Former governor of Imo state and Senator representing Imo West in the National Assembly, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has said the #EndSARS movement by the Nigerian youths was a reaction to years of bad leadership in the country. Okorocha, who spoke at a press conference over the weekend said: “What started few days ago as a peaceful protest has escalated ...

A lawmaker, Sanai Agunbiade aka SOB, has reacted to the invasion of his residence by hoodlums. Agunbiade is the Majority Leader of Lagos State House of Assembly. On Friday, an irate mob stormed his house in Ikorodu and carted away COVID-19 palliatives. Agunbiade (Ikorodu Constituency 1), in a statement on Saturday, described the incident as a planned attack. The legislator ...

  Former Tusker FC and Nairobi Stima striker Stephen Owusu has passed away. The 37-year-old died on Saturday evening after a battle with a long illness that forced him to go back to Ghana for treatment. Owusu was part of the Brewers team that won the 2016 Kenyan Premier League (KPL) as well as the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Shield Cup in the same year. After a poor ...

FCT Minister of State, Ramatu Aliyu has assured Abuja residents that palliatives stored across various warehouses in the city are safe and secured.   She made this known in a press statement issued by Mr. Austine Elemue, her Special Assistant on Media. The minister also assured that there are no hoarded palliatives in the various warehouses across the city. She ...

No fewer than 229 people have been arrested in Lagos in connection with the mayhem that engulfed Lagos in aftermath of #EndSARS protest.   The Lagos State Government said it would be prosecuting the suspects who allegedly took advantage of the EndSARS protest to destroy and loot public and private properties in different parts of the state. Hoodlums hijacked the ...

  Liverpool returned to winning ways in the Premier League as Diogo Jota’s second-half goal secured a 2-1 win over Sheffield United at Anfield on Saturday. A controversial draw with Everton last time out followed a 7-2 humiliation at the hands of Aston Villa before the international break and Jurgen Klopp’s side looked set for more disappointment when a Sander Berge penalty put the Blades ahead after ...

  Edinson Cavani made his debut off the bench as Manchester United’s home struggles continued with a dour 0-0 draw against Chelsea in an underwhelming Premier League clash at a rainy Old Trafford. Marcus Rashford and Juan Mata had the best of the first-half chances but were unable to get the better of Edouard Mendy, the latter’s attempt coming after Harry Maguire contentiously avoided conceding a penalty for a clumsy challenge on ...

Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State on Saturday afternoon, imposed a 24-hour curfew across the whole state with immediate effect till further notice.   The state government had on Friday lifted a 24-hour curfew earlier declared in the state to forestall the breakdown of law and order to protect the lives and property of citizens and residents. However, Oyeola said ...

  Bola Tinubu, an All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain, has has decried the wanton looting of public and private assets in the state of Lagos, The PUNCH reports. Tinubu made this known on Saturday when he paid a visit to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the State House in Marina. Addressing journalists after the meeting with the governor, Tinubu ...

Ansu Fati has cemented himself in Clasico history by becoming the youngest player to score in the Barcelona vs Real Madrid fixture in the 21st century at just 17 years and 359 days old. Saturday’s showpiece lived up to its billing in the early stages, with Federico Valverde opening the scoring for Madrid after latching onto Karim Benzema’s through-ball with only five minutes on the ...

A 7ft python bit a woman on the bottom while she used the toilet in Thailand and she was rushed to hospital.   Boonsong Plaikaew, 54, was about to finish using the toilet at her home in Samut Prakan, central Thailand, when she felt a searing pain on her bottom on Sunday. Blood gushed through her legs and underwear before ...

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, has urged young Nigerian celebrities, who identified with the recent #EndSARS peaceful protesters, to make themselves available for negotiation with the Federal Government on the implementation of their five-point demands. The youths had made a five-point demand which was presented to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), through the Governor of ...

