The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the November 6 gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Senator Andy Uba, has declared that his antecedents among his people as a problem solver and human resources developer, positioned him as the best candidate to deliver on the job if voted into office. …
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Federal Government’s Independent Investigation Panel (IPP) on the activities of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has ordered the conduct of a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test to ascertain the biological mother of a disputed six-year-old boy, Elijah Tanko. Chairman of the …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched a probe into alleged bribery and abuse of office involving a top official of Total E&P Nigeria Limited. Following EFCC’s close up, the firm has retired the top Executive. Based on the same bribery allegation an Executive Director was replaced by …
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In Ibadan the police at Iyaganku were preparing to go and shoot protesters. They had their guns out and machetes, they’d started shooting into the air singing songs of war. I snapped a picture, one of them spotted me. Six armed police men on okada started chased the taxi I …
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EndSARS memorial protests to mark a year some Nigerian youths protesting police brutality were allegedly killed by soldiers at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos have commenced in Osogbo. The youths, who were protesting against extrajudicial killing and bad governance at Lekki tollgate, were allegedly gunned down on October 20, 2020. …
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#EndSARSMemorial: Tear gas fired at hoodlums, not protesters, says Lagos CP The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, on Wednesday, said hoodlums were dispersed at the Lekki tollgate, the venue of the #EndSARSMemorial protest in Lagos. CP Odumosu, who spoke to newsmen at the tollgate, stated that the …
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The Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, Sam Adeyemi, has admonished youths to keep fighting to fulfill the dream of a better Nigeria. Recall that, Pastor Adeyemi was one of 38 persons charged to Court for disturbance of peace, and inciting the violence that greeted the protests last year. The case was …
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PHOTOS: Youths Defy Heavy Security Presence, Blare Horns, Wave Flags At Lekki Tollgate Nigerian youths and celebrities on Wednesday defied the heavy presence of security personnel to hold a memorial car procession at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos. The procession is organised to mark the one-year anniversary of the #EndSARS …
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It’s a dramatic moment as some protesters fight over undisclosed sum handed over to one of them by a Nigerian artiste. Vanguard gathered the singer who came around to felicitate with protesters who are out to mark the one year anniversary of the ENDSARS movement. On getting the money from …
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In this interview with Newsextra24 a victim of the October 20, 2020 #EndSARS shooting, Nicholas Okpe, recounts his experience at the Lekki tollgate one year after Why did you take part in the #EndSARS protests last year? What grabbed my attention was the five-for-five demands by protesters at the Lekki …
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