Two persons have died while eight others sustained various degrees of injury when a Toyota Haice Bus plunged into Ososa River in Ogun State on Sunday night, November 21. Confirming the incident, the Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun Sector Command, Florence Okpe, said the incident occurred after J4 Ogbere on the…
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesperson, has explained why Nigeria was removed from the list of countries blacklisted for “engaging in violation of religious freedom” by the US. In 2019, Mike Pompeo, former US secretary of state, announced that Nigeria has been placed on its Special Watch-List (SWL) for governments that have engaged in or tolerated…
President Buhari has broken his silence days after the Lagos state judicial panel on EndSARS and Lekki tollgate shooting incident submitted its report to the Lagos state government. Speaking at a meeting with Antony Blinken, United States secretary of state, in Abuja, on Thursday, November 18, President Buhari said he will await the steps taken by…
The Katsina state government has said that bandits operating in the state are using Radio Frequency Walkie Talkie Transceivers to overcome the shutdown of telecommunications service in the state. Speaking at a press conference today November 18, the Secretary to the Government of Katsina State, Mustapha Inuwa, said the bandits have been unrelenting in circumventing the…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria HURIWA has called on President Buhari to immediately sack, arrest and prosecute the Minister of Information and Culture, following his insistence that nobody was killed in the October 20, 2020, Lekki tollgate shooting. The writers made the call while reacting to the conclusive judicial report by the Lagos…
The United States government has reacted following the conclusion of work by the Lagos State Panel for victims of SARS related abuses and other matters. After the panel chairman, Justice Doris Okuwobi (retired) submitted the report at the Lagos House, Ikeja, on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, concluding that people were killed and injured at the Lekki…
The Nigerian senate has condemned the invasion of Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili’s home by security operatives. The senate reacted to the home invasion after Senator Betty Apiafi representing Rivers west, drew the attention of her colleagues to it Apiafi noted that no arrest has been made after the invasion and the findings have not…
Armed bandits have abducted thirteen employees of Zaria Local Government in Kaduna State. The incident occurred at 5pm on Monday, November 8, between Giwa and Zaria, while the victims were travelling on a bus. The victims include four men identified as Dalhatu Awai, Suleiman Lawal Zailani, Nura Abdullahi and Umar Shehu. The female victims…
Mohammed Bello, the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT) has been summoned by the House of Representatives over the insecurity in Abuja. Bello was summoned after Toby Okechukwu, the deputy minority leader of the house moved a motion of urgent public importance which was adopted. Okechukwu who noted that urgent steps must be taken to protect…
Spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Frank Mba has explained why some police officers deployed for Anambra election haven’t received allowances. This comes after reports on Saturday, November 6, that police officers deployed to Anambra for the governorship election were protesting over unpaid allowances According to Mba “clerical issues or typographical mistakes” may be the…
