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Super Falcons captain Asisat Oshoala celebrated her first goal in the 2020-21 Spanish Primera Iberdrola campaign with a fist showing her support for the ongoing #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. The Barcelona attacker opened scoring this season against Sporting Huelva. Just ...

  MultiChoice says claims circulating on social media that its entertainment platforms – DStv and GOtv- have been hacked was not true.   A representative of the company who pleaded anonymity told The Punch on Sunday. It was gathered that ...

  Bayelsa Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has declared support for the ongoing protest against police brutality exemplified by the hashtags #EndSARS and #EndSWAT across Nigeria. He said his administration would not condone acts that infringed on the fundamental rights of ...

Police in Lurambi, Kakamega County, Kenya have arrested a 35-year-old preacher accused of stealing his neighbour’s two cows.   Joash Wanyonyi, a resident of Sichirayi Village in Shieywe Location, was on Friday, October 16, caught with the stolen cows inside ...

Fuji musician, Wasiu Alabi Odetola, affectionately called Pasuma wonder was reportedly chased out of the protest grounds by #EndSARS protests after he joined to lend his voice against police brutality.   The Nigerians were seemingly unhappy about his presence in ...

The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, has reaffirmed that the new Police Tactical Team, SWAT, launched in lieu of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) will operate within very high professional and ethical standards, rule of law and dictates ...

After concluding urgently needed repair works on Eko and Marine Bridges in Lagos, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has directed that both bridges be reopened to traffic on Monday, October 19, 2020.   The approval ...

          A family of an 18-year-old boy hit with a £10,000 Covid fine for hosting a house party while his parents were away have refused to pay the penalty.   Police say they found between 80 to 100 people at ...

    The Military has dismissed insinuations the Army Special Operation, Exercise Crocodile Smile VI set for launch on October 20 is meant to stifle the #EndSARS protest.   There were reports the government was planning to hide under the pretext ...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu today visited the widow of the man, Okechukwu Iloamuazor who was shot dead during #EndSARS protest in Surulere area of Lagos.  The governor assured the widow, Ngozi, of justice, saying that he had come with ...

Former Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Dolapo Badmus, has described the reports of her demotion as fake news.   Reports had emerged on Saturday that Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP, Abayomi Shogunle and Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, ...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has constituted an 11-man panel to investigate allegations of rights violations by police personnel.   A statement by NHRC’s spokesperson, Fatimah Agwai Mohammed gave the name of the Chairman of the panel as Justice ...

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the last movie Chadwick Boseman shot before his death is set to premiere December 18.   The film, set in 1920s Chicago, tells the story of “Mother of the Blues” Ma Rainey, who is fighting with ...

  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.