The Acting Governor of Kaduna State, Dr Hadiza Balarabe has given the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into police brutality six months to conclude its work and submit its report. The acting governor, who inaugurated the commission on Monday in Kaduna, noted that the demand for accountability in policing is...
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The Police Command in Kwara State has debunked the alleged involvement of its personnel in the disruption of the #EndSARS protest, held in Ilorin on Sunday.The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, in a statement issued on Monday, described the tweet alleging that the police...
Banks in Benin, Edo on Monday shut down operations over the inability of their staff to access their duty posts. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that EndSARS protesters had as at 6:00 a.m. blocked major roads within the Benin metropolis, preventing vehicular movement. The roads are Oluko-Isihor-Ugbowo-Uselu,...
Amb. Mariam Katagum, the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment says Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the best candidate based on merit to head the World Trade Organisation as Director-General. Katagum made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja....
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated former Head of State, (Rtd) Gen. Yakubu Gowon, on the occasion of his 86th birth anniversary, describing him as a symbol of national unity. The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on Monday in Asaba, said...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on government at all levels to strengthen the health sector and ensure that COVID-19 marks a turning point for healthcare financing and healthcare services. The association’s President, Prof. Innocent Ujah, made the appeal at a news conference to mark the commencement of...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has said there are no plans to stop the distribution of petroleum products as a result of the ongoing EndSARS protests. Mr Chinedu Anyaso, Chairman of IPMAN, Enugu Depot Community disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Dr Muhammad-Bashir Yahaya, a medical practitioner, has urged the Federal Government to fulfil its commitment of allocating 15 per cent of annual budgets to health to bridge the funding gap in the psychiatric health sub-sector. Dr. Yahaya, a psychiatric health advocate, made the call in an interview with the...
Mr Bolaji Banjo, an activist in the estate, said that youths in the estate are lending their voices in the ongoing protest. Banjo said that the protest would be a peaceful one that they are not out to fight the government. He said that they are joining the protesters...
The Kaduna State University (KASU) has introduced poetry competition to enhance creativity of its undergraduate students. A notice from the Student Affairs Division of the university, being headed by Associate Prof. Terhemba Wuam, in Kaduna on Monday, said that the competition was open to all undergraduate students of the...
The Bauchi State Government has detected 2,116 ghost workers on its payroll, Gov. Bala Mohammed has said. Mohammed disclosed this in Bauchi while declaring open First Health Conference organised by the state ministry of Health. ”As a state, we are putting our house in order by blocking leakages and administrative...
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has urged youths to deploy the benefits of Media Information Literacy (MIL) skills to promote positive information that will go a long way in promoting social inclusion and national cohesion. AFRICMIL Coordinator, Dr Chido Onumah, made the call during a...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – Governors of the 36 states, under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), rose from an emergency meeting on Sunday, with a resolve to activate a Judicial Panel of Enquiry to receive all cases of police brutality by officers of the disbanded SARS...
The World Assembly of Youths (WAY) on Monday appealed to President Muhammad Buhari to restrain the military from the ongoing #EndSARS protests. The WAY Vice-President (Africa), Mr Preye Ketebu-Brown, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa. “While I urge the youth...
Arsene Wenger has brushed off Jose Mourinho’s reaction to being left out of the Frenchman’s autobiography in spite of their fiery touchline clashes over the years, saying that dealing with the Portuguese made him feel like he was in kindergarten again. Wenger’s autobiography, “My Life in Red and White”,...
Suspected criminals have hijacked the EndSARS protest and freed prison inmates at the Correctional Centre in Benin, Edo state. Some of the video clips obtained by PRNigeria, show how the suspects, mostly young men, in their large numbers invaded the Oko Prison located on Benin-Sapele road, before setting the...
A couple of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) experts have advised the Federal Government to expand access to digital technology to the rural areas. Mr Jide Awe, an ICT technologist told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos that the rural areas needed to benefit from...
Sen. Kabiru Marafa faction of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara, said it would go to Supreme Court for the interpretation of Sokoto Appeal Court Judgement on the APC congresses in the state. The State Publicity Secretary of the faction, Bello Bakyasuwa stated this at a news conference in...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The 20 newly elected Chairmen and their deputies in Saturday’s local government council elections in Bauchi State have been sworn in.NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the local government council elections in Bauchi State were last held about 12 years ago.The oaths of office and allegiance were administered...
Soldiers have blocked the scene of planned #EndSARS in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The military officers were stationed at the popular Aya roundabout early Monday morning, with a roadblock and barricade. Also, police officers are stationed in front of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) headquarters with Armoured Personnel...