Protest, a lesson for future Launches UN Plus Offer to support FG’s ESP By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, UN, Mrs. Amina Mohammed, on Monday, said that everyone has a right to demonstrate peacefully and make some demands from their government. Mrs. Mohammed, who was a former Minister of Environment …
A file image of the #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate, before the gunfire. By Luminous Jannamike Some Civil Society Organizations, which took part in the #EndSARS protest for comprehensive police reforms, on Monday, said they will not be intimidated by threats to prosecute them for allegedly leaving the mass action to degenerate into chaos and anarchy …
Warns against granting him asylum *Asks FG to take action By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-A Coalition, Concerned Patriots for Peace and Development, has raised an alarm of alleged plans by the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, to incite violence in the country, using now-rested #EndSARS protests as a veritable platform. In an open letter it …
As lawmaker insists award doesn’t exist By Tordue Salem – Abuja The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, and member of the House of Representatives representing Andoni-Opobo/Nkoro Federal Constituency of Rivers State, Hon. Awaji-Inombek on Monday disagreed over the implementation of the annual science competition for Nigerian students. The Minister had told the House …
A file image of the #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate, before the gunfire. …Protest, a lesson for future …Launches UN plus offer to support FG’s ESP By Johnbosco Agbakwuru DEPUTY Secretary-General of the United Nations, UN, Mrs. Amina Mohammed, Monday said that everyone has a right to demonstrate peacefully and make some demands from their government. …
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State …Immortalizes victims, donates 18-seater bus at Requiem Mass Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Monday, joined the Catholic faithful and families of the deceased pupils of Presentation Nursery and Primary School, Awgu, and other victims who lost their lives in a recent fatal road accident in Awgu Local Government …
…Says Judgment debt profile of the Country has reached an alarming and embarrassing state By Henry Umoru THE Senate said Monday that it is not aware of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Freezing the bank accounts of some leaders of the #EndSARS protesters. According to the Senate, the governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele never wrote …
Southwest govs Southwest governors, Monarchs, and stakeholders, after a closed-door meeting, have rolled out a 13-point resolution plan directed towards re-building Southwest in the aftermath of the EndSARS protest. At the end of the closed-door session, released a 13-item communiqué that endorsed the call by traditional rulers for regular consultations with state governors and federal authorities …
By Nwafor Sunday Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, Monday faulted the world leaders for congratulating the United States President-Elect, Joe Biden, noting that they were too quick to do so. Fani who disclosed this via his facebook handle commended the likes of Russia, China, Mexico, Turkey, Brazil, Hungary, Iran, North Korea and a number of …
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerian youths will do well to keep the peace as it is in their own interest Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, quoted his principal as saying this when he received Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, who paid him a courtesy visit in …
By Victoria Ojeme The Minister of Women Affairs, Dame PaulineTallen, has congratulated Senator Kamala Harris and Esther Agbaje, notable women victors of the United States 2020 elections. Kamala Harris made history as the first female, first black, and first Asian-American US vice-president-elect. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden chose the California senator as his running mate. …
The EFCC on Monday, re-arraigned a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Haruna Jauro, in a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged N156.4 million money laundering. The defendant was arraigned alongside Dauda Bawa and Thlumbau Enterprises Ltd. on 19 counts bordering on money laundering before Justice Chuka Obiozor. The …
#EndSARS activist, Racheal Oduala, has said that the Federal government is trying to silence her by freezing her bank account. Vanguard had reported how the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, had through the order of court obtained by the Department of the State Service, DSS, froze the account of 19 individuals and a public affairs company …
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Rep. Akinfolarin Mayowa (APC-Ondo), says the decision to allow FRSC officials to bear arms does not lie with the committee. Mayowa made the clarification on Monday while reacting to media reports which quoted the committee to have approved the FRSC officials to bear …
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCT), has begun tour and verification of affected places during the #EndSARS protest in Kwali and Gwagwalada Area Councils. Recall that FCT Minister Muhammad Bello, on Nov. 5, inaugurated an 18-man Ministerial Committee on Assessment of Damages and Loss of lives and properties during the protest and aftermath of the …
The EFCC on Monday, re-arraigned a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Haruna Jauro, in a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged N156.4 million money laundering. The defendant was arraigned alongside Dauda Bawa and Thlumbau Enterprises Ltd. on 19 counts bordering on money laundering before Justice Chuka Obiozor. The …
File: Police station By Peter Okutu Abakaliki-A Magistrate Court sitting in Abakaliki, Monday remanded three suspects for allegedly killing two Policemen (both males) and burning down a police station in the state. The suspects, Ifeanyi Nwosu, 22; Ikechukwu Nwosu, 18; and Edwin Ebubechi, 19, were alledged to have shot and killed Inspector Egwu Omini and …
NPFL match ball By Emmanuel Okogba Hostilities for the right to be called champions of the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) will resume on the 6th of December Vanguard has learnt. Vanguard reports that this was made known on Monday when the fixtures for the upcoming season was made public by the League Management Company (LMC). …
By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – A Christian body in Northern Nigeria, Tarayyar Ekklesioyoyin Kristi A Nijeriya, TEKAN, has pleaded with the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to resolve the issues that led to the strike, to enable students of the various tertiary institutions return to schools as doing so will take …
Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by Osun State Governor, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola to look into cases of alleged police brutality, human rights violations, and extra-judicial killings by the operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Osun State would begin it sitting on Thursday, November 12. According to …
