In what appears to be a clean-up of posts exposing the ongoing police brutality crisis in Nigeria, the international supermodel, activist, and philanthropist, ​Naomi Campbell, has called out Facebook to stop censoring posts wrongly.

Sporadic gunshots were heard in Lagos on Friday as security forces patrolled Lagos after days of unrest following the shooting of protesters that sparked condemnation at home and abroad. President Muhammadu Buhari warned demonstrators in a televised address on Thursday not to “undermine national security” as he called for an end to widespread protests gripping […]

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has appealed to youths to forgive the country’s leaders, noting that the leaders had learnt valuable lessons from the prevailing disturbing situation. Umahi, who made the appeal on Friday during an address to the people of the state, insisted that the country needed to move forward after the killings and […]

BBC Igbo credited for the photos

Click to watch video Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Residents of Ede, Ido-Osun and Ofatedo areas of Osun State on Friday broke into cocoa industry warehouse and cart away with food items meant to serve residents of the state as palliatives. ALSO READ: Hoodlums break into COVID-19 warehouse in Ondo Food items such as noodles, rice, […]

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has assured youths in the state of 60 per cent representation in his new cabinet as part of his administration’s efforts to redress their grievances. Obaseki gave the assurance on Thursday when he held an interactive meeting with youth groups at the Government House, Benin. He described the Edo protest […]

The Judicial Inquiry to investigate Police Brutality and other related extrajudicial killings in Plateau has called for the submission of complaints to commence its assignments. In a statement by the Secretary of the panel, Mr Cornelius Shobial, in Jos, the body invited the general public to submit ten copies of memoranda to the panel. “Consequently, […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has directed that its flag at all the party’s offices be flown at half-mast for a period of one week, beginning from Friday. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday in reaction to President Muhammadu Buhari’s broadcast on the […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun State Governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola on Friday suspended the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state. This, according to a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Prince Wole Oyebamiji, is to allow members of the public approach the state panel of inquiry on police brutality and submit their […]