Reactions Trail Desmond Elliots’ Submission, Over Social Media Regulation
Social media have, since Thursday, been inundated with threads of scathing criticism against a one-time Nollywood actor and a current Lagos lawmaker, Desmond Elliot, over his submission during a plenary…
ENDSARS: Protect Yourself If Anybody Attack You, IG Adamu Urges Officers
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Friday charged the personnel of the force to protect themselves if anybody assaults them on the street. The IGP spoke at Federal Capital…
Looting: 4 Bodies Found Laminga Dam, Jos
four bodies have been discovered in Laminga Dam. It is believed they are residents who fell into the dam for fear of been arrested by security personnel during last week’s…
FG Vows To Back Okonjo-Iweala’s WTO Ambition
The ministry of foreign affairs says it will continue to engage stakeholders to ensure that Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala emerges director-general of the World Trade Organisation. Okonjo-Iweala, who is Nigeria’s candidate for…
Discos To Implement New Electricity Tariff Next Week- FG
Ahmed Zakari, special adviser to the president on infrastructure, says the implementation of the new electricity tariff by electricity distribution companies (DisCos) will resume next week. Speaking on Thursday during…
#EndSARS: We Lost 22 Men, 205 Stations, Formations —IGP
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has contested a report by the Amnesty International that policemen deployed excessive force against #EndSARS protesters. The IG argued that his men “acted professionally,…
Strike: ASUU, FG Continue Negotiation
Academic Staff Union of Universities and Federal Government have resumed their negotiation over the strike embarked upon by the lecturers. They had adjourned their meeting till Monday after the meeting…
COVID-19: NFF Confirms Receipt Of $1m FIFA Grant
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, says the federation has received FIFA’s $1m COVID-19 relief fund. FIFA had in June disclosed that it would spend $1.2bn as COVID-19…
Eight Killed In Fresh DR Congo Attack
Eight people, six of them members of the same family, were killed in an overnight attack by an unidentified armed group in Democratic Republic of Congo’s troubled east, local officials…
