The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the date for the federal execution of an inmate who was convicted of killing a pregnant woman and cutting the baby from her stomach. The inmate, Lisa Montgomery of Melvern, Kan., will be the first woman to be federally executed in nearly 70 years. Her death, by lethal…
One hundred and thirty-three new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were recorded in Nigeria on Sunday, October 18. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, Lagos recorded 90 new cases of the viral disease. Other states with new cases include Rivers-13, FCT-8, Kaduna-8, Oyo-6, Ondo-3, Katsina-2, Nasarawa-2, and Plateau-1. Nigeria now has 61,440 confirmed cases…
The Nigerian Army has clarified that “Operation Crocodile Smile” is not targeted at #EndSARS protesters. Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Sagir Musa, made this known in a press statement on Sunday. The statement read in part:“The attention of the Nigerian Army (NA) has been drawn to some social media stuff wrongfully condemning the Army…
Multichoice Nigeria, owners of DStv and GOtv, has refuted the claim that its system has been hacked and explained that the firm was only upgrading its system. This was disclosed by a source in Multichoice Nigeria, who pleaded anonymous as she is not allowed to speak officially on the development. The source told Nairametrics that…
Mohammed Adamu, on Sunday, revealed the requirements for officers to be trained in the new police tactical team to replace the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad. He said the training of selected officers for the Special Weapons and Tactics team would commence on Monday, October 19, 2020. The IGP noted that no ex-SARS operatives were shortlisted…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Sunday assured Nigerians that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, unit of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has ended. Lawan remarked while disclosing that Buhari ordered the dissolution of SARS and not the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu as widely believed in sine quarters. He disclosed…
One of the sons of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, General Overseer, Enoch Adeboye, Leke, on Sunday joined the End SARS protest in Lagos State. Leke joined the End SARS church service in front of the Lagos State Government House in the Alausa area of the state. The service had protesters who are…
A man sentenced to life imprisonment for stealing a pair of hedge clippers has been freed on parole 23 years on, after a lengthy battle to get him out. Fair Wayne Bryant, 63, has been in the US’s largest maximum-security jail, Angola, since 1997. The Supreme Court had repeatedly declined to review his sentence for being a “habitual” offender under…
Indigenous rapper, Phyno has accused the Enugu state government of threatening his life and that of other #EndSARS protesters. In a tweet he shared, he stated that the Enugu state government should be held responsible should anything happen to them. Phyno accused Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of storming the protest with thugs who tried to fight…
Aisha Buhari has called on her husband President Muhammadu Buhari to “save” Nigerians. Aisha made the call on Saturday as she tweeted a video of President Buhari in a meeting with service chiefs at the Presidential Villa. Aisha accompanied the video with a Hausa word, #Achechijamaa, which means “save the people”. A Hausa song calling…