All bye-elections in 11 states in the country has been postponed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC spokesman, Festus Okoye who made the announcement said the 15 bye-elections was postponed due to the current state of things in the country. It was further learnt that the elections for six senatorial districts and nine state…
Governor Sanwo-Olu has released a list of ongoing prosecution of police officers for offenses related to the violation of human rights in Lagos. This is in response to the demands of the EndSARS protesters. He released the list of the police officers undergoing trial and the crimes they are being tried for.
Following the thug attack on the Palace Of Oba Of Lagos, Riliwan Akiolu, the Akinshemoyin ruling house has come out to condemn the incident. In a statement by a representative of the ruling house, looting an ancestral palace home and carting away staff of office is a terrible thing to do. The ruling family however…
The Lagos State Government has condemned the vandalisation of the warehouse at Mazamaza housing the food palliative packages donated to the government by the Private Sector Coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID) group. Recall that a mob on Thursday, October 22, vandalised the warehouse where COVID-19 palliatives are kept at Maza Maza in Amuwo Odofin Local Govt…
President Buhari has suspended all Endsars protest nationwide while addressing the nation tonight.He Said: I therefore call on our youths to discontinue the street protests and constructively engage government in finding solutions. Your voice has been heard loud and clear and we are responding. And I call on all Nigerians to go about their normal…
The National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno has said President Muhammadu Buhari will announce a critical solution to the End SARS protest in a couple of hours. Monguno, who made this known at the end of the fourth National Security Council meeting, presided by the president in Abuja on Thursday…
Kaduna state police command said it has arrested two suspected gun dealers and another suspect with a locally made AK47 rifle, the state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige has said. Speaking on Thursday, Jalige said, “on 14th October 2020 at about 1530hrs operatives of the Kaduna Police Command while on routine stop and…
A jailbreak has occurred at the Nigerian Correctional Centre, popularly referred to as Okere Prison in Warri South council area of Delta State, with a yet to be specified number of the inmates escaping. Flames and thick smoke are reportedly emanating from the vicinity of the prison. Confirming the escape of inmates to The Nation,…
The Edo State Police Command on Thursday, October 22, paraded some suspected hoodlums who burgled Omoregie Rice Warehouse located at Upper Sakponba Road, Benin City. According to the statement issued by the Command, upon receiving intelligence report on the incident, operatives swung into action and arrested the following persons: Favour Etimumore, ‘f’ age 19yrs Chinyere…
Shalewa Adebowale, the 19-year-old girl who was declared missing by her family on October 11, has been found dead The victim went missing while on her way home from her cousin’s house in the Igando area of the state. The victim’s sister, Feyikemi, who insisted that Shalewa was a student of the Lagos State Polytechnic,…