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Four persons have been arrested by the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun, over the burning of its operational vehicle and motorcycles at Sanusi Village, Owo, on Thursday. Adetunji Adeleye, the Commander of Amotekun Corps in the state, said on Saturday that the suspects were also linked with the killing of a […]

In response to the fast deteriorating insecurity in the country, the government has finalized plans to engage state governors, royal fathers, religious leaders, civil society organizations and other stakeholders on the way out. According to the arrangement, the National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) will lead a delegation of heads of federal law […]

  The presence of heavily armed policemen was not enough to deter planners of the #OccupyLekkiTollGate on Saturday. And as they arrived, they were promptly arrested by policemen who had kept vigil at the toll plaza. Those arrested so far include a popular activist and comedian, Debo Adebayo, also known as Mr. Macaroni.   Those […]

Killer herdsmen have been on a rampage in parts of Nigeria’s western region, killing farmers and setting ablaze operational vehicles of the region’s security network agency. Their attacks have also led to the closure of schools in Ogun State. In Sanusi Village in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, the herdsmen killed at […]

The Lagos State Government and the state Police Command on Thursday warned against the planned protest tagged #OccupyLagosLekkiTollGate. The state government and police authorities gave the warning at a joint press conference by the Commissioner for Justice/Attorney General of Lagos, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, and the Commissioner of Police, […]

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has given details of how his property was invaded by herders and “mad cows,” and contradicted an earlier report by the police on the incident. Soyinka spoke in a statement released from his Kemta Housing Estate, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday, titled: “Mad Cows and Even Madder narratives,” cautioned the […]

The recent announcement by the Federal government that it has commenced the process of disposing final forfeited assets currently situated in 25 locations across the country is a reminder, once again, that Nigeria remains a reference point in corruption by depraved leaders, who engaged in willful despoliation of the national patrimony. But the opaque circumstances […]

The Nigerian Senate on Thursday asked its Committees on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, ICT and Cybercrimes and Capital Market to invite the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele to brief it on the recent ban on cryptocurrency in the country. It also invited the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange […]

Those behind the planned #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest have vowed to go ahead with the event, despite the government’s threat to crush the plan. The protest is scheduled to hold on February 13, 2021, at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos. The organisers of the planned protest at the Lekki tollgate have added the ban on cryptocurrency accounts […]