By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has announced intention to resume protest on Saturday following a brief suspension after the protesters were attacked by hoodlums on Thursday. The CNG also accused the state government and the secret police of organizing the attack on the protesters last Thursday. The National leader …

EndSARS, EndSWAT protesters in Warri. Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, the Convener, To Build A Nation (TBAN) and 2019 Presidential Candidate of Young Progressive Party (YPP), has thrown his weight behind peaceful #EndSARS protest. Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in a statement on Friday said that: “The #EndSARS peaceful demonstrations by Nigerian youth …

Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa (middle); Secretary to State Government, Mr. Chiedu Ebie (3rd left); Commissioner for Youth Development, Comrade Ifeanyi Egwunyenga (right); Governor, District 4191 of the rotary club, Virginia Major (5th right) and others, during a courtesy call by the club members on the Governor in Government House, Asaba. Delta Governor, Sen. …

From left: President Macky Sall of Senegal; President Muhammadu Buhari and President Umaro SissocoEmbaló of Guinea Bissau during a dinner in honour of the visiting Presidents at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday. 16/10/2020/SH/ICE/NAN By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Umaro Embalo has expressed appreciation to President Buhari for his support and the fatherly advice …

Pro-democracy and good governance group, Concerned Nigerians, has written the Unite State, urging her to prevail on the Nigerian President to rescind the appointment of Lauretta Onochie as an Independent National Electoral Commissioner from Delta state, noting that her appointment is unconstitutional. The group, in a statement by it’s Convener, Deji Adeyanju, said Onochie is a …

By Peter Duru – Makurdi The President General, Tiv Youth Organization, TYO, Comrade Timothy Hembaor has advised the federal government to leave out Benue state from its plan to reintroduce grazing routes in the country. He insisted that the people would only allow the ranching of cattle in their state as provided by the Open …

The All Progressive Congress Alliance for Good Governance (APCAGG) has called on Nigerians to support the nomination of Mrs Lauretta Onochie as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).   Members of the APCAAG made the call while briefing newsmen on Friday in Abuja, saying that those against Onochie’s appointment were people who undermined the democratic process and the …

Applauds youths demand, momentum on protests Call for reform, better welfare of police By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Following rage of #EndPoliceBrutality protests raging across the country, a Civil Society Organisation on human rights and social justice, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN,Thursday, joined protesters to demand end to police impunity and oppression. Addressing the media on the …

…Calls for a minute silence for departed souls …Thanks them for peaceful conduct Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Friday, addressed youths of the state who visited him at the Government House, Enugu, to press further their demand for the #EndPoliceBrutality in Nigeria, lending his support to the state government’s position as earlier presented by …

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By Festus Ahon AMERICAN Society of Safety Professionals, ASSP, Nigeria Chapter has attributed the annual flooding in the to the rising waters from the main channels of River Niger and River Benue that cut across the six geopolitical zones. Decrying the devastating effects of flooding in parts of Nigeria that is gradually becoming an environmental pandemic …

By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti Commercial and sundry activities were paralyzed in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Friday as youths protesting for an end to Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) and police brutality in the country, occupied the major streets for several hours. The #EndSARS protesters who converged at the popular Fajuyi Park in the state …

Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has signed the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Bill into law. With the signing, Kwara has exited the club of 19 states widely criticised for not domesticating the key human rights law. Kwara was one of the 19 states yet to domesticate the law, which addresses domestic violence and other sociocultural and …

A 48-year-old herbalist, Toyin Dada, on Friday appeared in an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State for allegedly ”planting” charms in a civil servant’s house. The police charged Dada with two counts of felony and breach of peace. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Zedekiah Orogbemi, told the court that the defendant on Sept. 28 around …

Lauretta Onochie Youth Party has rejected the nomination of Lauretta Onochie as the National Commissioner representing South-South in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, made by President Muhammadu Buhari. The party in a statement on Friday said the Nigeria Constitution is clear on the requirements for qualification for appointment as an INEC National Commissioner. Pointing out …

A photographer described his encounter with the armed thugs who disrupted Thursday’s #ENDSARS protest, in Alausa, Lagos state. He took to Twitter on his handle @danscottvisual to narrate his brief but scary encounter. He said: “I had just arrived at the #EndSWAT #EndSARS #EndPoliceBrutality Peaceful Protest @ Alausa, barely 10minutes before the Hooligans arrived. ALSO …

By Henry Umoru THE Senate has taken a swipe at the National Health Issuance Scheme (NHIS) over N122 billion fixed in an unnamed commercial bank in the country without the approval of Auditor General of the Federation. The query was raised today by the Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo South led Senate Committee …

Gov Diri By Samuel Oyadongha, The Ebedaowei of Kabowei kingdom, HRH Aserifa Hope Torru has called on Bayelsa State government to activate the State Emergency Management Agency to provide relief materials for flood displaced victims in his domain. He said though flooding in the five Kabowei communities of Adagbabiri, Trofani, Asamabiri, Ekpereware and Elemebiri is an …

…..Pro-Biafra group seeks another round of inquiry By Dennis Agbo MOVEMENT for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has described as false the tales making the rounds that former Governor Peter Obi of Anambra state was responsible for the killings and dumping of some suspected members of the group into Ezu river, a …