No divisional police officer (DPO) has been killed in Rivers State, the police have said. The police spokesperson in the state, Nnamdi Omoni, who spoke with reporters  Friday morning, said the public should disregard the rumour that the DPO in Oyigbo Local Government Area was beheaded by hoodlums. “The DPO is alive, he is with me (here),” Mr Omoni said. ...

  Sergio Ramos returned to win and score a game-turning penalty in Real Madrid’s 3-1 Clasico win at Barcelona on Saturday. Madrid captain Ramos was substituted in last week’s home defeat to Cadiz and missed the subsequent shock reverse against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League as the Spanish champions crept towards a crisis ahead of their first meeting with Barca this season. But the centre-back was ...

Nigerians demanding the end to police brutality and bad governance in line with the #EndSARS tagline storm the London residence of APC National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Saturday. According to the video posted by African Independent Television, only a few of them carried placards with many chanting derogatory words as they stormed Tinubu’s residence at Duchess Mews, Portland Place. More ...

The headquarters of Television Continental popularly known as TVC in Ketu, Lagos which was attacked by hoodlums earlier this week, is now back on air.   Hoodlums had vandalised and set ablazed the station on Tuesday during violence that broke out from #EndSARS protests in Lagos. Findings on Saturday revealed that the station is still battling technical glitches. This is ...

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Friday extended the ultimatum issued to inmates on the run.   Recall last Monday, amid the violence that erupted after hoodlums hijacked the EndSARS protest in Edo, two correctional facilities were attacked. The next day, the federal government confirmed that rampaging youths breached the Custodial Centres in Benin and Oko. The Ministry of Interior, ...

Men around Oluyole, Ibadan, Oyo state this morning invaded the residence of Teslim Folarin, the senator representing Oyo Central Senatorial district and made away with some of the goods in his store.   As seen in the video making the rounds on social media, the men were seen riding away brand new motorbikes which were allegedly taking from his Oluyole ...

Hoodlums on Saturday discovered and looted a warehouse full of COVID-19 palliatives in Jos, Plateau state.   Same incident happened in Lagos, Oyo, Kwara, Osun, Calabar, Edo and many other states. Some of the items carted away include beans, noodles, sugar, salt, garri, rice and pasta.      

Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has imposed 24-hour curfew in Ilorin following violent protest and looting of properties by hoodlums.   The governor announced the curfew late Friday night in a statewide broadcast. He said he just had an emergency security meeting with commanders of various security agencies in the state to assess the situation in the state. “Over the ...

Four more police stations have been reportedly burnt down in Anambra State, while a Divisional Police Officer and a station officer were also reportedly killed by rampaging youths.   The burning and killing of the policemen happened on Friday, even while the curfew imposed by the State governor, Chief Willie Obiano was still on. Reports said that police divisions in ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his regret at not working longer with a former Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase.   This was revealed by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, in his weekly article. Arase was appointed by former president, Goodluck Jonathan, in 2015 and worked under Buhari until 2016 when he retired. He was the 18th IG of Police.   Adesina ...

Oh dear! Nollywood actress, Doris Ogala has called out her colleague, Uche Elendu over a certain looted store. Uche had posted on her Instagram page lamenting how hoodlums had broke into her store, saying they took all she has ever worked for. Doris whoever says she knows the owners of the store, openly called Uche out, asking her to edit ...

  The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has recovered looted items worth hundreds of millions of Naira carted away by hoodlums who hijacked the EndSars protest in Uyo, the state capital, on Thursday night.   The Command has also arrested 10  suspected thieves who looted both private and government property under the guise of Endsars protests. Parading the recovered items/suspects at ...

The Presidency, on Saturday disclosed why President Muhammadu Buhari did not mention the Lekki toll gate shooting in his nationwide speech addressing the issue of EndSARS.   Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina disclosed that his principal did not mention the shooting because it would be “premature and presumptuous.” Adesina, while appearing on Channels Television’s programme, Politics ...