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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Wednesday said without public office, he would have remained a pressure group activist without making the changes that Nigeria required. The Vice President also said that the country cannot afford to have its best minds and most committed social activists remain only in the civil space, advising that they should get involved in politics.  Speaking at a virtual forum where he …

*El- Rufai says he has been writing letters to FG for designation of bandits as terrorists since 2017 *Urges FG to recruit 774,000 youths to Help fight criminality The Kaduna state government said a total of 343 people were killed, while 830 others were abducted by bandits between July and September 2021. The Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, …

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Wednesday, said preferences placed on paper qualifications by employers in Nigeria is responsible for high incidences of examination malpractices in JAMB. He also said the simple way to make public servants shy away from corruption and other sharp practices is to make available to them, appropriate …

Scores of youths on Wednesday gathered at the Oba Ovonramwen Aquare (Ring Road) to mark the one year anniversary of the EndSARS protest. Security personnel drawn from the Nigeria Police, Department of State Services (DSS), Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and members of local vigilante were on ground to ensure peace, while members of the Public Works Volunteers …

The federal government has expressed its commitment to finding lasting solutions to the restoration and sustainance of the nation’s ecosystem. Speaking at the 15th National Council on Environment in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of State for Environment, Chief Sharon Ikeazor, said the nation is determined to ensure that the present environment is preserved for sustainable development. Ikeazor, who was …

It is one year since the historic #ENDSARS protest, a youth-driven anti-police brutality demonstration, shook Nigeria. The protest, which morphed from social media campaigns into street demonstrations in October 2020, was triggered by the excesses of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a now-disbanded police tactical unit notorious for cruelty against crime suspects. Although SARS activities and general issues of police …

Tired of the extra-judicial killing and other forms of police brutalities perpetrated by the notorious arm of the police; Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS), thousands of Nigerian youth, in October last year, trooped out against the body while calling for a reform. Prior to the movement, many Nigerians had on social media called for the disbandment of the unit over …

Some Pro-Buhari protesters are currently at the Unity Fountain, Abuja to stage a counter-protest again the #EndSARS memorial protest, The PUNCH reports. Our correspondent who was on the ground noticed that the protesters arrived at the venue conveyed in buses. PUNCH

Police on Wednesday fired teargas at the Lekki tollgate to disperse protesters. This led to some of the protesters running helter-skelter. The youths had converged on the Lekki tollgate to mark the first anniversary of #EndSARS in the country. Earlier, operatives of the Lagos State Police Command arrested two protesters. One of those arrested claimed to be a journalist while …

—Mulls stringent measures in establishment of new ones —Says some private varsities sick already —Our jobs ‘re hijacked by teaching staff, SSANU laments The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, had lamented that poor funding was one of the main challenges that Nigerian Universities were not ranked among the best universities in the world. The …