#EndSARS Protests: Everyone has right to protest – UN

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. …

Ugwuanyi bids farewell to deceased school children

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 …

#EndSARS Protest: Southwest governors, Monarchs unveil 13-point resolution

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 …

Women affairs minister lauds Kamala Harris, Agbaje’s victory at US elections

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. …

EFCC re-arraigns ex-NIMASA D-G for alleged N156.4m fraud

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: FG trying to silence me by freezing my account – Racheal Oduala

#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 …

Reps C’ttee makes clarification on bearing of arms by FRSC officials

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 …

#EndSARS : FCT committee begins verification tour of affected places

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 …

EFCC re-arraigns ex-NIMASA D-G for alleged N156.4m fraud

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 …

NPFL gets Dec 6 resumption date for 2020/21 season

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). …

End feud so youths can return to schools, TEKAN urges FG, ASUU

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 …

EndSARS: Osun judicial panel begins sitting Thursday, calls for memoranda

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 …

Bayelsa records 10 new cases of Covid-19 cases

By Samuel Oyadongha YENAGOA BAYELSA State has recorded ten new cases of Corona virus, as it continues the search for active Covid-19 cases and medical outreach for flood victims in the state. The NCDC Support Officer for Bayelsa State, Samuel Abaya, disclosed this weekend during an outreach at  the flood ravaged Amassoma town in Southern …

#EndSARS protests, call on PMB to sit up, PDP replies Presidency

By Dirisu Yakubu Against the backdrop of declaration by Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity that promoters of the #EndSARS protests will face the wrath of the law; the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday, called on the Presidential aide to stop playing to the gallery and “tell his …

Umahi to Igbo: IPOB trying to incite another civil war, be careful of them

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State. …As Governor Wike says there cannot be Nigeria without Ndigbo By Peter Okutu THE Chairman of South East Governor’s Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi last Sunday led a delegation of Ndigbo to Rivers State to find out what transpired in Oyigbo community and how best those …

Another #EndSARS Protests inescapable, Ahmad Lawan Warns

Ahmad Lawan Says 2021 Budget should provide job opportunities for youths By Henry Umoru ABUJA – THE President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, warned yesterday that Nigeria as a country, will not escape another ciitizens’ restiveness in the form of #EndSARS protest if it failed to effectively address the issue of youth unemployment. Speaking when …