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The Lagos State Government has ordered the closure of public and private schools in the state indefinitely.   This was announced in a press statement on Monday by Kayode Abayomi, the state’s Head of Public Affairs, Ministry of Education.   The statement quoted the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, as saying that the schools […]

For the 12th day running on Sunday, youths protesting police brutality especially by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), continued their activities across the country, The Nation newspaper reported.   Hundreds of them gathered at Alausa and Lekki in Lagos from the morning.   As at 11pm, the crowd of protesters at Lekki was huge – […]

The Edo State Government on Monday declared a 24-hour curfew across the state till further notice.   This was declared in a statement issued by Osarodion Ogie, the Secretary to the State government.   The curfew is to take effect from 4pm, October 19, 2020, Ogie said.   “This decision has become necessary because of […]

Nigerian youths who have been campaigning for a total overhaul of the Nigeria Police Force have launched an online radio, Soro Soke.   The online  station is reachable at  , https://s4.radio.co/s99d55c85b/listen   On Monday, the station was broadcasting updates on the protest and giving live reports of missing and found #EndSARS protesters . One of such […]

The Nigerian government has once against been warned to desist from its clandestine plan to use soldiers to disperse the ongoing #EndSARS protest against police brutality in the country.   This time, the warning came from the Alliance for Survival of COVID-19 and Beyond, a grouping of labour and civil society organisations led by radical […]

The disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad is a threat to northern Nigeria, the Northern Elders Forum has said.   In a statement signed by NEF spokesman, Hakeem Baba-Ahmad, the group noted the virtual non-existence” of security agencies to protect lives and properties of some communities in the Northern part of the country.   The […]

Anonymous, an online network known for launching cyberattacks against government institutions, said  it has hacked the websites of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent National Electoral Commission.   The group declared in  Tweet that “Official website of @officialEFCC has been taken down in support of #EndSARSProtest. CHECK HOST : https://check-host.net/check-report/df89d3bk838 TARGET : […]

The issue of resource control reverberated on Thursday, as the Federal Government reminded the state governments that they cannot not control the solid mineral deposits located in their domains.   This message was delivered by Olamilekan Adegbite, Minister of Mines and Steel Development, at an enlightenment meeting with state commissioners for justice, minerals and environment […]

National Broadcasting Commission, regulator of the industry in Nigeria, says its official twitter handle of (NBC) has been hacked and allegedly taken over by decentralized international ‘hacktivist’ group known as “Anonymous”.   After the take-over, the group announced its name and plan: “We #Anonymous are out to expose government’s secrets & dirty files.   The […]

Nigerians have been barred from participating in the United States Diversity visa (DV) lottery in 2022 because over 50,000 Nigerians have immigrated to the US in the last five years. A statement published by the US State Department on its website yesterday, stated categorically that Nigerians are not eligible for the 2022 visa lottery which […]

Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election will hold on February 18, 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed.   Prof Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Commission (INEC), announced this on Thursday.   Yakubu announced this in a goodwill message at the inauguration of the special ad hoc committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution, […]

Former Senator Shehu Sani a social critic, has has warned the Nigerian Army to desist from intervening in the ongoing #ENDSARS protest.   Rather intervene in the protests, Sani advised the army to keep its officers and men busy by deploying them to the forests and bushes to fight  Boko Haram terrorists and other bandits […]