President Buhari has announced that over 1million youths have registered for the Youth Investment Fund programme which opened on October 12, 2020. Speaking at the maiden maiden National Youth Day celebration observed on November 1 and coinciding with the African Youth Day celebration, President Buhari urged youths to end their street protests and work with the government to find…
The President of the Nigeria Bar Association NBA, Olumide Akpata, has said the arrest and detainment of suspected looters or curfew defaulters without their arraignment in court within the stipulated time by law, shows that the police hierarchy is yet to get the message of the recent #EndSARS protests or is an indication that they…
Two terror attacks have hit France, the first at the Notre Dame basilica in Nice and the second in Avignon. The first picture has now emerged of one of the three Christians killed in a church in Nice during an Islamist terror attack today, October 29. Vincent Loques (pictured above), 45, a sacristan of the Notre Dame basilica…
The FCT police command says returning goods looted from warehouses storing COVID-19 palliatives and other items may not shield a looter from being prosecuted. The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Bala Ciroma, disclosed this when he appeared on NTA on Wednesday October 28. Private and Public warehouses were looted by hoodlums on Monday and Tuesday in the…
The Federal Executive Council has approved N2.9 billion contracts for the printing of sensitive and non-sensitive examination materials. The approval was granted at the council’s meeting presided over by President Buhari on Wednesday October 28. Speaking with state house correspondents after the meeting, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said the printing contracts were awarded to a group…
Human rights group, Amnesty International has asked the Federal Government to ensure that all persons involved in the October 20 shooting of EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate are brought to justice. In its latest report published on Wednesday October 28, by its country director Osai Ojigho, the rights group said it is still investigating the shooting…
The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 29 as a public holiday to mark this year’s Eidul-Mawlid celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. In a statement released today October 27, the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, congratulated Muslim faithfuls both at home and abroad for witnessing this year’s occasion. He enjoined them…
The Nigeria Police Force and soldiers have arrested a number of people for vandalising and attempting to loot properties of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Some of the items that were carted away included mattresses, stationeries, boots and uniforms of potential corps members. Speaking at the NYSC Camp, Kubwa in the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday,…
The Plateau state government has relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on Jos South and Jos North Local Government Areas. Governor Simon Lalong reportedly took the decision following an assessment of the security situation in Jos the Plateau State capital and the subsequent recommendation of the state security council. The new curfew allows movement between 6am and 12 midnight.…
The Bauchi State Government has set up a Judicial Panel of Inquiry to investigate human rights abuses and police brutality in the state. The announcement was made in a statement issued on Tuesday October 27 by the Senior Special Assistant Media to the Governor, Mukhtar Gidado. He said the panel was created following the protest by youth across…