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  The Federal Government says it has perfected plans to commence the payment of N5,000 monthly stipends to poor residents in Ogun State. The payment is part of the Household Uplifting Programme (HUP), also known as Conditional Cash Transfer, an ...

Suspected hoodlums on Saturday attacked Osogbo City Mall, vandalised shops and stole electronic gadgets, phones and laptops.   Witnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the hoodlums stormed the mall on motorcycles at about 7pm, forcing security guards ...

Folarin Falana popularly known as Falz has mocked former Senator, Dino Melaye in the wake of the #EndSars protest.   The ex-Senator had tweeted in support of #EndSars protesters, but Falz was fast to correct him saying, he shouldn’t act ...

Young Nigerians protesting against police brutality (ENDSARS), yesterday blocked major entry points into Abuja.   The demonstrators have occupied the Kubwa and Mararaba highways and rendered all roads within the city centre impassable. The youth divided themselves into groups to ...

Nollywood Actress, Lilian Afegbai has denied the claims that her mother, Carol Onyekachi Afegbai killed Momodu Ibrahim, a student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) in May 2013.   Nigerians are accusing Carol, a senior police officer of killing Momodu ...

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has celebrated scoring a goal for Napoli in their 4-1 victory over Atalanta in Serie A.   Osimhen scored Napoli’s 4th goal, and celebrated it by holding a shirt with the inscription “End Police Brutality ...

Davido and other indigenes of Osun state have accused Governor Oyetola of killing a protester. They alleged an officer in his convey shot a protester dead.   The singer and other Osun protesters took to twitter to call out the ...

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 ...

  Liverpool attacker Mohamed Salah has scored his 100th goal for the club, with the strike arriving against Merseyside derby rivals Everton. More to follow.

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. ...

The website of Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, and that of Amuwo Odofin Local in Lagos State, were attacked on Friday. The hacker, who tweets from @LiteMods, claimed responsibilities for the attack on both websites in ...

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 ...

Big Brother Naija ”Pepper Dem” star, Mike Edwards, has advised against pleading with American music superstar, Beyonce to lend her voice to the ongoing #EndSARS protests going on across the country. Earlier today, it was reported that Nigerian songstress, Tiwa ...

  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 ...

Tiwa Savage has called on American music icon Beyonce to lend her voice to the ongoing #EndSARS protests in Nigeria.   Savage, in an Instagram live session, spoke about the state of the nation and the ongoing agitation for an ...

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. ...