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#EndSARS Protests: Gov. Ugwuanyi Appeals to Police Officers to Return to Duty Posts

4Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

#EndSARS Protests: Gov. Ugwuanyi Appeals to Police Officers to Return to Duty Posts

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Wednesday, passionately appealed to men and officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to fully renew their ultimate commitment towards the provision of security of lives and property by returning to their duty posts across the state. Gov. Ugwuanyi made the appeal when he visited the Senior Police Officers Mess, Agbani Road, Enugu, to address and commiserate with the members of the Enugu State Police Command, over loss of lives of private citizens and security personnel, grievous bodily injuries as well as destruction of private and public properties including security infrastructure. The governor who described the mayhem unleashed by miscreants and hoodlums that hijacked the hitherto peaceful #EndSARS protests as “an unusual and challengi...

#EndSARS Looting: WAEC Relocates Calabar Office to Uyo

4Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

#EndSARS Looting: WAEC Relocates Calabar Office to Uyo

Following the vandalisation and looting of its office on October 24 as a fallout of the nationwide #EndSARS protest, the West African Examination Council, WAEC, has announced the relocation of its branch office in Calabar, Cross River state, to Uyo, Akwa Ibom state. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the acting head of Corporate Affairs of WAEC, Demianus Ojijeogu, the office relocation is “temporary”. “The relocation, which is an interim measure, is to enable the Council to carry out its operations and render services to Nigerian child and other stakeholders. “We wish to assure all our stakeholders and the general public that normal operations would resume in Calabar branch office once the status quo ante is restored,” the statement said. WAEC in the statement further apologis...

Judicial Panel Turns Down LCC’s Request to Assume Control of Lekki Tollgate

3Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Judicial Panel Turns Down LCC’s Request to Assume Control of Lekki Tollgate

The Judicial Panel of Inquiry setup to unravel the incidence that took place at Lekki toll gate area of Lagos State on October 20, 2020 has refused the request by operators of the tollgate, Lekki Concession Company (LCC), to resume activities at the tollgate. In a brief ruling on Tuesday, retired Justice Doris Okuwobi, Chairman of the panel, said the tollgate plaza would remain shut down. According to the judge, the panel might need to pay subsequent visits to the tollgate plaza after watching the video footage obtained from a surveillance camera turned in by the LCC on Tuesday. The decision followed the plea by Rotimi Seriki, counsel for LCC, for the company to take possession of the tollgate plaza to enable an evaluation of the level of damage done to the facility for the purpos...

3Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Lagos News, Law Enforcement, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Violence

#EndSARS: IGP Visits Sanwo-Olu

The Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, on Tuesday, visited Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the State House in Marina. Adamu during the visit lamented the degree of the damage caused by hoodlums who hijacked the #EndSARS protests against police brutality last month. Briefing reporters, the IGP said he was in the state for an assessment of the police assets vandalised after the protest and to commiserate with residents. According to the government, six police officers were lynched in Lagos, 36 critically injured, while 46 police stations were torched. In a statement titled, ‘Sanwo-Olu Receives Police IG Over Coordinated Arson In Lagos’, the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, said his principal commiserated with the police chief over the mob ...

#EndSARS: ‘We Had Option to Shutdown Social Media’ – Minister Says as He Advocates Cyberspace Regulation

2Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Youths

#EndSARS: ‘We Had Option to Shutdown Social Media’ – Minister Says as He Advocates Cyberspace Regulation

Sunday Dare, Minister of Youth and Sports Development said that even though the Federal Government had the option to shut down the social media space to quell the #EndSARS protests that took place last month, it chose to allow the freedom of expression. The minister who disclosed this while featuring on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme said there was need to ensure control of the cyberspace. Dare said other nations had undertaken measures to assert some level of limitation over the social media space but Nigeria remained an exception. The minister while admitting that the social media have enormous benefits, said that as a country, we must start to think of how to curtail fake news. There must be some level of responsibility and some level of punishment to those that...

