Amnesty Chronicles Lekki shootings timeline, warns against cover-up
Amnesty International, the Global rights group, has given a detailed timeline of the shootings at the Lekki toll on October 20, 2020 It warned the government against covering up on…
PDP to Yakubu: Reposition INEC with your reappointment
Nigeria’s main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party, on Wednesday, called on Professor Mahmood Yakubu to see his reappointment as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as ample…
Senate Rejects Allocation of 20 Power Projects to Minister’s LGA
…directs REA boss to rectify lopsidedness The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday rejected a proposal to cite as many as 20 power projects in Lau Local Government Area of Taraba State…
President Buhari re-appoints Yakubu as INEC chairman
President Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission. This was disclosed on Tuesday by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President, on…
Nigerian Army denies shooting #EndSARS protesters
Nigerian Army’s 81 Division on Tuesday denied that soldiers opened fire on #ENDSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza last Tuesday night. Maj. Olaniyi Osoba, the Division’s Acting Director Public…
Lagos arrests 520 suspects for arson, vandalism, others
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, on Tuesday, disclosed the arrest of 520 suspects in connection with the series of arson, vandalism, burglary, and robbing of unsuspecting members…
Governors insist looted Palliatives were kept for Vulnerable citizens
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says that palliatives found in warehouses and later looted in different parts of the country were to be distributed to the poor and vulnerable citizens.…
Editorial: Dark days of rage and Buhari’s bellicose rhetoric
It appears there is no limit to the odium Nigerians would endure in the hands of the Buhari administration because just when the regime seems to have hit rock bottom…
Buratai puts Army on alert, asks soldiers to deal decisively with any attack
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has issued marching orders to General Officers Commanding, Principal Staff Officers, and Field Commanders of the Nigerian Army to bring to…
#EndSARS: NBC fines Channels TV, Arise, AIT over coverage
…as SERAP threatens suit against regulator if fine not rescinded The National Broadcasting Commission, which regulates the broadcast industry in the country, has slammed fines on Channels TV, Arise Television…