Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has awarded scholarships to children of the policemen who died in the violence that erupted in Lagos state a few days ago. The Lagos state government on Wednesday, October 28, directed the Lagos State Scholarship Board to award scholarship to the children of the slain officers up to the university level. It was…
Kaduna state government has relaxed the curfew imposed in all local government areas of the state. Recall that in an earlier announcement made on Monday, October 26, the state government said the curfew was relaxed in all local governments except Chikun and Kaduna South LGAs. However, on Wednesday October 28, Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and…
The Kogi State Police Command on Wednesday paraded 56 suspects in connection with the spate of vandalization and looting of government warehouses in the state. The lootings as witnessed in some other parts of the country is not unconnected with the fallout from the #EndSARS protests which later turned bloody, particularly in Lagos State, where…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has postponed the release of results for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) till next week. WAEC made this announcement in a statement on its Twitter page on Wednesday, 28 Oct 2020, when it said the examination body had to move the release of the…
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 23 persons who allegedly looted warehouses during the #EndSARS crisis, recovering 14 motorcycles and six tricycles. The spokesman of the command, Mohammed Jalige, disclosed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Wednesday. Jalige said the suspects were arrested on Tuesday in Barnawa, Narayi,…
Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State has given a two-week ultimatum for full documentation and registration of all commercial motorcycle operators in the State or risk suspension of their operations. Oyetola also gave a new order, limiting the operation of commercial motorcycle operators in the state to 8:00 pm daily. These, according to him comes…
Thai Prime Minister, Prayuth Chan-Ocha has dismissed calls from opposition parties to resign during a special two-day session of parliament, saying he will ‘not run away from problems’. Prayuth instead called for a two-day session to discuss months of protests demanding his departure and reforms to the powerful monarchy. “I will not run away from…
The Nigeria Air Force authority says it has arrested its personnel seen in a viral video flogging curfew defaulters in Ilesha, Osun state. The video which made rounds on social media on Tuesday, October 27, showed the curfew defaulters inside muddy water while being flogged by the security agents. In a statement released on Wednesday,…
Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of an eight-year-old boy, Abdullahi Usaini, in a well at Nariya village in Kibiya Local Government Area of the state. Alhaji Saidu Muhammed, Public Relations Officer of the Service, announced this in a statement on Tuesday in Kano. Muhammed said that the Service received a distressed call…
113 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Tuesday, October 27, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). A breakdown of the new cases is as follows; Lagos-51, FCT-15, Plateau-11, Kaduna-8, Oyo-8, Rivers-8, Ogun-4, Edo-2, Imo-2, Kwara-2, Delta-1, Kano-1. There are now 62,224 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria, 1,135 deaths have also been recorded. 57,916 patients…