Governors Didn’t Hoard COVID-19 Palliatives – Akeredolu

1Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Cost of Living, Covid-19, Nigeria

Governors Didn’t Hoard COVID-19 Palliatives – Akeredolu

The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, on Sunday,explained that his colleagues did not deliberately hoard palliatives made for their states. Akeredolu, who is also the Chairman of South-West Governors’ Forum, said the insistence on official flag-off ceremony by the Coalition Against COVID-19 before the distribution was largely responsible for the delay in distributing the items to the people of the states. The governor stated this while speaking at the church service marking the 3rd anniversary of enthronement of the Bishop of Owo Diocese, the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Dr. Stephen Fagbemi, held at the All Saints Church Idasen Owo, Ondo State. He said, “Those states where the palliatives were warehoused, were also waiting for the donation of the remaining items ...

Lekki Tollgate Shooting: Why We Won’t Disclose Identity of Soldiers Deployed – Army

1Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

Lekki Tollgate Shooting: Why We Won’t Disclose Identity of Soldiers Deployed – Army

The Nigerian Army has said that it will reveal the identities of its personnel who were deployed in Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2020. This was disclosed by acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations and 81 Division’s spokesperson, Major Osoba Olaniyi. Amnesty international and other groups have claimed varied number of casualties resulting from the Lekki toll gate area shooting though the Lagos State government claim only one person was killed. The admission followed an earlier statement that no life was lost in the shooting. The Nigerian army had initially denied involvement in the shootings through a series of tweets. However, the army later stated that its personnel were the ones who carried out the operation, noting that the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State ...

What Happened at the Lekki Toll that Night – Accounts from Eye Witnesses and Investigations (Videos)

31Oct

By adminNo Comments

Crime, Human Rights, Justice, Law Enforcement, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Violence

What Happened at the Lekki Toll that Night – Accounts from Eye Witnesses and Investigations (Videos)

What happened at the Lekki Toll Gate on the night of 20th October 2020? There have been tales and counter tales from the protesters, the government and the military. Questions are being asked and no answers are being provided. Rather it appears that the government is trying hard to spin a narrative that exonerates the government and the armed forces. This is an investigative post written by Premium Times investigative reporters. ***********THIS IS AN INVESTIGATIVE PIECE PUBLISHED BY PREMIUM TIMES*********** At about 6:45 p.m. on October 20, men in military uniform arrived at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos in three Toyota Hilux vans and almost immediately began shooting into a crowd of peaceful protesters gathered there waving the Nigerian green-and-white flag and reciting the nation...

Challenge us to Sit up, Stop Giving us Awards, Wike Charges Journalists

31Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Challenge us to Sit up, Stop Giving us Awards, Wike Charges Journalists

Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has charged journalist to demand accountability from government office holders, rather than reward them with awards on the basis of relationship. He disclosed this in Port Harcourt, Rivers capital on Friday when he received the national leadership of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) who paid him a curtesy visit at the government house. Kelvin Ebiri, special assistant to the governor on media, in a communique quoted Wike to have said there was need for journalists to intensify efforts as the strong voice and conscience of the society, The Cable reports. He said, “What I have seen of you is that you praise us and give us award because of friendship. That’s not the way it should be. Challenge us — the people in authority — and we will si...

Return to Duty Post or Risk Dismissal, PSC Warns Policemen Reluctant to Return to Post

31Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria, Security

Return to Duty Post or Risk Dismissal, PSC Warns Policemen Reluctant to Return to Post

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has sounded a note of warning to some officers of the force who are reluctant to return to their duty posts following the violence which erupted during the aftermath of the #EndSARS protest resulting in the killing of over 22 officers. The PSC while urging the officers to put the killing behind them, stated that Public Service Rules which also applies to officers of the Nigeria Police Force, stipulates dismissal for any officer that absconds from duty. The Police hierarchy reiterated that officers of the force should be protected at all times as fellow human beings, hence did not deserve to be killed. It however, added that the attack by thugs should not serve as justification to shy away from their responsibility. Mr. Ikechukwu Ani, PSC spokesp...