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The Nigerian Army is set to commence its annual military exercise tagged Operation Crocodile Smile nationwide.   According to a press release by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, the exercise which is traditionally conducted in the ...

Nollywood Actress, Lilian Afegbai and her mother, Carol Onyekachi Afegbai, are been dragged on social media. This comes after teh actress joined the pritest yesterday demanding an end to SARS. Soon as her photos hit the internet, Nigerians asked if ...

Dolapo Badmus and Yomi Shogunle are part of the 37 members of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the police who have just been ”dismissed”.   No official words yet, but the news has already gone viral.

A lady has narrated how Chijioke Iloanya’s father swam in a river of dead bodies to identify his son.   At the candle night demonstration for fallen heroes of the #EndSARS protest, a lady recounted how Chijioka was arrested SARS. ...

One hundred and eighty one students and staff of a private boarding school in Lekki, Lagos have tested positive for coronavirus.   Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said the cases were discovered during surveillance and case investigation in ...

  The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has appealed to all Nigerians over the pains brought to them by some officers of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a controversial unit of the Nigeria Police Force. The VP again condemned ...

Hoodlums today killed two #EndSARS protesters in Benin, the Edo State capital.   One of the male victims was shot dead while the other was macheted by hoodlums at Ring Road near the palace of the Oba of Benin. It ...

Nigerian youths, particularly the ones agitating for an end to police brutality, corruption and impunity, have highlighted a seven-point demand that must be met by the Presidency.   The list surpasses the former #5for5 demands, that was earlier submitted. Over ...

A parent shouting Allahu Akbar and thought to be wearing an explosive vest has been shot dead by French police near Paris after allegedly beheading a school teacher with a knife.   The victim was said to have been a ...

A car rammed into #EndSARS protesters in Ondo State, killing one person and injuring three others.   It was gathered that the incident happened in front of the Ondo State Governor’s Office, in the Alagbaka area of Akure on Thursday. ...

As the agitation against police brutality, extortion, harassment and extrajudicial killing of Nigerians continues, hip-hop star, Falz and public policy expert Dr Joe Abah has backed out of a town hall meeting set up by the government.   The town ...

  Anonymous has shut down the website of CBN as it intensifies its attack on the Nigerian government over #EndSARS. The hacker collective took down the website of the Nigerian government banker at 8:41 p.m., according to an announcement on ...

Rev. Tola Oyediran, the eldest child of late Western Region Premier, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, is dead.   She passed on around noon today, October 16, 2020 at 79 years. She was billed to celebrate her 80th birthday on December 1. ...

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has penciled down 37 former operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), to be dismissed from service.   PSC will also order the prosecution of 24 other ex-operatives for various acts of professional misconduct. ...

As the heat of the #EndSARS #EndSWAT protests continue to spread across the length and breadth of Nigeria, protesting youths have organised a candle night procession for fallen heroes of the protest.   Several lives have been lost in the ...

A Texas Republican who called coronavirus a ‘scamdemic’ organized a family party that ended up killing his father-in-law, his partner’s grandmother and left him close to death in hospital.   Tony Green, 43, from Dallas, threw the gathering for six ...

Mexico’s former Defence Minister Salvador Cienfuegos was arrested Thursday in the United States, reportedly at the request of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, in connection with a corruption investigation.   Cienfuegos, who was defence chief from 2012 to 2018, was ...

The official twitter handle of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has been hacked and allegedly taken over by decentralised international ‘hacktivist’ group “Anonymous”.   Checks revealed there were mainly tweets and retweets of the #EndSARS protests/campaign against police brutality on NBC ...

Bisola Alfa, wife of Prophet Alfa Babatunde, the founder of the Sotitobire Miracle Centre Akure, has revealed that the Department of State Services (DSS) searched her underwear while looking for missing Gold Eniola Kolawole, who went missing in the church. ...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has urged Pakistan to assist Nigeria in the capacity building of her Defence Industry.   According to a statement by the Special Adviser on Media to President of the Senate, Ola Awoniyi, Lawan ...

#EndSARS protesters at the Lagos State House of Assembly today rejected food and soft drinks sent by the Chairman of the National Union of the Road Transport Workers in the state, Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo.   The rejection was ...

#EndSARS protesters who are Muslims today observed their Juma’at prayers at Lekki toll gate and Lagos State House of Assembly road, Alausa respectively.   The protesters also observed the Friday prayers on the road in Abuja. At the Juma’at service ...

A policeman has disclosed that his wife is taking part in End SARS protests.   In an interview with DailyPost, he expressed sadness at the state of the Nigeria Police. The citizen, a Sergeant, said he joined the Force in ...

Daddy Freeze has clapped for Pastor EA Adeboye, the founder and leader of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, for endorsing the EndSars protest against police brutality.   On Facebook live, Daddy Freeze said that Adeboye’s behavior is a good ...