The NBA stated Okeke was not referred to as to the bar and the NBA would additional take legal and prosecutorial steps towards Okeke within the case. Alawyer, Kenechukwu Okeke, who filed a criminal complaint before an Abuja Magistrate Court over the actions of 50 persons, including celebrities during the October 2020 EndSARS struggles, has been confirmed to be fake …
Veteran Nollywood actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo, RMD, has described the arrest of Mr Macaroni and End SARs protesters as a shame. It was reported earlier that police operatives deployed to Lekki toll gate had arrested some protesters including Nigerian Instagram comedian, Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni. The protest was instigated after Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the …
Angola has suspended air, land, and sea connections with South Africa, Australia, Nigeria, and the UK due to the discovery of the new coronavirus variant SARS-CoV-2. The directive took effect at midnight on December 26. READ ALSO: Budget 2021:Information Ministry to Spend N1.3bn on Travel, Miscellaneous, Refreshment, Others The decision was made public through a joint statement by the country’s interior, …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Progressives Congress (APC) at Ebonyi State are in a war of words over the current violence from the state. Nine persons are killed in what the authorities and authorities explained as ‘cult-related’ killings. He explained: “The PDP notes serious issues the dreadful developments in Ebonyi State in the past couple of weeks, that has …
Labour activists listed how the #EndSARS campaign is redefining labour activism in Nigeria through its disruptive nature. Speaking at a memorial lecture in honour of late pioneer Director General of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Dr. Yima Sen, in Abuja, Director, Mac Arthur Foundation’s Africa Office, Dr. Kole Shetimma, observed that while the exemplary life of the late Yima symbolised …
By Richard Murphy Cable Network News, CNN’s caption for a five minutes flick it produced on the Tuesday October 20, 2020 incident at Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos, Nigeria read like the title of a fiction and that is exactly what it is. The title is thus more amenable to being forgiven than the actual content of the video, which …
My name is Olumide Iluyomade and I am here on ground reporting to you from Lekki. I have no political, ethnic or religious motive – my only interest and concern are for Nigeria. I am writing this because this nation is at a dangerous and critical junction and we must now lend our voice to common sense and the reason …
