By Vincent Ujumadu – Awka The Anambra State Police Command on Wednesday took stock of its losses during the #endSARS protest in the state, saying four of it officers were killed, eleven police stations and over twenty vehicles including patrol and exhibit vehicles and an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), were set ablaze. The State Commissioner […]

Sony is seeing “very considerable” demand for its PlayStation 5 (PS5) console via pre-orders, its gaming chief said, as the technology firm targets pole position in the race to tap the growth of gaming globally with the device’s 12 November launch. Sony pre-sold as many PS5 consoles in the first 12 hours in the US […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State and the All Progressive Congress (APC) on Wednesday engaged each other in verbal war over the N3bn Covid-19 fund and palliatives given to the state to cushion the effect of the pandemic. PDP asked the government to explain how it expended the […]

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, on Wednesday charged Federal and State Governments to include traditional rulers in the panel of inquiries set up to investigate police brutality across the country. A statement issued by his media aide, Alli Ibrahim disclosed that the monarch said traditional rulers palaces […]

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday, announced plans to close  the Adekunle to Adeniji section of the Third Mainland Bridge for the second phase repairs beginning from midnight of Friday, October, 30, to Sunday November 1, 2020.

By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta Following the success recorded in flattering the curve of COVID-19, the Ogun State government has directed the reopening of hotels, entertainment and religious centres, as well as other business activities in the State. The directive was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr […]

By Emma Amaize Deputy Comptroller of Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS, Warri, Delta State, Okonkwo Adimobia, has disclosed that 26 inmates escaped, while a female staff was injured when hoodlums, who hijacked the EndSARS protest broke into the facility, last Thursday. Adimobia, who conducted the Deputy Governor of the state, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, on an inspection […]

The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim says anyone caught unlawfully with NYSC uniforms will face a three-year jail term. Ibrahim said this after hoodlums invaded the NYSC orientation camp in Kubwa, Abuja. Recall  that hoodlums on Tuesday carted away mattresses, food items and other materials meant for corps members. READ ALSO:Lekki […]

By Peter Duru Indications emerged Wednesday on how part of the CACOVID palliatives distributed in Benue state got to Kano market. Benue State Commissioner for Information and Tourism, Mrs. Ngunan Addingi who spoke on the matter at the end of the State Executive Council, EXCO, meeting in Makurdi explained that traders who benefited from the […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru   ABUJA–PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has urged all citizens to use the occasion of Eid-el-Maulud to reflect on the virtues of the Holy Prophet by showing love and understanding for fellow citizens while exhibiting patience, honesty, sincerity, kindness and generosity in all their undertakings   President Buhari stated this in his message to […]

Following the controversies, claims and counter-claims that have been trailing the shooting at peaceful #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate, Lagos, on Tuesday, October 20, Amnesty International has released a timeline on what many have termed “Black Tuesday.”

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Aftermath of destruction of lives and property, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday said the state government will set up Rebuild Lagos Trust Fund as he accepted full responsibility on what happened in the state during the EndSARS protests. Sanwo-Olu made the statement when he visited the Lagos Police Command, Ikeja, […]

The Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman, has said that the Nigeria’s installed grid power generation capacity has grown from 8,000mw to 13,000mw under the leadership of  President Muhammadu Buhari. Mamman made this known on Wednesday during the 2021 budget defence before the House of Representatives Committee on Power in Abuja. He also said that the […]

By Henry Ojelu Some legal practitioners have described the oath of Secrecy administered on members of the panel investigating the Lekki toll gate shooting as a betrayal of trust by the Lagos State Government and the panel members. Some members of the panel were reported to have been compelled to sign an Oath of Secrecy […]

ABUJA- POOR infrastructures, internet access as well as power supply in Nigeria are major reasons the country cannot run 100 percent e-learning programmes,the National Universities Commission,NUC,has explained.