By Dennis Agbo NO less than two persons were feared dead on Wednesday when #EndSARS protesters in Enugu took to the streets against police brutality. Eyewitness accounts along Nike lake road in the state capital narrated to vanguard that policemen from Nike lake police station fired bullets at the protesters and felled four persons. The …

Pic EndSars Protest: Youths from Various Religious denomination March alongside each other during a Prayer walk in Port Harcourt in Support of the EndSARS Campaign yesterday in Rivers State. Photo. Nwankpa Chijioke. The Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR) on Wednesday appealed to the Federal Government and Lagos State Government to manage the ongoing violence …

Kemebradikumo Pondei (Source: Channels) By Tordue Salem, Abuja The Managing Director of the Interim Management Committee, IMC, of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei has rejected the invitation of the House of Representatives for an investigative hearing into the N139.317 billion allegedly misappropriated between 2013 and 2018. Details of the queries were contained …

By Henry Umoru, Abuja Senators and members of House of Representatives yesterday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency, give justice to Nigerians who were killed during the protests against the notorious Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) and bad governance in the Country. In a signed statement, the lawmakers condemned in very …

Dayo Johnson – Akure Hours after the Ondo state secretariat of the ruling All Progressive Congress was razed, hoodlums invaded the Secretariat of the People Democratic Party in the state and set it ablaze. Vanguard gathered that a vehicle and a Coaster bus were equally set ablaze by the hoodlums. The PDP state secretariat located …

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA– The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, tendered in evidence, a cash sum of $25,000, two Samsung phones and two audio recordings, against the former Senator for Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, who is facing trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja. The former lawmaker is answering to a two-count charge bordering on bribery, …

By Ike Uchechukwu,Calabar The #EndSARS Protesters in Calabar on Wednesday resist a group of thugs reportedly sponsored by yet to be identified individuals to disrupt the peaceful protest. The Incident Vanguard learned occurred at Effio Ette Round About, MCC Road, Calabar Municipality LGA, one of the muster points where the Endsars protesters usually meet. An …

Pic EndSars Protest: Youths from Various Religious denomination March alongside each other during a Prayer walk in Port Harcourt in Support of the EndSARS Campaign yesterday in Rivers State. Photo. Nwankpa Chijioke. *** Say EndSars peaceful Struggle will continue until Nigeria is reformed ***Ask Nigerian Youths to reject Government’s State Judicial Panel By Henry Umoru ABUJA- …

EndSars Protester continue at Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos.Photo Akeem Salau By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-THE  National Association of Nigerian Students,NANS,Wednesday, decried the killing of peaceful protesters in Lekki, Lagos State and other parts of the country. The Nigerian students’ union body also expressed disappointment over the destruction of public infrastructure by hoodlums, who it noted,hijacked the …

By Victoria Ojeme About thirty civil rights groups including Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) and Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) have called for the immediate prosecution of the killers of unarmed protesters demanding police reforms in Nigeria. The groups in a statement titled: “Killers of #EndSARS Protesters Must Be Held To Account” they …

Condemns assault, murder of defenceless civilian protesters By Chioma Obinna The Commonwealth Medical Association, CMA, on Wednesday expressed worry over what it described as  ‘reports of callous assault and murder’ of defenseless civilian protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos even as it called on the Nigerian government to take up the medical care of …

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday kept sealed lips over the Tuesday night gruesome murder of unarmed youths protesting against the brutality by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, a unit of the Nigeria Police Force, at the Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos, by suspected security agents. The Council approved the bill seeking …

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjonjo By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to restrain the military and other security agencies from using brute force against the protesters. He equally appealed to the protesters to give peace a chance as they go about making their legitimate demand. …

By Dayo Johnson, Akure The opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo state has denied any involvement in the burning of the All Progressive Congress secretariat in the state. A statement by the party’s Publicity Secretary Kennedy Peretei in response to the accusation by the APC said it was uncharitable for the party to accuse it of …

…Urges FG to take up medical care of victims, bring culprits to justice By Chioma Obinna The Commonwealth Medical Association, CMA, on Wednesday expressed worry over what it described as ‘reports of callous assault and murder’ of defenceless civilian protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos even as it called on the Nigerian government to …

…Urges FG to take up medical care of victims, bring culprits to justice By Chioma Obinna The Commonwealth Medical Association, CMA, on Wednesday expressed worry over what it described as ‘reports of callous assault and murder’ of defenceless civilian protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos even as it called on the Nigerian government to …

The Louis Love Nest Foundation has honoured Prof. Onuora Louis Victor Ekpechi for his contributions to the campaign to end the scourge of Iodine deficiency in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a press statement by Ndali Primrose Modebe, chairman and Media Strategist of the foundation as part of activities marking the 2020 Global Iodine Deficiency …

By Tunde Oso The king makers of Ewu kingdom, Delta State have refuted claims made by a group of people in a section of the media. This was revealed in an October 15, 2020 statement issued by the duo of Solomon Omititiri and Olorogun Okagbare, Secretary and spokesperson, respectively on behalf of the king makers …

By James Ogunnaike The #EndSARS protest going on in some parts of the country took a deviling situation in Atan Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun State on Wednesday when irate youths burned down a Divisional Police Station and killed a police Sergeant. The crisis according to an eyewitness occurred when the DPO attached …

…Asks oil workers to be on alert for directives By Victor Ahiuma-Young Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has condemned Tuesday night shooting of peaceful #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll gate, describing it as barbaric. The Union has asked members to stay calm and await further directives from its leadership. A statement …