Civil Society and Community Based Organizations in Kano State have at the weekend called on Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to set up a Judicial panel of inquiry into the alleged Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, or Police brutality in the state.
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The Judicial Panel of Inquiry recently set up to look into police brutality in Lagos and related matters, on Saturday suspended its sitting following the withdrawal of two youth representatives from the panel.
A new report by two United Nations agencies warned Friday of a heightened risk of famine in three conflict-torn African states and Yemen, and a high hunger risk in 16 more.
The Delta state Commissioner for Health, Dr Mordi Ononye, has said tests conducted to ascertain the cause of strange deaths recorded in Ute-Okpu and Idumesa communities in Ika North East Local Government Area of the state came back positive for yellow fever infection.
The sitting of the Lagos State Panel of Judicial Inquiry probing the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate on the night of October 20 was frustrated on Saturday due to the absence of a youth member of the panel, Oluwarinu Oduala.
No fewer than 16 women market leaders and other passengers have been abducted along Akure/Owo highway in Ondo state by gunmen. However, 10 of the victims have been rescued while four of the kidnappers have been arrested by the police. Newsmen gathered that the Iyaloja of Isua Akoko in Akoko North East council area of the state, Chief Mrs Helen Edward and other women leaders were amongst the victims. They were reportedly heading to Akure, the state capital for the monthly meeting of Iyalaje, Iyalojas and women leaders when they were abducted between Ogbese and Uso. Sources said that the…
English football club Southampton have gone top of the Premier League for the first time ever. Perhaps in a bid to celebrate it, they decided to take aim at US President Donald Trump.
As part of its preparation to resist protests in Lagos State, the Lagos police command said it has ordered the withdrawal of police officers and special protection from individuals.
President Muhammadu Buhari has emphasized the imperative of support of traditional rulers in the administration’s determination to address the demands of the country’s youths.
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has apologised to the Ekiti State government over the delay in the release of the 2020 results of public schools.
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday, visited his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to sympathize with him over the recent loss of lives and properties in Nigeria’s economic capital.
Electronic voting may be introduced during the 2021 governorship election in Anambra State, according to INEC.
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As a way of boosting the morale of police officers across the country in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests, the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, Wednesday said all officers and men who lost their lives and those injured would be posthumously promoted to the next rank.
Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi has revealed an important detail regarding the new SWAT team.
The Grammy Awards has announced that the Grammy Award for “Best World Music Album” has been renamed.
Students of Ogun State Institute of Technology (OGITECH), Igbesa, have shut down the institution over the death of a student in the institution’s clinic.
Two alleged bigwigs of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) have been arrested by security operatives.
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said the total public debts of Nigeria would hit N38trn by December 2021.
Security agencies are frantically searching for 50 AK-47 rifles allegedly carted away by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Oyigbo Local Government area of Rivers State.
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the shootings of #EndSARS protesters in Lekki toll gate by soldiers on October 20, 2020 have rejected the request by the Lekki Concession Company to “take back possession” of the tollgate.
