Popular comedian, Debo Adebayo popularly known as Mr Macaroni joins other protesters to call for an end to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in lagos on October 9, 2020. Popular entertainer and activist, Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni, was on Saturday arrested at the Lekki Toll Gate.The comedian had joined other protesters at the…
No protest will hold at the Lekki Tollgate on Saturday, February 13, 2020, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has declared.The PUNCH had reported that the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki Toll Gate, last Saturday decided to hand over the…
Today in EBSU is supposed to be a joyful day for the students, where after the GST exams you would see so many students gathering in their numbers and of different groups sharing their different experiences in the examination hall. One would happily ask the other “what was your answer in number 4 question”? The…
The capital importation report recently published by the National Bureau of Statistics details the value of fresh investments that flowed into the Nigerian economy in 2020.The 26 states are: Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Taraba, Yobe,…
The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has admonished Nigerians to be ready to bear the pains of increased petrol pump price as crude oil price climbs above $60 per barrel. Speaking at the official launch of Nigerian Upstream Cost Optimisation Program on Tuesday, Sylva said with no provision of subsidy in the…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has explained why banditry has continued in the North West region of the country, IgbereTV reports. Speaking in an interview on BBC Hausa on Monday February 8 following the killing of 18 people by suspected bandits in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Saturday February 6,…
The Amotekun corps reportedly stopped the men, who were loaded in a truck, and a quick search revealed some bows, arrows and daggers in the vehicle. Men of Oyo State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun, have intercepted a truck loaded with no fewer than 80 men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen at the Iwo…
Politics and Governance | GOVERNMEND Nigeria had never witnessed any coordinated “leaderless” protest like the Endsars protest. The protest that lasted two weeks spread beyond the shores of Nigeria to be a global call, for the Nigerian government to put an end to police brutality, that threatened the existence of every successful young Nigerian. Unlike…
This is despite assurance from the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, that security operatives had been deployed to the troubled Yewa border communities, including Imeko, after two weeks of herdsmen’s unrest where the governor noted that the deployment would ensure there was no violence again. Gun-wielding herdsmen have attacked Oha village in Imeko in the…
In a statement on Sunday, the interim chairman of the group, Femi Falana (SAN), said the communal clashes occurring in communities across the country could have been avoided if the Nigerian government had intervened. he Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) has said the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, should be held accountable for the…