By Dayo Johnson – Akure Eleven of the 18 council areas in Ondo State have been identified as possible flashpoints for violence ahead of the governorship election scheduled for Saturday. Speaking in Akure, during the pre-election briefing, the Co-chair, Yiaga Africa, an election watchdog, Dr Aisha Abdullahi said it was concerned about the seeming helplessness […]

The Nigeria Customs Service, Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers, says it generated over N13.11 billion in September. This is contained in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mrs Ifeoma Ojekwu on Friday. The Controller of the command, Comptroller Auwal Mohammed, is quoted to have described the figure as […]

Officers of Kano/Jigawa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service arrested a traveller with  5,342 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards, a subscriber identification module  (SIM) Card and 7 memory cards concealed in two bags of Beans at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport. The CAC, Compt. Nasiru Ahmad narrated that the suspect Sanusi Labaran (m) was […]

Perez Brisibe – Ughelli Seven persons have been arrested in connection with Thursday’s clash between a team of policemen and some protesters in the wake of the End SARS Protest in Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. The clash had led to the death of a police corporal, Stanley Etaga, […]

An #ENDSARS protest in Abuja was suddenly disrupted as men of the Nigerian police fired tear gas and ammunition to disperse the protesters. The incident took place in Central Area, Abuja. ALSO READ: JUST IN: ENDSARS protest hits Osun state Police disrupting #EndSARS protests in Abuja USING TEAR-GAS #EndSARSImmediately #EndSarsProtests pic.twitter.com/GHsyzCkkPC — Clintmeks (@meksclint) October 9, […]

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the World Food Programme on Friday for feeding millions of people from Yemen to North Korea, with the coronavirus pandemic pushing millions more into hunger. The WFP was “a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict”, Nobel committee […]

By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin The meeting between the leadership of Labour movement in Kwara state and the state government over the payment of N30,000 minimum wage to workers ended in a deadlock on Thursday. The leadership of the labour movement in the state, therefore, decided to go ahead with the strike on Tuesday, after […]

Deji Adeyanju and Omowole Sowore leading ENDSARS protest at the Force Headquarters

Comedian Debo Adebayo popularly known as Mr Macaroni and other passionate protesters are on a marathon #EndSARSProtest at the Lagos State House of Assembly. Not backing down until what they want is achieved, the protesters spend the night out in the cold in their numbers. Speaking on the need for the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, […]

Vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has appealed to Ondo state electorates to keep the sun shining by voting massively for the Candidate of the All progressive congress, APC, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu in the forthcoming election in Ondo state. Also read:#EndSARS: Lagos Assembly issues 7 demands in support of protests Vanguard News

By Kingsley Omonobi Nigerian Police Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, on Friday explained that aside going against dangerous criminals, 419ners, Yahoo boys and armed robbery suspects, operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), are “deeply” involved in the fight against banditry and terrorism in the northern part of the country. Giving reasons why […]

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo Some youths in Osogbo on Friday stormed the streets of the State capital seeking an end to SARS activities in the State. The protesters marched through major streets shouting End SARS in unison. Vanguard

The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has said some of the people involved in the #ENDSARS protests were not doing it out of patriotism, but because they were beneficiaries of criminal activities.

By Rita Chioma In a bid to carve an niche for himself and brand, budding Nigerian artist, Dennis Tita Galega have unveiled ‘Menace’ as his new stage name. This is also to further help position his brand in the growing entertainment industry. Giving reason to the new stage name, Galega now referred to as ‘ […]

A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has appealed to the Federal Government to heed the calls by Nigerians for the restructuring of the country.