Mabel Oboh The ADC’s candidate in the just-concluded Edo governorship elections, Mabel Oboh, has said men of the Nigeria Police Force needed proper training, given the #ENDSARS protests currently rocking the federation. She added her voice to the growing chorus of support for the peaceful protests calling for a total restructuring of the Police to put …

By Gabriel Olawale A conglomerate of sixteen Civil Society Organizations on Saturday described the call by a fraction of the Northern Elders and some politicians for the sack of Service Chiefs as an attempt at demoralizing the nation’s armed forces and its leadership who are currently engaged in tackling series of insurgencies and internal security challenges. …

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo To commemorate the 2020 Global Handwashing Day, Center for Media Advocacy for Mother and Child (CAMAC),  has taken it’s Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), campaign to Kantin Kwari Market and Motor Park in Kaduna. CAMAC, also donated hand washing materials such as soaps, bucket, dustbin, detergent and disinfectant to the motor park and …

To commence immediate work on Alaka Bridge Hails residents for patience, understanding By Olasunkanmi Akoni Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, on Saturday, directed that both Eko and Marine Bridges in Lagos should be reopened to traffic on Monday, October 19, 2020. According to Fashola the approval for the reopening of the completed …

Gover Dapo Abiodun James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta Following the resolution of the National Economic Council (NEC) at a meeting held last Thursday, the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has constituted a Judicial Panel of Investigation on alleged cases of police brutalities against citizens of the State, with Justice Solomon Olugbemi (retired) as the Chairman. The …

By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City The Edo State Government has debunked news making the rounds that its official website has been hacked and sensitive documents on the website leaked by the hackers. There have been social media report that some hackers capitalizing on the endSARS protests have been compromising the website of institutions and …

Slates January 1st, 2021 for commissioning of Lagos-Ibadan rail line By Dirisu Yakubu – Lagos Minister of Transportation, Hon Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday, reiterated the need to engage residents of communities along the Lagos-Ibadan rail corridor to create enough under and overpasses as a means of preventing accidents following the level of progress of work on …

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark 2020 Global Handwashing Day, WaterAid Nigeria, has called on the government to double investment in clean water and hygiene, especially in the prevention of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The call was made in a statement issued by WaterAid …

Delta State Government has constituted an eight-member Judicial Panel of Enquiry to investigate allegations of police brutality and extra-judicial killings in the state. A statement signed by Secretary to State Government, Mr Chiedu Ebie, in Asaba, said that the panel, as approved by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, would receive and investigate complaints of police brutality or …

As police arrest lady protester who killed 2 people at Alagbado area By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday, paid a condolence visit to the family of the man, Okechukwu Iloamuazor, 55, who was killed by police during the #EndSARS protest in Surulere area of the state. Recall that the deceased, …

The General Overseer of Champions Royal Assembly, Brother Joshua Iginla has declared his support for the #EndSARS agitators across the country. In a live video shared on his page, the popular prophet frowned at the rate at which young men are being killed as a result of police brutality. He explained that most of them …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commiserated with the Lagos State Government and victims of the tanker explosion which occurred on the Otedola Bridge in the early hours of Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Malam Mele Kyari, in a statement signed by the Corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs …

Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s delivered the biggest election victory for her centre-left Labour Party in half a century on Saturday as voters rewarded her for a decisive response to COVID-19. The mandate means Ardern, 40, could form the first single-party government in decades and will face the challenge of delivering on the progressive transformation …

The acquisition of Paystack, a Nigerian FinTech company, by Stripe is a huge boost for the Nigerian technology ecosystem, says Jide Awe, the Chief Executive Officer of Jidaw Systems Limited. Awe spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday while reacting to the development. NAN reports that Paystack, a technology company …

https://www.vanguardngr.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/WhatsApp-Video-2020-10-17-at-13.32.50.mp4 Large crowd of #ENDSARS protesters shutdown an unidentified road in Lagos, as they embarked on a protest calling for the total and final dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS. ALSO READ: Amnesty report: SARS men tortured, threatened me with sodomy in Port Harcourt— Journalist Vanguard The post VIDEO: Lagos #ENDSARS protesters shut down major road appeared first on …

Thousands of Thais joined protests that popped up across Bangkok on Saturday in defiance of a crackdown on three months of demonstrations aimed at the government and the powerful monarchy. Police used water cannon for the first time on Friday and shut much of the city’s transport system on Saturday to try to thwart protesters, …

The  Police Command  in Lagos State has said that no life was lost to the  accident which involved two tankers laden with Petrol and a container that occurred on Otedola Bridge, along the  Lagos/Ibadan Expressway in the early hours of Saturday. The command’s  Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi   in a statement released …

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule By David Odama, Lafia As INEC fixed February 2023 for presidential elections, APC stakeholders in Nasarawa west senatorial zone of the state have endorsed Governor Abdullahi Sule for the second term with a warning that no member of the party from the zone will contest against the governor in 2023. The …

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule By David Odama, Lafia As INEC fixed February 2023 for presidential elections, APC stakeholders in Nasarawa west senatorial zone of the state have endorsed Governor Abdullahi Sule for the second term with a warning that no member of the party from the zone will contest against the governor in 2023. The …

President Muhammadu Buhari Northern elders have passed a vote of confidence on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, saying the president’s sterling leadership quality had kept the people more united despite threats in some quarters. The elders under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development,(CNEEPD),however,expressed dissatisfaction in the security sector, saying the prevailing insecurity …