The Osun State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality on Saturday heard three different petitions filed by members of the public against the brutality of the men and officers of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The panel also granted adjournments to the petitioners and respondents in line with their request to ensure fair hearing. It also disclosed that it had received another petition, making the petitions before it to be six, as the panel chairman, Justice Akin Oladimeji said more petitions were underway. Addressing the journalists shortly after the court session, retired Justice Oladimeji, said the court granted…
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Commercial motorcyclists known as okada on Friday defied Governor Akeredolu Oluwarotimi’s directive that they should close at 6 pm owing to growing insecurity in the state. Akeredolu has restricted operation time of okada riders in the state to between 6 am and 6 pm and also bar private individuals from using tainted cars. But many okada riders were sighted carrying passengers till after 9 pm on Friday night. Some of them who refused to give their names said they carry more passengers at night than during the day. They urged Governor Akeredolu to fish out the criminals instead of restricting…
SUPER Eagles skipper Ahmed Musa has begged Nigerians to forgive the team’s second-half display that saw them throw away a four-goal lead in an AFCON qualifier against Sierra Leone on Friday evening. Three goals in the game’s last 20 minutes completed the Leone Stars’ incredible fight back to give the visitors a point from the encounter. “This has been a real shocker,” the former Al Nassr forward told the Nigeria Football Federation website. “I want to, on behalf of the entire team, apologise to the generality of Nigerians for this poor result. We will go to Freetown and do the…
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has said youths in the country need to be pacified because they are hungry and angry. The monarch said to pacify them, the youths should be empowered. A statement by the spokesperson for Ooni’s palace, Moses Olafare, on Saturday, said Oba Ogunwusi spoke during the second graduation of students of the Ojaja II Fashion Training Institute, which was part of the commemoration of his fifth coronation anniversary. Ooni said, “The youths are angry because they are hungry and the way to get them out of this anger is to continue to empower them. In…
The Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, says contrary to claims in the public, the Army is not after popular disc jockey, Obianuju Catherine Udeh, fondly referred to as DJ Switch. Taiwo said this on Saturday in his testimony before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020. The general said, “Some people take delight in misrepresenting Nigeria and particularly the Nigerian Army to the international community and our fellow Nigerians. This, I believe is done for pecuniary gains.…
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has arrived Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The arrival to his GRA to his hometown is the first since the 2019 general elections where he lost his bid to return to the Senate. Bukola’s visit to the town is for the eight-year Fidau prayer for his late dad, Olushola Saraki and the silver jubilee anniversary of the coronation of the Emir of Ilorin, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari. The ex-Senate President was welcomed by a huge crowd of supporters at the Ilorin International Airport. Supporters lined up the route leading to the palace of the Emir of Ilorin.…
The Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, on Saturday, said the Nigerian Army was not happy that the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, denied inviting the military on October 20, 2020, during the #ENDSARS protest at Lekki Toll Gate The Army commander during his testimony before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the Lekki incident said inviting the military was the best decision the Lagos governor could have taken as the #EndSARS protest plunged the state into anarchy but added that the Army was also unhappy that Sanwo-Olu said…
Officers of the Nigerian Army, 81 Division have arrived at the Lagos Court of Arbitration, venue of the probe into the alleged shooting of End SARS protesters by soldiers, on October 20 at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos. Following a summon by the retired Justice Doris Okuwobi-led Judicial Panel of Inquiry, the Army had submitted the names of three Lieutenant Generals and a Lieutenant Colonel, who will testify before the panel. The Army, which vehemently denied shooting at or killing any of the protesting youths, had also told the panel that it was ready to show videos capturing its…
The naira weakened to 470 against the United States dollar in the parallel market on Friday despite the interventions of the Central Bank of Nigeria in the official window. The nation’s currency had traded at N465, N466 and N468 against the greenback on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday respectively. But it fell on Friday to its weakest level in more than a month. According to Bloomberg, the naira closed at 382.10 per dollar on the spot market, where the CBN sells limited amounts of the greenback to importers. The international news agency reported that the naira had lost all ground it…
After a week’s break, the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate on October 20 resumed sitting on Saturday. The resumption followed the return of the two youth panel members, Rinu Oduala and Temitope Majekodunmi, who abstained last week in protest against the freezing of bank accounts of #EndSARS promoters by the Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria. The retired Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel had adjourned on November 7 when its proceedings were frustrated over the inability to form quorum due to the boycott of the sitting by…