A vigilante has strangled the attendant of a POS shop in Adamawa and stolen the valuables, including the POS machine and cash received from customers. The vigilante, 28-year-old Nuhu Dauda, allegedly strangled the attendant, 12-year-old Jemima Reuben at the POS shop in New Badirisa, a growing community in Girei local government area. Dauda, who is…
The Nigeria Governmenthas announced the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS after days of protests by millions of Nigerians both online and offline across the world against police brutality by the unit. The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, made this known in a Facebook Live address on Sunday afternoon. He said the operatives will…
Gunmen have abducted 15 persons in another attack on the Kuje community, Abuja, GIOTV has gathered. Federal Capital Territory Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Yusuf Mariam, confirmed the incident on Sunday. She said efforts were in top gear to rescue the kidnapped persons. It was gathered that the incident happened around 6:00 pm on Saturday…
Drake is the latest international celebrity to lend his voice to the #EndSARS campaign which has gained global attention. The Canadian rapper took to his Instagram story to re-share a post from Grace Ladoja calling for Nigerians in the UK to join an #EndSARS protest today at the Nigeria High Commission in London. Other International celebrities…
A man believed to be a mobile police officer has participated in the protest calling for the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit to be disbanded. A video that surfaced online showed the man dressed in a vest belonging to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and marching along with protesters while calling for the SARS unit…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed optimism that all results of the Ondo State governorship election would be ready by Sunday afternoon. The commission said about 75 percent of the election results from all polling units in the state had been uploaded on its results viewing portal. The INEC Senior National Commissioner, Prof…
Players of the Nigerian national team will undergo COVID-19 tests, ahead of their Tuesday’s international friendly with Tunisia, Goal reports. Super Eagles stars were also assessed before last Friday’s game against Algeria. However, all medical tests for players and coaches returned negative. The next round of tests will take place on Monday. Last week, the…
Rotimi Akeredolu, the incumbent governor of Ondo state and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the October 10 election, is leading his opponents with over 84,011 votes. According to the results that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared at the collation centres of 12 local government areas, Akeredolu has polled 189,489…
The Federal Government has ordered the stoppage of salaries of any university employee who is not enrolled on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System with effect from November 2020. It gave the directive in its latest memo from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation with reference number OAGF/IPPIS/446/1/159, dated October 8,…
The Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, Sam Adeyemi, has condemned the attack on young Nigerian citizens involved in the non-violent End SARS protests by police officers. The Pastor in a tweet via his Twitter account insisted that the idea of the voice of the African youth not being heard should not be sustained. He…