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IPOB: Wike Declares Manhunt for Stanley Mgbere, Places N50m Bounty
24Oct By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Crime, News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

IPOB: Wike Declares Manhunt for Stanley Mgbere, Places N50m Bounty

Governor Nyeson Wike of Rivers State has placed a N50 million bounty on a leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) identified as Stanley Mgbere. The governor reiterated its ban on the activities of the IPOB across the state in conformity with the proscription of the group by the Muhammadu Buhari led federal government. This was disclosed during a state broadcast on Friday by governor Wike who noted that Mgbere led members of the IPOB to perpetrate destruction of lives and property in Oyigbo Local Government of the state. He said, “Security agencies are hereby directed to stop any form of procession or agitation by IPOB in Rivers State or any part thereof and arrest and prosecute any person or group that identifies with the membership or activities of IPOB in the State; Governm...
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Lagos Will Not Be Destroyed Under my Watch, Sanwo-Olu says as he Sues for Calm
24Oct By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Infrastructure, Justice, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Security, Violence

Lagos Will Not Be Destroyed Under my Watch, Sanwo-Olu says as he Sues for Calm

Governor Babjide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has decried the extent of damage done to public and private properties as thugs masquerading under the #EndSARS movement took to the streets wrecking several government infrastructures and looting private businesses across the state. The governor after a tour of the destroyed facilities across the state with members of his cabinet called for peace as further destruction won’t be tolerated. This was contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Gbeyega Akosile, titled ‘Sanwo-Olu preaches peace as he inspects Govt, private assets destroyed in Wednesday coordinated attacks’. Sanwo-Olu urged those inciting people on social media to refrain from such acts as they were capable of sabotaging the current normalcy which has returned to the...
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Ondo State Governor Lifts 24-Hour Curfew, Calls for Peace
24Oct By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Security, Youths

Ondo State Governor Lifts 24-Hour Curfew, Calls for Peace

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has announced the suspension of the 24-hour curfew initially imposed following unrest occasioned by hijack of the #EndSARS movement by hoodlums in the state. Irate thugs had taken over the movement against police brutality and extrajudicial killings by operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The hoodlums attacked several public infrastructure and looted private businesses. The governor said the decision to lift the curfew was informed by relative peace which has returned to the state, especially the state capital, Akure. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo. He said, “The decision to lift the curfew follows consultations between the Gover...
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Sanwo-Olu Releases Names of Police Officers Under Prosecution for Right Violation
23Oct By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Human Rights, Judiciary, Justice, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Sanwo-Olu Releases Names of Police Officers Under Prosecution for Right Violation

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has released a list of police officers being prosecuted for violation of human rights in the state. Sanwo-Olu who disclosed this in a post on his verified Twitter handle on Friday expressed optimism that the time is right to rebuild the state. The development comes at a time when thousands of youths across Nigeria had taken to the streets to demand for an end to police brutality and extrajudicial killings perpetrated by the operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Lagos state has been rocked by demonstrations protesting Police brutality and the shooting of peaceful protesters at the Lekki toll gate area by security operatives on Tuesday. Sanwo-Olu said, “Today seems like a good day to get on to the work of rebuild...
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Nigerians Passionately Hate Nigeria – Femi Adesina
23Oct By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
News, Nigeria

Nigerians Passionately Hate Nigeria – Femi Adesina

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the #EndSARS movement was informed by the hatred of the country by “some of those who live in it”. Adesina who disclosed this on Thursday in a statement he publishes weekly titled, “From the Inside…Fridays with Femi-Adesina” said that the hatred had always been so. The presidential aide said that the protest which began as a genuine agitation against police brutality and excessive use of force by operatives of the Nigerian police was hijacked by individuals with political interest. Adesina said, “How can what began as peaceful protests suddenly turn to incipient anarchy as seen in killings, torching of public buildings and properties, storming of the Bastille and wanton release of hard...
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If Nigeria Dies, Hatred Killed Her – Femi Adesina
23Oct By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
News, Nigeria

If Nigeria Dies, Hatred Killed Her – Femi Adesina

What a week it has been for our own dear native land! Just at the beginning of the month, as the country turned 60 as an independent entity, President Muhammadu Buhari had charged us to “begin sincere process of national healing, eliminate old and outworn perceptions that are always put to test in the lie they are.” What began about a fortnight ago as “genuine concerns and agitations” by Nigerian youths against the excesses of the Special Anti-robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police (SARS), has suddenly transmogrified into expressions of hate against the land, leading to murder, mayhem and arson. My sympathy and condolence to family and loved ones of the dead, irrespective of how they came to their unfortunate ends. How can what began as peaceful protests suddenly turn to incipient anarc...
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#EndSARS: Full Text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Address to the Nation
23Oct By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

#EndSARS: Full Text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Address to the Nation

Fellow Nigerians, it has become necessary for me to address you having heard from many concerned Nigerians and having concluded a meeting with all the Security Chiefs. I must warn those who have hijacked and misdirected the initial, genuine and well-intended protest of some of our youths in parts of the country, against the excesses of some members of the now disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). On Monday 12th October, I acknowledged the genuine concerns and agitations of members of the public regarding the excessive use of force by some members of SARS. The choice to demonstrate peacefully is a fundamental right of citizens as enshrined in Section 40 of our Constitution and other enactments; but this right to protest also imposes on the demonstrators the responsibility to...
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Ebonyi State Government Imposes Curfew as Violence Erupts
22Oct By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Crime, News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

Ebonyi State Government Imposes Curfew as Violence Erupts

Ebonyi State governor, David Nweze Umahi has declared 24-hour curfew in the state to mitigate the spate of violence in the state. The curfew comes after thugs on Wednesday set ablaze two police stations in Abakaliki. Irate youths burnt the Kpiripiri and Ekeaba Police Stations after setting free cell inmates. African News Today gathered that the youths blocked major roads in the state leading to traffic and restriction of movement. Umahi in a broadcast said the perpetrators of the violent acts were not from the state, adding that several security agents have been injured by the rampaging youths. He said, “These hoodlums and cultists are not Ebonyians but they came from outside because they do not wish us well.” “Security agencies in our state have sustained injuries from the ...
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#ENDSARS: Thugs Attack Ondo APC secretariat
21Oct By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Breaking News, Human Rights, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Violence, Youths

#ENDSARS: Thugs Attack Ondo APC secretariat

The secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akure has been attacked by hoodlums despite the curfew imposed by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The party Spokesman for the party, Alex Kalejaiye, who confirmed the attack said the protest was no longer the demand to end SARS but a political orchestrated by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Details Shortly…
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