• Tinubu, Afenifere, YCE, Ladigbolu Commiserate With Family The eldest child and daughter of the Premier of Southwest Region, late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Reverend (Mrs) Tola Awolowo Oyediran, is dead. Oyediran, the wife of Professor Kayode Oyediran, former Vice-Chancellor of University of Ibadan and an old boy of King’s College, Lagos died yesterday without showing any symptoms of illness. Like her late mother, Chief (Mrs) Hanah Dideolu Awolowo, who died about two months to her 100 years birthday, Oyediran also passed on yesterday two months away from her 80th birthday anniversary scheduled to hold on December 1. Until her demise,…
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Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has commended the End SARS protesters in the state and in other parts of the country as he stated that their struggles have brought an end to the dreaded police unit known as the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS. According to Akeredolu, a committee has been set up to receive complaints from members of the public on illegal detention, extortion and brutality by officers of the Nigeria Police Force in the state. Governor Akeredolu disclosed that the committee will be headed by a retired Chief Judge and would commence work next week. The Governor made…
The Senate Public Accounts Committee has queried the National Health Issuance Scheme over N122bn fixed in an unnamed commercial bank. The committee admitted that the Auditor General of the Federation approved the deposit but demanded details of the N3.7bn interest which accrued to the money. The Senate Public Accounts Committee hinged its decision to query the NHIS on the 2015 report of the Auditor General of the Federation, which was submitted to the National Assembly. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Mathew Urhoghide, expressed dissatisfaction with N122bn fixed in the commercial bank by the agency. He asked the NHIS to…
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has urged the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to stop lending money to President Mohammadu Buhari. Reno in a tweet via his official Twitter account made this known, stating that the money given to the Nigerian Government is being used to fill their own private capacities. According to him, “if you lend to them after today, you are not lending to Nigeria.” ”Dear WorldBank & IMFNews stop lending President Muhammadu Buhari junta money. “Note, if you lend to them after today, you are not lending to Nigeria. You are lending…
Anonymous, an online network known for launching cyber attacks against government institutions, has hacked the websites of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent National Electoral Commission. A visit by The PUNCH to the EFCC website showed that it had been brought down completely while that of INEC opened but in the offline version. A tweet by Anonymous read in part, “Official website of @officialEFCC has been taken down in support of #EndSARSProtest. CHECK HOST : https://check-host.net/check-report/df89d3bk838 TARGET : https://efccnigeria.org/efcc/ You should have expected us! #EndCorruptionInNigeria.” The move was taken in solidarity with the #EndSARS protesters. The website…
For close to two weeks now, Nigerian youths have been on the streets demonstrating against police brutality especially ones perpetuated by the Special Anti Robbery Squad, which goes by the acronym, SARS. Apart from, SARS, the demonstrators are demanding a comprehensive reform of the Nigeria Police, a review of the condition of service and improved welfare for the police. And does appear the demands are growing as days go by. The protest which has escalated to all states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory has been received by the international community like a raging wild fire. In his…
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala voiced confidence Friday in her quest to lead the crisis-wracked World Trade Organization after all of Africa backed her candidacy, vowing she would champion reform. “I feel the wind behind my back,” she told a virtual press briefing after the 55-member African Union officially supported her over her sole remaining opponent, Yoo Myung-hee of South Korea. The global trade body is set to be led by a woman for the first time whichever of the two candidates is successful in their bid to follow Roberto Azevedo, who stepped down as WTO director-general in August a year ahead…
An Ogudu Magistrate’s Court on Friday ordered that a 25-year-old man, Yusuf Nasiru, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter, be remanded in a correctional centre, pending legal advice. The defendant, who lives at Olowolagba Street, Mile 12, Lagos, is charged with two counts of sexual assault and defilement. Magistrate O.A Ajayi, who did not take the plea of Nasiru, ordered he be remanded in Kirikiri Custodial Centre, pending legal advice. Ajayi, who ordered the police to return the case file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), for advice. She adjourned the case until Oct. 29. Earlier, the…
Hackers called Anonymous Friday hacked the Twitter account of the National Broadcasting Commission in an apparent support for the ongoing #EndSARS protests. “We #Anonymous will continue supporting Nigerians,” the hackers said in a message posted to NBC’s handle. Protests broke out in different cities in Nigeria to demand an end to Special Anti-Robbery Squad, accused of extrajudicial killings, kidnappings, extortion and intimidation.