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Governor Abdullahi Sule has revealed that kidnappers and rapists in Nasarawa state will henceforth receive a death sentence.   Speaking at the flag-off awareness creation, sensitisation on the spate of rape and kidnapping event he was represented in by Deputy Governor Emmanuel Akaabe, ...

A female group, Women in Management, Business and Public Service, has condemned the attack on peaceful protesters at the Lekki toll gate, Lagos State.   The group, in a statement said extra-judicial killings across the country were unacceptable in a ...

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said his enquiry so far indicated that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu did not invite the army to shoot at #EndSARS protesters in Lekki.   Soyinka, who condemned the shooting of the protesters in Lekki said ...

Oba Oladunni Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, the Soun of Ogbomosho land has rejected a gift of N90m extended to him by Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde for the renovation of his palace.   The monarch’s palace was vandalized by hoodlums ...

  Governor Godwin Obaseli of Edo State has asked a;; prisoners who escaped from the Benin Medium Security Correctional Centre to voluntarily return before the state government goes after them. On Monday, October 19, 2020, hoodlums orchestrated jailbreaks in the ...

Angry protesters defied all possible dangers today to hijack and vandalize a Toyota Hilux operational van of Nigeria Air force.  The incident occurred along Benin/Agbor road, shortly after some mobile policemen allegedly vandalized and looted a black-colored Lexus RX330, marked ...

Suspected hoodlums have set ablaze the head office of The Nation, a daily newspaper published in Lagos.   The development comes hours after the head office of Television Continental (TVC) was torched. Watch the scene below… #WATCH: Hoodlums set a ...

Gbagada FC has reported the passing away of one of their own — Adeyemi Sunday who was a fan. He reportedly lost his life today from a gunshot wound sustained from a police bullet.  His sudden passing away was announced ...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has suspended all government activities for 72 hours in view of growing violence in the state.   The governor made this known today in a live broadcast. This is coming some hours after eyewitnesses claimed ...

  The president of the Republic of Ghana, and the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has lent his voice to the #ENDSARS protest. Nana Akufo Addo has been excoriated ...

A 23-year old man, Ikenna Sunday Eze has taken his own life in Ala Ugbele Obukpa community, Nsukka local government area of Enugu state. Ikenna who is nicknamed Sosthe, hung himself on a cashew tree on Monday, October 19. His ...

No fewer than nine persons have been reportedly shot as security agencies intensified efforts to enforce the riot by hoodlums in the streets of Akure and environs.   The hoodlums mounted barricades in several parts of Akure. Witnesses said the ...

The UK Parliament has addressed the current situation in Nigeria, especially the shooting of peaceful protesters at the Lekki toll gate — their protest ground last night,   The Parliament condemned the act and said Amnesty said they have a ...

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has offered to lead traditional rulers in Nigeria to mediate between the Federal Government and organisers of the #EndSARS Movement, saying the killings of unarmed young protesters at Lekki toll gate is ...

    Oriental Hotel belonging to the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu, has been set ablaze at Lekki Phase One, Lagos State. The hotel was set on fire on Tuesday night, October 21, 2020, after Nigerian Soldiers opened ...

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has denied the allegation that he ordered military to attack peaceful protesters in Lagos. Areportsccording to reports,  Bola Tinubu made the denial in a chat with angry callers. APC ...

  Nigerian Mixed Martial Art champion, Kamaru Usman has said President Buhari has failed after the reported shooting of EndSARS protesters yesterday in Lekki. He lamented about the ongoing situation in the country stating that Buhari and the government has failed ...

The United Kingdom has shut down its visa application centres in Nigeria over the crisis arising from #EndSARS protests in the country.   The UK made this known in a statement on its website. The statement was titled, ‘Important: Closure ...

  The Presidency has reacted to the Lekki Toll Gate shooting which left many dead and some others injured.   The presidency which appealed for understanding and calm across the nation in a statement released by the Special Adviser to the President ...

Channels Tv has gone offline as staff are fleeing the Lagos office as we type for fear of a mob attack.   This is the second media house under attack. TV Continental was attacked by a mob this morning.

An update on the Monday’s jailbreak in Benin City showed that 1,993 inmates escaped from the Nigerian Correctional Centres in Edo State, the Federal Government has said.   The government said that besides freeing the inmates, those who attacked the ...

Gbagada boys this morning turned back an Army van and those they escorted (the van behind), saying they won’t pass the Gbagada express road after killing many in Lekki last night.   The boys even accused the officers of trying ...

USA’s Presidential candidate, Joe Biden, has called on President Buhari to desist from using violent measures on #EndSARS protesters.   Biden, in a statement today called on President Buhari to use dialogue in bringing about “a more just and inclusive ...

Angry mob this morning attacked TVC station and set vechicles and the station on fire. They are currently off air.   Watch a video from the scene recorded by neighbours below…   Angry mob attacks TVC Station #EndSARS pic.twitter.com/v8wZ6oLftH — Ladun Liadi ...

This house is believed to be that of Madam Sanwo Olu, the mother of Lagos State Governor.   It was set ablaze this morning. The house is in Surulere. Watch a video from the scene below…