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Oct

28

2020

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#ENDSARS: Northerners In SouthEast Are Very Safe Says Ohaneze Ndigbo Youth Council

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The youth wing of Ohaneze Ndigbo under the aegis of Ohaneze Ndigbo Youth Council has condemned in strong terms the divisive and destabilizing statement credited to the National Publicity Secretary of Arewa Consultative Forum, Emmanuel Yawe, that over 30 Northerners were killed across the southeast geo-Political zone following the violent outcome of the #endSARS protest. Reacting to the statement credited to the ACF, The Igbo group in a statement signed by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, President General and Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, Secretary General said the story was false and misleading. The statement said “Information available before the Igbo Youth Leadership…

Oct

28

2020

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#EndSARS: We lost six officers, 16 burnt formations, 38 injured officers during Lagos violence – Police

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The police in Lagos State have said six officers were killed in the state in the violence that occurred during the #EndSARS protests. The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, said this at a press briefing on Tuesday while listing the loss the command has suffered. “They were gruesomely murdered during the unrest,” he said. He named the deceased officers as Yard Edward (ASP) attached to Denton Station; Olayinka Erinfolami, an inspector attached to the defunct Anti-Kidnapping Unit; Adegbenro Aderibigbe, an inspector attached to Meiran Division; Abejide Abiodun, a sergeant attached to DOPS SHQ, and two others attached to Orile Division.…

Oct

27

2020

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#ENDSARS: Our strength as a nation lies in our unity – Dr. Uche Ogah

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THE Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr Uchechukwu Ogah, has appealed to Igbo youths to shun divisive and inciting acts capable of destabilizing the nation. Ogah gave the advice while addressing the people of Abia State during a special non-partisan stakeholders’ town hall meeting in Umuahia on Monday. He said the unity in diversity is of essence to the Igbo man and if there is no peace, the Igbo man would have more to lose. He x-rayed the consequences of war including violence, hunger, homelessness among others According to him, being united as a nation is the…

Oct

26

2020

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Allow IPOB hoist flag or processions and gets sacked, Governor Wike threatens council chairmen

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Rivers state governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has charged the 23 council chairmen, and youths in the state to fish members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples Organisation of Biafra (IPOB) in the State. Governor has also warned that any council chairman that allows IPOB to hold processions and hoist its flag within their jurisdiction in Rivers State, risk sack. He made this assertion during a meeting with all the 23 Local Government chairmen, Community Development Committees and youths leaders at the Government House, in Port Harcourt on Monday. The governor described Rivers state as the most accommodating state for all…

Oct

26

2020

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#ENDSARS: Lekki shootings: Activist applies for CCTV footage

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Human rights activist, Inibehe Effiong has requested for the CCTV records of Lekki Tollgate attack from the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu, to enable him prepare and represent his clients in pursuit of their legitimate rights. According to the Sun, the activist reminded the governor that Lagosians are watching to see his response to the application, requested for “Authenticated Copies of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) records showing the attack on #EndSARS Protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos on October 20, 2020; “Certified True Copy (CTC) of the Instrument setting up the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims…

Oct

25

2020

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More Troubles For Governor Obaseki As Social Crusader Challenges His Qualification In Court

NewsGovernor Godwin Obaseki, Obaseki Certificate, Philip Shaibu

Social Crusader and President of One Love Foundation, Chief Patrick Osagie Eholor, has gone to court to challenge the imbroglio surrounding Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Neghoghase Obaseki’s university certificate. Eholor, who is popularly known as Ultimate Equals, is in court to compel the authorities of the University of Ibadan to furnish him with the necessary information regarding the admission and graduation of Governor Obaseki from the institution. The case, suit number B/20305/2020, was brought through his counsel, T. A. Akahomen Esq via an originating summons pursuant to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2011 to the High Court…

Oct

25

2020

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Gunshots as hoodlums loot ex-Speaker Dogara’s house in Jos

NewsCovid 19 palliative, Hoodlums loot, Jos, Yakubu Dogara house

Hoodlums on Sunday looted the house of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, located near Jos University Teaching Hospital. Acco to the PUNCH, the hoodlums defied the ongoing curfew imposed by the state government to also invade other buildings in search of COVID-19 palliatives. Dogara’s house was attacked about 9 am, an eyewitness told our correspondent. Policemen and other security operatives enforcing the curfew shot to disperse the rampaging youths without success. “They broke into the house of the former Speaker and attacked everyone, including Dogara’s brother, and (they) are currently moving anything they see. In…

Oct

25

2020

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#EndSARS: Timi Frank urges EFCC, ICPC to probe Governors, Agencies hoarding palliatives

NewsCovid 19 palliative, EndSARS, warehouse looting

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Sunday, urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) to probe and prosecute Governors and Government agencies hoarding COVID-19 palliatives meant for Nigerians. He also called on the President, General Muhammadu Buhari to urgently share all the money donated to the Federal Government as COVID-19 support to poor and vulnerable persons in the country. Frank who made these assertions in a statement in Abuja said that both the Federal and state governments should…

Oct

25

2020

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SERAP asks ICPC to probe ‘alleged hoarding of covid-19 palliatives in several states’

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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to “promptly, thoroughly, transparently and effectively investigate the circumstances surrounding the alleged hoarding of COVID-19 palliatives in warehouses in several states, which ought to have been distributed to the poorest and most vulnerable people during the lockdown, and to publish the outcome of any such investigation.” SERAP’s petition followed reports that some people have discovered and taken away COVID-19 palliatives stored in warehouses in several states. SERAP in the petition sent to Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, Chairman, ICPC, asked the agency to “ensure…

Oct

25

2020

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Five soldiers killed as soldiers, IPOB clash in Rivers

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About five soldiers and four members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra have been feared dead after a clash in Oyigbo and other parts of Rivers State. This brings to seven the number of IPOB members who reportedly died during the #EndSARS and police brutality protest in the state. The IPOB members were said to have engaged in a shoot-out with a joint security team comprising soldiers and police deployed to quell their activities in Oyigbo, Rumuokwurusi and other flashpoints areas. Governor Nyesom Wike in a state broadcast on Friday condemned activities of the group despite the 24-hour curfew…