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President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians to desist from actions and comments that can jeopardise the unity and progress of the country. Buhari made the appeal on Wednesday during the launch of the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day (AFRD) emblem and appeal fund. He said this year’s occasion reminds Nigerians of the need to […]

The Nigerian Air Force has arrested its officials caught on tape flogging residents who defaulted the curfew imposed on Osun State. NAF made this known in a series of tweets on Wednesday titled, ‘Alleged flogging of curfew defaulters in Ilesha, Osun State’. The Osun State Government had imposed a curfew on the state after hoodlums […]

  The West African Examinations Council has said the results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination would be released next week. The results were supposed to be out today but the examination body said the postponement was due to the violence and arson in the country which affected some of its offices and […]

  The Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses in Lagos, got underway on Tuesday with one of the petitioners recounting his Police brutality ordeal. Okolieagu Obunike, a father of five, told the panel that in 2012, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) operatives detained and tortured him for 47 days […]

  Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has warned that the nation may “be sitting on a keg of gun powder” regarding the issue of fake news on social media. The Minister stated this responding to questions from the lawmakers when he appeared before the committee to defend the 2021 budget proposal. He warned […]

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, says footage has shown that the Nigerian Army is responsible for the shooting that occurred at Lekki toll gate in Lagos. On Tuesday, armed men in army uniform stormed the toll gate where #EndSARS protesters had gathered for 13 days and dispersed them with live bullets. The army had […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has condemned the “unconstitutional and illegal” fines of N3 million each imposed by the National Broadcasting Commission on Channels Television, Arise Television, and Africa Independent Television over their coverage of the #EndSARS protests. Acting Director-General of NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, on Monday announced the fine at a press conference […]

  Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, says the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 And Beyond (ASCAB) has identified the barracks of the soldiers who opened fire on protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos. Last Tuesday, soldiers opened fire on the protesters who blocked the toll gate while demanding an end to police brutality. The issue […]