Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Monday described the total lockdown of Lagos and Ogun States by President Muhammadu Buhari over coronavirus as illegal and unconstitutional.
Soyinka, in a statement, said the president did not have the power to unilaterally lockdown a state, as there was no war or emergency.
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Unidentified gunmen have killed two officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) in Okigwe town in Imo state today March 16. The officers were attached to Operation Search and Flush, a joint security task force established by the Imo state government. According to reports, the operatives were ambushed by the gunmen who threw dynamite into…
Tragedy occurred in Ebonyi State at the weekend as a minibus conveying eleven passengers plunged into a mining pit located at Enyigba community in Ikwo Local Government Area of the state. GIOTV learnt that the bus took off from the popular motor parks known as Ochu-udo motor park, located along Afikpo road in Abakaliki. The…
Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams has slammed the Nigeria Police Force for attacking the Convener of Revolution Now, Omoyele Sowore, during a protest at the Unity Fountain in Abuja on Monday. He slammed this police for disrupting a peaceful protest in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi. Adams…
The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, has stated that the federal government will no longer give new road contracts to contractors currently working on more than four projects. The minister, during a meeting with contractors handling federal roads across the six geo-political zones in the country, in Abuja, said this was to enable…
It was agonizing wailing that enveloped the ambience housing the residence of the Yusufs 11 days after 17-year-old Toheeb Yusuf left home for work at the 21-storey building on Gerrard road, Ikoyi, Lagos State and didn’t return. The building collapsed on November 1, injuring some people and killing others including the owner, Mr Femi Osibona….
Controversial journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has persisted in calling the movement against police brutality, #EndSARS protest, a barbaric behavior. Kemi who had earlier suggested that the Federal government of Nigeria should shut down social media to curb the trend of the #EndSARs protest once again called most youths criminals. In a tweet, the controversial journalist stated…