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A truck carrying about 50,000 litres of petrol and travelling from Lagos, was razed by fire on Saturday in front of Ogun State Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.   The tanker was travelling from Ijora, in Lagos State via Adatan, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.    Most of the petroleum products consumed in Nigeria is […]

A school teacher, Ndubuisi Obiechina, on Saturday narrated to the  Lagos State Panel of Judicial Inquiry into complaints of human rights violations by men of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad how she was arrested in 2017 on a trumped-up  accusation of being a thief and a kidnapper and tortured by SARS men till she lost […]

It is certainly incongruous and unacceptable in a country ravaged by ethnic tensions, corruption and impunity for President Muhammadu Buhari to be acting as if he is above the law and running a one-man show. It is indeed disheartening that Mr. President has continued to give Nigerians reasons to cast his administration in the mold […]

President of the European Council, Mr Charles Michel, has reiterated Europe’s support for the bid of Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to become the next Director-General of the World Trade Organisation.   This was disclosed on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, […]

Desmond Elliot the member representing Surulere Constituency in Lagos State House of Assembly, has apologized profusely to Nigerians for calling the Youths ‘children’. The Nollywood actor came under severe criticism after his claim that youths under the guise of ENDSARS protests caused havoc and perpetrated evil in the society.   He said this in Plenary […]

  Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State, alleged that the proscribed  Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), acting under the guise of the #EndSARS protest, killed six soldiers and four policemen in the state.   A statement signed by his Special Assistant, Media, Kelvin Ebiri, said that Wike spoke on Friday when the Nigerian Guild of […]

…says police also have human rights to protect   Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has asked the police men and women to be ready to protect themselves against attacks. He stressed that men and officers of the Police force have the right to defend themselves when their lives are threatened.   Adamu made the […]

The Nigeria Police Force last at least  22 of its personnel during the #ENDSARS protests the Force Headquarters in Abuja has disclosed.   Several other officers and men sustained life-threatening injuries while as many aa 205 police stations and formations were also burnt, Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba,a Deputy Commissioner of Police, said in […]

…asks motorists to ensure  roadworthiness of vehicles   President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, expressed sadness over a vehicle accident that claimed lives, including those of pupils of Presentation Nursery and Primary School in Mgbowu, Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State.   Buhari’s condolence message was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that  Nigeria’s economy is too fragile for fresh COVID-19 lockdown.   The President, therefore, urged Nigerians to obey all protocols recommended by health authorities to curtail the spread of the lethal coronavirus.   Buhari, who stated this on Thursday via his verified Twitter handle, said compliance with COVID-19 protocols by […]

The Federal Government has restated its commitment to ensuring that Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala emerges as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation.   The Ministry of Foreign Affairs made this known in a press statement on Thursday titled “titled, ‘Update on Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s aspiration to lead the World Trade Organisation’.   The statement was signed […]

Nigeria’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, could still  emerge the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation, despite America’s opposition to her candidacy.   Efforts by the WTO’s to select a new DG by consensus failed on Wednesday after the United States vetoed the process.   This setback came after Okonjo-Iweala  received a key endorsement […]