Businesses in the town of Chebba in southeastern Tunisia did not open on Monday as a disagreement over football escalated into an angry protest. Supporters of the local football club burned tyres and blocked roads protesting its exclusion from the national league by Tunisia’s football federation. “We are against the injustice in our club and […]

Edo Government has reviewed the 24-hour curfew earlier imposed in the state on Monday, to check hijack of the #ENDSARS protests by hoodlums. A statement by Mr Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser on Media and Communications Strategy to Gov. Godwin Obaseki announced this in a statement on Thursday in Benin. According to the statement, the curfew […]

By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has postponed the 15 bye-elections earlier slated for October 31 in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protest which had seen hoodlums hijacking the agitations to wreak havoc across the nation. Although INEC did not announce a new date, the commission said it would meet […]

Mikel Arteta had a warning for Bernd Leno and Arsenal after the goalkeeper’s mistake almost proved costly in Thursday’s clash with Rapid Vienna. Two goals in four minutes from David Luiz and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang secured a 2-1 win to start the Gunners’ Europa League campaign after Taxiarchis Fountas had put the home side ahead in Austria. […]

By Idowu Bankole …Don’t allow these unpatriotic elements to destroy private or public property The Akwa Ibom state government has, on Thursday, appealed to hundreds of youths protesting against police brutality in the state to seek redress through the Judicial panel of inquiry set up to investigate incidents of police brutality and other human rights […]

The Commissioner of Police (CP), Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, on Thursday warned that the command will neutralise any move that will jeopardise security architecture and the maintenance of law and order in Lagos state. Odumosu, in a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, condemned the continuous attacks on police stations, […]

Mesut Ozil still has the full backing of Arsenal’s players, despite the playmaker missing out on the Gunners’ 25-man Premier League squad, according to Ainsley Maitland-Niles. Ozil, who was not included in Arsenal’s Europa League squad, has also failed to secure a place in Mikel Arteta’s selection for the top-flight campaign. The 32-year-old has not […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a sharp warning Friday to potential “invaders” of Beijing’s military resolve, speaking on the 70th anniversary of his nation’s entry into the Korean War, the only time Chinese forces have fought US rivals. In a long speech, heavy on patriotism and flecked by anecdotes of heroism by Chinese forces, Xi […]

The Police Command in Ebonyi has confirmed Thursday’s attack on Uburu Police Station in Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state by suspected hoodlums. The Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi, Mr Philip Maku, said suspected hoodlums attacked some police officers on duty, after which they razed the station down. According to him, some of the […]

Calls for total respect for the rights of peaceful protesters By Chioma Obinna & Gabriel Olawale Mothers And Marginalised Advocacy Centre, MAMA Centre, on Thursday expressed shock and greater disappointment over the alleged footages showing aggrieved citizens whopping Covid-19 palliatives illegally diverted and stocked in secluded warehouses across the country. MAMA Centre claimed that while […]