Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has “condemned the unconstitutional and illegal fines of N9m reportedly imposed by the National Broadcasting Commission [NBC] on Channels TV, AIT and Arise TV [N3m each] purportedly over their coverage of the #EndSARS protests.” The acting Director-General of the NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, announced at a press conference in …

Nigeria’s broadcasting regulatory body, The Nigerian Broadcasting Commission has fined Arise TV, AIT and Channels Television over what it termed unprofessional coverage of the #EndSARS protests that swept nationwide recently. ALSO READ: #ENDSARS Coverage: Why we fined AIT, Channels, Arise TV, N3m each ― NBC The announcement was made by the …

The Police in Jigawa have confirmed that hoodlums shot dead a Customs officer and injured one other in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. The Police Spokesman in the state, SP Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Dutse on Monday. Jinjiri said the hoodlums allegedly attacked the officers while on routine patrol …

By: Abayomi Adeshida An Abuja Widow, Mrs Dayo Odunlami has appealed to the Federal Government to compel its security agencies to fish out those who murdered her husband in cold blood while on the line of duty as a law-abiding citizen and without any provocation. The bereaved Mrs Odunlami who was once a Confidential Secretary …

•Prof Armstrong Idachaba, acting Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission, By Emmanuel Elebeke The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC has sanctioned major broadcast stations for violating broadcasting code during the #ENDSARS protest. They include: Channels Television, African Independent Television and Arise TV; all fined N3m each. The decision was announced on Monday by the acting …

By Luminous Jannamike Two women died on Monday in a vicious struggle for COVID-19 palliatives looted by hoodlums in a warehouse on the Secretariat road in Gwagwalada Area Council, Abuja. Vanguard correspondent learnt that many people were stabbed, some fainted in the commotion, while several others were injured during the struggle. The palliatives were said …

*As YWC changes name to Ilana Omo Oodua By Gabriel Olawale The umbrella body of all Yoruba socio-cultural and self-determination group within and outside Nigeria, Ilana Omo Oodua, formerly known as the Yoruba World Congress, YWC, has said that the quest for Yoruba Nation self-determination is non-negotiable. Speaking during stakeholders’ virtual meeting where YWC changed …

By Umar Yusuf Looting and vandalization of government properties continued Monday unchecked in Adamawa state on the second day of the curfew imposed on the state. This is even as the  state police command confirmed the arrest of over 120 suspects who allegedly took advantage of the #EndSARS protests to vandalize and loot public and private …

By Jimitota Onoyume Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has expressed sympathy with families who lost relatives during the endSARS protest across the country. Chairman of PFN in the state, Bishop Kingsley Enakirerhi and the National Vice President, South-South, of the PFN, Bishop Simeon Okah in their separate speeches at a Black Sunday service at the Flock …

Femi Falana By Nwafor Sunday Mr Femi Falana, a human Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Monday said a group he oversees has identified the barracks where officers of the military who shot protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, came from. Based on the investigation gathered so far, ASCAB has facts that shots were …

NLC President, Mr. Ayuba Wabba By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has demanded that the Federal Government should order the immediate release of all the welfare provisions and materials provided to cushion the effects of Coronavirus pandemic to citizens. Recall that NLC had before now demanded that the distribution of the palliative provisions should …

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Muhammad Musa Bello By Omeiza Ajayi Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has asked those who looted warehouses in the territory to return their loot, directing security agencies in the territory to go after them and ensure their arrest and prosecution. Warehouses including those privately owned had come under raid in …

…delists pinnacle Nigeria ciprofloxacin 500mg The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) By Chioma Obinna The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) weekend banned all products manufactured by Mars Remedies PVT Limited, India over falsification of Ciprofloxacin Tablets BP 500mg with NAFDAC registration number NO C4-0498 for Pinnacle …

…YWC changes name to ONALA By Gabriel Olawale The umbrella body of all Yoruba socio-cultural and self-determination group within and outside Nigeria, Ilana Omo Oodua, ONALA, formerly known as the Yoruba World Congress, YWC has said that the quest for Yoruba Nation self-determination is non-negotiable. Speaking during the stakeholders virtual meeting where YWC changes its …

Motorists driving pass the Admiralty Toll Gate, Lekki Phase 1 on Monday. Normalcy has returned to the Lekki-Ajah area of Lagos State, as commuters and residents now ply the road with little or no obstruction. The New Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent reports that commuters were seen driving through the Admiralty and Ikoyi-Link Bridge Toll Gates …

By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja A section of the international building materials market in Dei-Dei, Abuja has been gutted by fire. The section, known as “New Market” is located in the Abuja Municipal Area Council AMAC of the Federal Capital Territory FCT. ALSO READ: Be at alert, deal decisively with any attack in your duty locations – Buratai charges Soldiers Although …

By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja ..Says Army was privy to Grand Design by Sponsors of the protests to drag it into crisis – Buratai. …Says detractors and international Collaborators mischievously and deliberately misrepresented troops efforts to ensure compliance with curfew imposed by legitimate civil authorities. ..Order’s PSOs, GOC, Field Commanders to respond quickly and decisively, to …

Dr. Felix Omobude, PFN President By Ozioruva Aliu, Benin-City The National President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Rev. Dr Felix Omobude yesterday charged the #EndSARS protesters nationwide to withdraw from the streets, saying that their agitations have since reached the authorities in the country. Omobude, however, called on the government to ensure transparency in …

By Perez Brisibe, Ughelli The youths in a statement yesterday by the NDYC coordinator, Comrade Israel Uwejeyan and secretary, Raymond Alaibe, said they are disassociating themselves from the violent protests and described the perpetrators of the lootings and burnings as criminal elements and hijacked the genuine course of the #ENDSARS protesters. ALSO READ: Return looted items or …