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Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Governor of Sokoto state, has said the #EndSARS protest is proof that Nigerians were ready to start pushing back to demand transparency and accountability from government as he stated on Thursday. Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal He said, “In our country today, we are faced with banditry, rape cases, corruption, mismanagement of funds, nepotism, insurgency, and so many issues that threaten the unity of this country. “Posterity will not fail to judge us all for our actions and inactions if we do not speak; it is we the people that will change Nigeria. “The recent #EndSARS protests that rocked across the country and even beyond is a wake-up call to our leaders. The fact that they have pushed us so much to the wall shows that Nigerians are ready to start pushing back.” He added that the people must be included in the budget making process, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. “We must adopt the participatory approach to budget making; before the budg

Nigerians have exposed how Mojisola Alli-Macaulay, member representing Amuwo-Odofin 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, used COVID-19 palliatives as birthday gifts after  saying Nigerian Youths “are high on drugs all the time” Honourable Mojisola Alli-Macaulay using looted  CACOVID palliatives as souveniers during her birthday some days ago Nigerian politicians, who hijacked the distribution of palliatives to Nigerians during the lockdown, diverted it for personal use and distribution to their cronies and party members. Speaking at the floor of the Assembly, Alli-Macaulay said most of the youth are high on drugs and that is part of the problem that led to the destruction and vandalisation of properties in the state. “It is unemployment that should be the bane or the reason why youths should misbehave, there are unemployment in so many countries of the world, even in the United States. “Even if as graduates, what stops you from becoming a designer or a professional tiler and make a

The Nigerian Government has declared Thursday, October 29, 2020, as a public holiday across the country.The holiday is to mark this year's Eid-El-Maulud in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the announcement on Tuesday in a statement by Mohammed Manga, Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry. Aregbesola enjoined Muslim faithful to imbibe the spirit of love, patience and perseverance during the period, calling on Nigerians to reject violence, lawlessness, adding that doing so would guarantee peace and security in the country.

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has said the people of the state have nothing to fear regarding the recent vandalization of warehouse and looting of items in some parts of the country. Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, [ IMAGE COPYRIGHT: Channels ] Speaking on Tuesday at the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization in Lafia, the governor said there is no item stored in any warehouse in the state. Governor Sule explained that despite a head up from the donors of the palliatives, the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) on a possible second lock down, the state went ahead with the distribution. “Today in Nasarawa, we are gathered, we are not afraid of any warehouse that is going to be broken because we don’t have anything kept in any warehouse, we distributed these items as they came,” he said. “The reason why we did that was because we wanted to be very transparent with people, we wanted them to understand these items were meant for them. “Though we were asked at on

The Manchester United star was alleged to have made the decision following bad remarks about Islam on Friday from his country’s leader Emmanuel Macron, Middle  Eastern news sources made the claims. Paul Pogba won the 2018 World Cup with France However, neither the 27-year-old, nor the French Football Association, ever commented on the speculation. The reports came in  the wake of the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, 47, who was attacked on his way home from the junior high school where he taught in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, 40km northwest of Paris. Mr Paty was awarded the French Legion d'honneur, the highest decoration bestowed by the French state, in recognition of the fact that he died for trying to explain the importance of freedom of speech. President Emmanuel Macron described the murder as an ‘Islamic terrorist attack’ that took the life of the French teacher. He later added: “Unity and firmness are the only answers to the monstrosity of Islamist terrorism.” Teacher Samuel Pa

The soldiers had on Tuesday night opened fire on the protesters, killing and injuring many of them.The army personnel also prevented ambulances from accessing the scene to evacuate those injured to the hospital after opening fire on them. Nigerian Army aiming & shooting at peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate on Tuesday night Contrary to the denial by the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu, that he knew nothing about the killing and maiming of peaceful EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate area of the state by personnel of the Nigerian Army, soldiers involved in the operation have now confirmed that they were actually drafted in for the mission on the request of the governor. The soldiers also seized and carried away eight corpses of protesters killed at the scene. The incident triggered widespread violence across Lagos and other parts of the country, leading to the destruction of public properties. Shortly after the governor declared a round-the-clock curfew in the

A report published by the Digital Forensic Research Lab on Thursday noted that open-source evidence of shootings by the Nigerian Army killing protesters at Lekki Toll Gate contradicted these denials. Satellite imagery of the Lekki Toll Plaza from Google Maps. @jean_leroux/DFRLab via Google Map s Forensic analysis of videos showing the killing of protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate area of Lagos by soldiers on Tuesday as authentic in spite the Nigerian Army’s classification of the reports as fake and the Defence Headquarters’ claim that the footages were doctored. According to HumAngle, a report published by the Digital Forensic Research Lab on Thursday noted that open-source evidence contradicted these denials.  “Several videos corroborate the location and presence of Nigerian soldiers at the Lekki Toll Plaza, a major toll highway toll concession in the South of Lagos,” said Jean Le Roux, the lab’s Research Associate for Southern Africa.  “Video footage posted on Twitter place Nigerian s

Nigeria’s president announced 51 civilians were killed in unrest following days of peaceful protests over police abuses and blamed “hooliganism” for the violence while asserting security forces used “extreme restraint”. People demonstrate on the street to protest against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria,  President Muhammadu Buhari’s comments in a statement released late Friday are expected to further inflame tensions after Amnesty International reported soldiers shot and killed at least 12 demonstrators Tuesday night as a large crowd sang the national anthem. Buhari also said 11 policemen and seven soldiers had been killed by “rioters” as of Thursday, and “the mayhem has not stopped”. He said another 37 civilians were injured. He was speaking to a special meeting with former heads of state and other officials on the way forward after some of Nigeria’s worst turmoil in years. “Many lives have been lost” in Nigeria’s unrest, the president’s office announced Friday, as the government s

The Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) later had a meeting on Thursday, October 22 regarding the ongoing strike accross the country. An agreement is yet to be reached on the payment structure which leads to deadlock of the meeting. As earlier planned, the meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities towards ending the ongoing strike action was held yesterday. The two parties agreed on almost all the other issues except one which made the meeting to end in deadlock. The two parties were unable to reach an agreement on the payment platform that would be used in disbursing the salary arrears and the N30 billion Earned Allowance of the university lecturers. The  FG  team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, had offered to pay the salary arrears and the N30 billion Earned Allowances of the university Lecturers through the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System platform pending the roll-

In a virtual meeting with the former leaders, President Buhari reiterated that the Government will not fold its arms and allow miscreants and criminals continue to perpetrate acts of hooliganism in the country. It is unfortunate that the initial genuine and well-intended protest of youths in parts of the country against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was hijacked and misdirected, President Muhammadu Buhari told former Heads of State and Presidents of Nigeria on Friday, October 23 in Abuja. At the meeting were all living past leaders, including: Gen. Yakubu Gowon, President Olusegun Obasanjo, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Chief Ernest Shonekan, Gen. Abulsalami Abubakar, and former President Goodluck Jonathan. The President recounted the initial concessions made by his administration on the demands of youths protesting against the excesses of some members of the SARS. He recalled that the youths had demanded that the squad be disbanded, and further articulated the additional de

President Muhammadu Buhari of the Federal Republic of Nigeria addresses the Nation later today stating his decisions after several unrest amidst the EndSARS protest and genocidal acts in the country  President Muhammadu Buhari's Speech; 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 dem