Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. By Dirisu Yakubu, Abuja Against the backdrop of mass looting and destruction of public and private properties in some parts of the country by hoodlums, foremost rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to relieve Inspector General of Police, Muhammad Adamu …
By Ozioruva Aliu, Benin-City A former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier-General Idada Ikponmwen (rtd) has said the challenges that led to the current protests predates the current administration but that the current administration needs to do more to justify the confidence Nigerians reposed in it when it was voted in 2015 and 2019. In …
Zahra Buhari By Nwafor Sunday “Now that people confirmed that Buhari distributed enough palliatives nationwide, it is clear Buhari is not our problem”, said President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Zahra Buhari-Indimi. In the past few days warehouses where Covid-19 palliatives are stored have been invaded, vandalised and burnt down. Goods such as Indomie, rice, beans, others have …
By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo Residents in Osun have deserted major streets in different communities of the state has joint security personnel enforces the curfew imposed on the state. This is as youths in some communities in Osogbo helped police to arrest some hoodlums who looted government and private properties in the state. It would be recalled …
Roland Owie By Ozioruva Aliu, Benin-City Former Chief Whip of the Senate, Sir Roland Owie has said that the lack of compassion on the part of Nigerian leaders may have been responsible for the violent dimension the anti-police brutality demonstration assumed across the country with the invasion of caring away of palliatives for COVID-19 in several …
Zahra Buhari By Nwafor Sunday “Now that people confirmed that Buhari distributed enough palliatives nationwide, it is clear Buhari is not our problem”, said President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Zahra Buhari-Indimi. Warehouses where Covid-19 palliatives are stored have been invaded and goods carted away by unknown hoodlums. This event sprung up moments when Buhari ordered Nigerian …
By Perez Brisibe Amidst growing tension across the country, the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, Sunday called for prayers for the country. The Pope in a tweet on his verified tweeter handle, @Pontifex called on everyone particularly Catholics to pray against every form of violence brewing in the country in the aftermath of the …
There is deficit between Gov’t and the people Youths feel a state of hopelessness, they need our assurance By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar The former governor of Cross River State, Mr Donald Duke has asserted that Nigerian youth were badly bruised and their scares must be healed before the Nation can move forward. Duke said …
Perez Brisibe, Udu Hoodlums operating under the guise of the #ENDSARS protest, over the weekend invaded the headquarters of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Udu local government area of Delta State destroying and carting away office items in the building. The secretariat which is located in a rented property in Udu town was allegedly invaded …
Donald Duke …says there is deficit between Government and the people …youths feel a state of hopelessness, they need our assurance By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar The former governor of Cross River State, Mr Donald Duke has said that the nation can not move forward unless Nigerian youths forgive the leaders. He said the youths are badly …
The Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH),maintaining peace in Plateau has arrested 123 suspects for vandalising and looting items from private businesses and government properties in Jos. The Commander of the task force, Maj.-Gen. Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, presented the suspects to newsmen on Sunday in Jos. Okonkwo said that the suspects defied the 24-hour …
By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The National Examinations Council, NECO, announced Sunday, that it has suspended its ongoing internal Senior Secondary Schools Certificate Examinations, SSCE, indefinitely. The council, in a statement by its Head, Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani explained that the action was taken by its governing board, following the current turn of events …
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) Kaduna State Command has appealed to residents of the state to obey the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state to forestall any breakdown of law of order. The State Commandant of the Corps, Nuradeen Abdullahi, made the appeal in a statement made available to newsmen by the …
Mr Umar Muri, Commissioner of Police (CP), Kaduna State Police Command, says the command will deal decisively with any person or group disturbing the peace in the state. Muri gave the warning in a statement issued by the Command’s spokesman, ASP Mohammed Jaleh in Kaduna on Sunday. He ordered the immediate enforcement of the 24-hour …
…Demands independent panel of inquiry into extra judicial killings By Chris Ochayi ABUJA: The Coalition of United Political Parries, CUPP, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to take all necessary steps to connect with the Nigerian youth in order to understand their pulse. The National Secretary of CUPP, High Chief Peter Ameh, who gave the advice in …
By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South WARRI- MILITANT groups from the nine states of the Niger Delta region, which vowed to resume hostilities, last Monday in support of #EndSARS protests, triggered fresh anxiety, weekend, as it presented 11 new demands to the Federal Government. Leader of the militants under the auspices of Reformed Niger Delta …
Some youths with looted bags of grains from the Commodities Marketers warehouse, Kakuri Industrial layout, Kaduna. Photo: Olu Ajayi. By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The National Agency for Food & Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has updated the Kaduna State Government about the items looted from their warehouse in the Narayi area of Chikun LGA. Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner …
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Kaduna State Government has extended the 24-hour curfew to cover the state. It was earlier imposed on some communities in Chikun and Kaduna South LGAs. Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, said the measure was taken to “help safeguard our communities, protect lives and property and contain criminal …
By Emma Amaize PAN-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly stirring trouble with his government’s failure to swiftly placate the merited anger of the youth and insensitively deploying military, police to attack and assault the peaceful #EndSARS protesters. The South-South regional group in a statement by the national publicity secretary, Hon …
Some hoodlums have vandalised the Plateau State Secretariat, the Plateau Publishing Company (PPC), publishers of the Nigerian Standard Newspaper, and the State Water Board, all located in Jos. Mr Tanimola Obasa, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), confirmed the incident on Sunday in Jos. According to Obasa, …
