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By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Oct. 25, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has again condemned hate messages and eviction notices to ethnic and religious groups as a result of the consequences of the EndSARS protests in some parts of the country. Many lives were lost, while both public and private assets, worth …

It is unfortunate that the initial genuine and well-intended protest of youths in parts of the country against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was hijacked and misdirected, President Muhammadu Buhari told former Heads of State and Presidents of Nigeria, Friday in Abuja. In a virtual meeting with the former leaders, …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Oct. 22, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the international community to always ascertain all the facts available before taking a position, rushing to judgment and making hasty pronouncements. In a nationwide broadcast on Thursday in Abuja, the president said the call had become imperative in …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, Oct. 22, 2020 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has condoled with victims of shootings which occurred in Lekki, Lagos. The Vice President also expressed grief over loss lives in Lagos and other parts of the country as a result of the #ENDSARS protests. #EndSARS protesters at Lekki …

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has condemned “in the strongest possible terms,” attacks by the Nigerian military on the unarmed, peaceful #EndSARS protesters in Nigeria. The mostly youthful protesters have been rallying against police brutality in the last 12 days and …

By Harrison Arubu United Nations, Oct. 21, 2020 Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has reiterated the UN’s call for maximum restraint in security forces’ response to the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. “The UN and I are following the protests in Nigeria calling for an end to human rights violations. “I join …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned “reports that security agents are shooting at #EndSARS peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll gate, Lagos. This must stop immediately.” SERAP said: “Under the Nigerian constitution, 1999 [as amended] and human rights treaties to which Nigeria is a state party, the authorities …

By Yemi Adeleye Lagos, Oct. 18, 2020 The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently enter into constructive dialogue with #ENDSARS protesters. Adams, in a statement by his Media Assistant, Mr Kehinde Aderemi, made this appeal in a letter to the President on …

By Fortune Abang Abuja, Oct. 17, 2020 The Nigeria Union of Traders Association in Ghana (NUTAG), has carried out a peaceful protest over Ghanaian authorities’ refusal to open shops owned by Nigerians in that country. The President of NUTAG, Mr Chukwuemeka Nnaji, who led the protest, told the News Agency …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday, visited the widow of Mr. Ikechukwu Iloamuazor, the man hit by stray bullet during last Monday’s demonstration by youths in Surulere for the dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The protest ended bloody when the police attempted to disperse some of …

More Nigerians have commended Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu for personally going to the residence of Ikechukwu Iloamuazor, who was allegedly killed by Police men during the #ENDSARS protests in Lagos. Gov. Sanwo-Olu had earlier exposed the police officers who allegedly shot and killed the 55 year old Ikechukwu Iloamauzor, …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Oct. 16, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed doors with the immediate past President of the 74th Session of the United Nations General (UNGA74) 2019-2020, Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The agenda between the president and  Muhammad-Bande, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Oct. 15, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed delight that the Mali situation had calmed down considerably, following interventions by leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja, …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Oct. 14, 2020 The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a National Policy on Virtual Engagements in Federal Public Institutions, in line with the culture of “the New Normal” lifestyle occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, made this …

  President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja called for a stronger sense of commitment to the governing party, All Progressives Congress (APC), that will translate into electoral victories in polls, admonishing that “unless we work together, we will suffer for nothing.’’ The President gave the advice to APC party leaders …

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja assured Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance and Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, that the country will explore every opportunity and deploy its entire energy to ensure that she becomes the Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO). Dr Okonjo-Iweala is one of two candidates contesting the …

New York, Oct. 12, 2020 Hundreds of young anti-SARS protesters on Sunday stormed the Nigeria House in New York demanding transparency in the disbandment of the police unit back home. Among them was Stephen “Papi” Ojo, the artist, model and choreographer who stole the show as the ‘blue-guy’ in Beyoncé’s …

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has described his reelection as the reward for hard work, dedication, focus, honesty and patriotism. President Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and many others have, since the declaration of Akeredolu as Governor-elect, been sending in their …

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has said that the Church is about to enter a new phase and that the COVID-19 pandemic is the signal for the new move.   Pastor Adeboye said this at the closing session of the 2020 …

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Kaduna expressed full confidence in the ability of the Nigerian Army to protect the territorial integrity of the nation, particularly in the ongoing war against terrorism, banditry and kidnapping, assuring that the Federal Government will increase manpower and improve training to meet the changing dynamics …

President Muhammadu Buhari has met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu in the State House on Friday, October 9, 2020 regarding the concerns of Nigerians about the excesses of some Police officers. President Buhari tweeted that he had given the IGP marching orders to …

The former of Anambra State and Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, Mr Peter Obi, has inaugurated five billion Naira development fund to address infrastructure challenges in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Obi, an alumnus of the university of the class of 1984, inaugurated …

By Naomi Sharang Abuja, Oct. 8, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Second Niger Bridge has attained 46 per cent completion status. He made this known on Thursday at the presentation of the 2021 budget estimate of N13.08 trillion before a joint session of the National Assembly. Buhari, …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that borrowing progressive economic ideas from China will be more beneficial to Nigeria than taking public loans to pump into the economy. Obi, who made this remark at the 60th Founder’s Day …