describing …

File Photo By Ola Ajayi, Ibadan A yet-to-be identified man was said to have died on Sunday when armed thugs attacked Mokola police station, Ibadan. The victim was reportedly killed by a stray bullet that rent the air during the attack. The hoodlums were said to have tried to set the police station ablaze but …

By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan A yet-to-be  identified man was said to have died on Sunday when armed thugs attacked Mokola police station, Ibadan. The  victim was reportedly killed by a stray bullet that rent the air during the attack. But, another information gathered had it that fresh crisis erupted after the man was allegedly …

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has again condemned hate messages and eviction notices to ethnic and religious groups as a result of the consequences of the EndSARS protests in some parts of the country. Many lives were lost, while both public and private assets, worth billions of naira, were either burnt, damaged, vandalised or looted …

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that the Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by the Lagos State Government will assist the nation to give justice to peaceful protesters who lost their lives. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Sunday, …

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State. By Bashir Bello – Kano Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has wooed Kano indigenes in diaspora with free land to come back home to invest in the economy and also develop residential building where they will reunite with their families. Ganduje made the commitment during a virtual town …

Afenifere By Dapo Akinrefon The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Sunday, lampooned Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Zahra Buhari-Indimi, who absolved her father of being responsible for Nigeria’s problems. Zahra, via her instagram page, had said that the warehouse invasion by hoodlums has vindicated her father. READ ALSO:Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 1.7m ― CDC “Now that people confirmed …

The United Kingdom Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised Nigerians to be mindful of the authenticity or otherwise of social media posts, saying that some are planted to whip up sentiments and create panic and hatred among the people. Mr Ade Omole, the leader of the chapter, gave the advice in an …

Some restaurant operators and food vendors in the FCT  have decried low patronage amid scare of possible attack by hoodlums due to the recent #EndSARS protests in the country. The operators spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews on Sunday in Abuja. According to them, reports of attacks by hoodlums who …

Mourns killing of protesters BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME WARRI: Christians under the aegis of Pentecostal   Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, yesterday held a black Sunday service in Warri, Delta state,  to mourn the killing of protesting young Nigerians by security agents  during the ENDSARS  protest  in the country. Chairman of  PFN in the state, Bishop Kingsley Enakirerhi …

…Protest hijacked by poorly educated and jobless group Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s office on fire By Dayo Johnson Chairman of the Ondo state All Progressive Congress, Ade Adetimehin weekend said that the party is now like an orphan with no office to function following the razing of the Secretariat by hoodlums under the guise of …

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has directed schools in Ibadan to resume normal academic activities from Monday. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Olasunkanmi Olaleye, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan. READ ALSO:#EndSARS Protests: Buhari condemns eviction notices to ethic, religious groups Olaleye said that the …

Maigari Dingyadi The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi, on Sunday appealed to Nigerians to shun all forms of incitement as peaceful ENDSARS protests had been hijacked by bad elements. Dingyadi made the plead at a news conference in Sokoto, reassuring Nigerians that the Federal Government remains committed to enhance the living standard of …

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, Sunday, condemned and called for a probe of alleged hoarded COVID-19 palliatives. This was contained in a statement signed by the Executive Director, ANEEJ, Rev David Ugolor, while reacting to the discovery of the items stored in various warehouses across the …

President Muhammadu Buhari Promises justice for killed peaceful protesters By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA- PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has condemned hate messages and eviction notices to ethnic and religious groups especially in Lagos state. President Buhari asked Nigerians to take pride in the fact that the diverse people in Nigeria have been living with one another in …

By Godwin Oritse CHAIRPERSON, Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), Princess Vicky Haastrup has condemned the looting and burning of the headquarters building of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Haastrup also conveyed the sympathy of all STOAN members to the Board, Management aNd Staff of the Authority over the incident. The NPA building, located …

By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Following the widespread looting at Covid-19 warehouses across the nation, Bauchi state youths who attempted to raid a store where COVID-19 palliatives were kept on Sunday were disappointed after finding it empty. The State governor, Bala Mohammed who made this known on his twitter handle on Sunday, said he ordered his …

senate By Henry Umoru ABUJA- THE Senate has queried  the Joint Admission  Matriculation Board (JAMB) over N7.3 billion contracts scandal. The discovery is  contained in the report of Auditor General of Federation (AGF), Anthony Ayine which was submitted to the Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo South led Senate Committee on Public Accounts . …