The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger has confirmed the death of six persons in a multiple accident that occurred on the Lapai-Agaiye-Bida road on Tuesday. FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Joel Dagwa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Tuesday that three other persons sustained various degrees of injuries in the auto crash. He blamed the accident on loss of control and brake failure and advised motorists to exercise caution and adhere strictly to speed limits while driving. He said that five trucks were involved in the accident, which occurred at about 5…
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Armed thugs are currently gathered around the Eagle Square located in the Three Arms Zone in Abuja. The youth, some without shirts and many others in black, were still holding sticks and walking round the square. The situation has made armed policemen and soldiers deployed in the Supreme Court gate of the Presidential Villa, be on red alert. Soldiers manning the Cenotaph directly opposite the Eagle Square are also on standby. Up the road, tight security was also noticed around the Court of Appeal premises and the Police Headquarters. Policemen on horses and inside Arrnoured Personnel Carrier are keeping watch…
Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has constituted a Judicial Panel of Inquiry to look into the illegal activities of some officers of the Nigeria Police Force in Ondo State. The panel will also beam its scope on the cases of police brutality perpetrated particularly under the purview of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, in the State. The move by the Governor was coming on the heels of the federal government’s directive occasioned by the nationwide protests by youths against police brutality under the End SARS nationwide protests. According to the State Commissioner for Information, Donald Ojogo, the Judicial…
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has predicted a spike in the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Nigeria in the next two weeks. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, disclosed this in Abuja on Monday at the joint national briefing of the task force. Mustapha explained that the prediction was due to the total disregard for the preventive measures against the virus exhibited by thousands of Nigerians participating in the ongoing #Endsars campaign across various cities in the country. Recall that thousands of Nigerians have in the past ten days, taken to strategic areas across…
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has predicted a spike in the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Nigeria in the next two weeks. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, disclosed this in Abuja on Monday at the joint national briefing of the task force. Mustapha explained that the prediction was due to the total disregard for the preventive measures against the virus exhibited by thousands of Nigerians participating in the ongoing #Endsars campaign across various cities in the country. Recall that thousands of Nigerians have in the past ten days, taken to strategic areas across…
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Hakeem Odumosu, was forced to alight from his car on Monday and trek a distance as he visited the home of a 68-year-old woman that was assaulted by a police officer. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Lagos police spokesperson, said the aggressive #EndSARS protesters at Okota compelled Mr Odumosu to trek in the company of his senior officers for more than 10 kilometres. “The Commissioner of Police, who had earlier been denied access at the Murtala Mohammed Airport toll gate in Ikeja by Endsars protesters, ran into a similar barricade at NNPC junction, Okota, where the…
Beginning from this week, the Federal Government will start paying grants to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises that are successful to partake in the N75bn COVID-19 support schemes. On September 10, 2020, the Federal Government inaugurated two schemes to financially support about 1.7 million MSMEs across the country with N75bn. The schemes are the National MSME Survival Fund and the Guaranteed Off-take Stimulus Schemes under the Nigeria Economic Sustainability Plan. The Special Assistant to the President on MSMEs, Office of the Vice President, who doubles as Project Coordinator, Survival Funds Scheme, Tola Adekunle, told journalists in Abuja on Monday that…
One Anthony Onome Unuode, an #ENDSARS protester, has died following an attack by suspected hoodlums, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has confirmed. In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Yusuf Mariam, Unuode was attacked on Saturday along Kubwa and sustained injuries that led to death. The Nation gathered he was stabbed multiple times and later died in a hospital. Commissioner of Police, Bala Ciroma, in the statement issued on Monday afternoon, ordered a discreet investigation into the incident. He condemned the clashes between #ENDSARS and proSARS protesters and called for calm. It read, “The Commissioner…
Legendary singer, 2Baba, has asked all Nigerian security agencies to join the ongoing #EndSARS protests if they are not happy about their welfare. 2Baba born Innocent Idibia made this call yesterday, October 18, via his official Twitter page. His call is coming in the wake of protests holding across Nigeria in agitation for police reform and an end to bad governance in the country. According to the “African Queen” crooner, the police, military and paramilitary joining the ongoing protests will birth “a better Naija.” He tweeted, “Police!! Military!!! and all security agencies!! If una no happy about una welfare make…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has removed the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Copyright Commission, Dr Tony Jaja. This is contained in a notice shared with journalists by the spokesperson for the Attorney-General of the Federation, Dr Umar Gwandu, on Monday. The document which was signed by the Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr Dayo Apata (SAN), was dated October 15, 2020. Titled, ‘Notice of your removal as Chairman, Governing Board of the Nigerian’, the notice referred to an earlier letter dated September 28, 2020 which was said to…