An official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Idowu Olamide has been convicted by the Ogun state high court over certificate forgery. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said Idowu was convicted for forging a National Diploma certificate to secure an upgrade in his office. The convict was accused of “knowingly making…
Human rights activist, Femi Falana has again countered the police over its prohibition of #EndSARSMemorial in some states across the country. Speaking at the commemorative lecture and public presentation titled, ‘One year after Endsars, 35 years after Dele Giwa and the quest to remake Nigeria’, Falana stated that Nigerians have the right to protest with or…
The Dodo of Wawa in Niger State, Dr Mahmoud Ahmed Aliyu, has been freed by his abductors after spending 45 days in their captivity. The monarch was said to have been released at about 7:30pm on Tuesday, October 19 after the payment of N10m ransom. The traditional ruler was abducted from his palace in Wawa,…
Human Rights group, Amnesty International (AI) says one year after the #EndSARS protests no security operative has been made to face justice for the “brutal crackdown” on peaceful protesters. According to the group, eports of human rights violations by the police still continues one year after youths across the country took to the streets to…
The Osun State Police Command has warned residents of the state against holding any street protest in commemoration of the one year anniversary of ENDSARS today October 20. In a press statement released by the command’s spokesperson SP Opalola Yemisi Olawoyin, the command stated that “The intelligence that availed the police command revealed clandestine plans by some…
Northern youth leaders have suggested that the 2022 Appropriation Bill currently before the National Assembly might not work out should the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) devalue the naira. This comes after Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday, October 11, advised the apex financial body to devalue the Naira. A joint statement by Middle Belt Youth…
A student of the Taraba State University, said he found some fetish items tied around corn cobs in a farm at ATC area of Jalingo on Monday, October 11. “So they’ve started using juju in corn farms here in ATC …was just passing by soweto and I saw these” he wrote.
A 29-year-old man, Samuel Jacob, has been charged to court for allegedly biting off the finger of a policeman. The accused was on Tuesday, October 12, docked in a Badagry Magistrates’ Court for allegedly biting off the index finger of Sgt Musa Hassan. The police charged Jacob with assault and inflicting wound. The Prosecution Counsel,…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the Yorubas, Igbos and Hausas are not better off on their own and that Nigerians would fare better living together as one in spite of ethnic differences. A statement released by Laolu Akande, spokesperson of the Vice President, said Osinbajo said this when he spoke at an interactive session…
Just like our model, Oyo state governor Engr. Seyi Makinde, as a movement, we believe that the girl-child is as important as the boy-child. And it is our belief that we must tolerate no form of discrimination against either of the two sexes. And, it is based on the foregoing that we as a movement…
