Afenifere By Dapo Akinrefon & Dirisu Yakubu Yoruba and Igbo leaders, under the auspices of Afenifere and Ohanaeze Ndigbo respectively, have invoked curse on those who attacked protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos on Tuesday, which led to mayhem in Lagos. They also frowned at the attempt by some people to use the fallout …

Mai Umar Mustapha Aliyu Biu By Mai Moustapha Muhammad It has been 40 days since we lost our quintessential royal father, Mai Umar Mustapha Aliyu Biu. Death comes but once. It is inevitable and inescapable. It is a reality that evokes sympathy even if the dead was not a friend. However, when the dead is …

By Olasunkanmi Akoni National leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, yesterday, dismissed reports that he travelled to France in the wake of the shooting of protesters by suspected soldiers in Lekki, Lagos. He also described reports that his son, Seyi Tinubu, was kidnapped in London as fake news. A day after the shooting …

Anambra State have destroyed the statue of Nigeria’s first president Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, erected in the city. The hoodlums are suspected to be some of those who hijacked the #EndSARS protest to wreak havoc. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the statute, located at Dennis Memorial Grammar School roundabout in Onitsha, was erected months …

Professor Wole Soyinka Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has asked Igbo to ignore the call to leave Yorubaland. In a statement last night, Soyinka said: “As for our brother and sister Igbo, I hope they have learnt to ignore the toxic under which some Nigerian imbaciles seek to drown the nation.” The statement was apparent …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday appealed to #ENDSARS protesters to embrace peace and stop the protest in the interest of the country since their demands have been met. APC Chairman Caretaker Committee and Governor of Yobe, Mai Mala-Buni, made the plea in a statement issued on Saturday in Damaturu. He said the party …

…Says illiterates dominate the police By Charles Kumolu, Deputy Editor Human rights activist and member, Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on activities of disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ebun Adegboruwa, SAN, in this interview, speaks on how judicial panels of inquiry on human rights abuses set up by states can achieve results. He also looks …

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA …Massive job cuts loom as victims count cost …Hard times await uninsured businesses …How unrest will negatively affect Nigeria as investment destination By Tunde Oso Business owners may have begun to count their losses after the mayhem that visited Nigeria last week even as economists warned that losses to the economy, still struggling …

Reliable statistics indicate that acute malnutrition remains high in northern Nigeria with about 2.2 million out of 2.5 million children severely malnourished. It was against this backdrop that Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), a non-governmental organisation, convened a one-day legislative summit with legislators in affected five states. By Charles Kumolu, Deputy Editor Each year, …

Suleiman Abba By Chris Onuoha Suleiman Abba, Inspector General of Police under the Jonathan administration, is Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund. In this interview first aired on Channels Television, Abba speaks on the crisis rocking the police. If you are to diagnose the crisis in the police, especially SARS, what will …

…‘It was easy to see #EndSARS mayhem coming’ …Speaks on the fate of ‘masked soldier’ By Chris Onuoha Colonel Hassan Stan-Labo (ret.), as Chief of Staff, 9 Brigade, Nigeria Army Cantonment Ikeja, superintended over OP MESA as its first Operations Officer. In this interview, Stan-Labo captures his experience with the police at that time and shares …

…1,818 prisoners still on the run …’Fleeing inmates awaiting execution, serving jail terms, standing trial’ By Ozioruva Aliu& Omeiza Ajayi Following last Monday’s prison break in Benin City, residents are now at the mercy of armed robbers as many robbery cases were recorded in various parts of the city in the last five days. The prison …

The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi has urged the youths not to allow themselves to be used to subvert security and cause anarchy in the country. Magashi made the call at a stakeholders meeting on peacebuilding in Kano on Saturday. He said that the call was imperative towards promoting peace in the state …

The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Saturday led other members on a fact-finding visit to areas and facilities destroyed by hoodlums during the peaceful protest against the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Obasa, who is also the Chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria, visited the ravaged palace of …

The Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), on Saturday commenced the distribution of the Federal Government COVID-19 palliatives to beneficiaries at Isa, Sabon Birni and Gada Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. Malam Zubairu Albadau, the Special Adviser to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal on Relief and Rehabilitation, flagged off the exercise. He said that other …

By Tonnie Iredia Nothing else in Nigeria’s contemporary history has received as much widespread support as the campaign against police brutality in Nigeria initiated some two weeks ago by the nation’s youths. No person of conscience was truly opposed to the campaign. Even the Nigerian government which was understandably uncomfortable with the protests because of their …

The Joint Security Agencies (JSA) in Kwara has confirmed the arrest of hoodlums that allegedly looted private shops and destroyed public properties in Ilorin on Friday and Saturday. The spokesperson of the JSA and Kwara Commissioner of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, made the disclosure on Saturday while addressing newsmen in Ilorin. He, however, did not give …

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has announced a relaxation of the 48-hour curfew imposed on the state on Thursday, to now operate between 6 p.m and 8 a.m from Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 48 hours curfew was imposed in the state following wanton destruction of public buildings and …

EndSARS Protester continue at Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos yesterday.PHOTO AKEEM SALAU The Lagos State Ministry of Justice has arrested 229 suspects that allegedly took part in the mayhem in Lagos State in the aftermath of the Lekki Toll Plaza incident on Tuesday night. The ministry said in a statement said that it would prosecute suspects …

…says the civil war and his father’s  death affected his early education ….says resolving Warri crisis remains his greatest achievement in government …extols Babangida, Ibru, Oyegun, Ibori, Uduaghan, Okowa By Festus Ahon COMRADE Ovuozourie Macaulay is a trained Journalist who rose to become the pioneer Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Delta State Council and …