Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, NCDC DG. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced  48 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC, on its verified website on Saturday, noted that COVID-19 related mortalities stands at 1,129 as no new death was recorded in the last 24 hours. The public health agency said that 95 …

Kwara State Governor, Abdulrazaq By Demola Akinyemi Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has announced N500m fund to assist all those whose businesses in Ilorin were looted by hoodlums, as parts of the administration’s efforts to bring them back on their feet following the incident. The governor said this Saturday evening after he visited various shops and …

Catholic Bishops of Nigeria …condemn trend of destruction, vandalism, violence by hoodlums  …charge government to stabilize the nation  By Luminous Jannamike The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, on Sunday called for a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding last week’s shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate, Lagos. The Bishops, in a statement jointly …

By Nwafor Sunday Barely three days President Muhammadu Buhari ordered Nigerian Youths to stop protesting, #ENDSARS campaigners have begun the process to elect their leaders and advisers. This was revealed by unidentified group, named BNI, which made provision for the online voting process via Google form. A former education minister, Oby Ezekwesili;  Pastor Sam Adeyemi; …

IGP, Mr. Mohammed Adamu The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate mobilisation of all police operational assets and resources to bring to an end the violence in some parts of the country. The IGP’s directive was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by Force Public Relations Officer and Deputy …

By Nwabueze Okonkwo Barely 24 hours after the bloody EndSARS protests embarked upon by angry youths in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State, armed robbers have started terrorizing residents of the commercial city even in broad daylight. Between the later part of Friday and early part of yesterday when the protests subsided, robbers have …

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 …