As lockdown eases, Israelis again gather against Netanyahu
Thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night, resuming the weekly protest against the Israeli leader after emergency restrictions imposed as part of a coronavirus lockdown were lifted. The protests were curtailed last month after Israel imposed new lockdown measures in response to a new virus outbreak. […]
FG should begin police reform to end protests — Ex-lawmaker
A former lawmaker, Sen. Mao Ohuabunwa, has urged the Federal Government to begin the process of police reform to douse the ongoing nationwide protests against police brutality by Nigerian youths. Ohuabunwa, who represented Abia North in the Eighth Senate, made the call in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]
#EndSARS: Don’t allow disgruntled politicians use you to destroy Nigeria, coalition urges youth
The Coalition Save Nigeria (CSN) has urged youths not to allow themselves to be used by disgruntled politicians to destroy the country through the #EndSARS protests. While admitting that it is in place for every Nigerian to seek better governance, the CSN said the current exercise may have been hijacked by those against the interest of […]
#ENDSARS protest: The kind of Police Nigeria needs — Lawyers, CSOs
By Henry Ojelu Like a wide fire, the #EndSARS protest embarked on a few days ago by some youth against incessant harassment, arrest, detention and extra-judicial killing by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, of the Nigeria Police, has spread across the country. Irked by the failure of successive governments to address the horrible human rights […]
#EndSARS: Anambra lawmaker calls for total reform of police
Following the demand by protesting Nigerian youths for an end to police brutality, the member representing Nnewi North constituency in Anambra State House of Assembly, Smart Okafor, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to begin a total and thorough reform of the Nigeria Police Force.
NAS tasks youths on skills, empowers 10
The National Associations of Seadogs, NAS, has tasked youths on the need to acquires skills in order to end the challenges of unemployment.
#ENDSARS: FIDA calls for end to police brutality
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria has joined in speaking out against the Police brutality, abuse and infringement of human rights, which has led to the #EndSARS and #EndSWAT protests across the country.
Breaking: #ENDSARS protesters block road leading to Mile 2, Ago, Festac
By Nwafor Sunday Irked by the unprofessional conduct of the operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, already dissolved by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, Nigerian youths have consistently protested for ten days, seeking for an end to Police brutality against Nigerians. The protest has been brought down to Apo junction, a road linking […]
NIPOST threatens to reclaim encroached lands
By Bashir Bello The Nigerian Postal Services, NIPOST has threatened to deploy all means and strategies to recover all it encroached landed properties across the country. The NIPOST Post-master and Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ismail Adebayo Adewusi who disclosed this during his familiarization visit to the Kano district office under Kaduna Zonal office, decried serious […]
Otunba Runsewe loses mum
By Osa Amadi Otunba Segun Runsewe, Director-General of National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) has announced the transition of his mother, Mrs. Felicia Adesola Runsewe (nee Adesmosun) aged 94years. Late Mrs. Felicia Runsewe, fondly called “Mama Kaduna” lived and worked in Kaduna State as a prosperous businesswoman for about 60 years before retiring to […]
PDP Reps Caucus commiserates with Gov. Makinde over Mother’s, #ENDSARS protesters’ deaths
By Tordue Salem, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives has commiserated with the Governor of Oyo State Seyi Makinde, over the death of his dear mother, Abigail Makinde and some protesters of the #EndSARS movement who were killed by the Police in the state. The governor’s mother passed on […]
Police arrest 242 criminal suspects in Kano
Kano State Police Command on Friday says it has arrested not fewer than 242 suspects for various criminal offences in the state.
Finally, Aisha speaks, tells Buhari, service chiefs to save the people
By Nwafor Sunday As #ENDSARS protests linger in the country, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, on Saturday, called on her husband and the service chiefs to save the people. Disclosing this via her verified Twitter handle, the beauty therapist wrote: ‘#Achechijamaa’, which translates to ‘rescue the people’, alongside a video of her husband […]
Commercial tricyclists: The new ‘kings’ of Abuja
By Soni Daniel They are everywhere and you cannot stop them. They are like bees and swam along every available route in the city-ranging from the sprawling highways to hamlets, where a majority of them hail from. Welcome to Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, where tricycle riders have become ‘kings’, defied every known traffic rule […]
Kaduna Housing deficit: Horticulturist experiments with bamboo house
Storey building to cost N.5m as interest in novel houses grows By Ibrahim HassanWuyo In Kaduna, the new trend in the construction of houses is by bamboo. There is a strong belief among the users of bamboo to construct houses that the material are more environmentally friendly than other materials currently being used for home construction. […]
#EndSARS: Hoodlums attack protesters in Osogbo again
In a bid to frustrate protesters agitating against police brutality in Osogbo, some suspected hoodlums on Saturday stormed the Olaiya junction, venue of the protest and attack some of the protesters.
