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Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA) has condemned the reported callous assault and murder of defenseless civilian protesters, on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos State of Nigeria. In a press statement signed on Wednesday by the President, Commonwealth Medical Association, Chief Consultant Family Physician, Dr. Osahon Enabulele, the Association expressed grave concern over the incidence. “This unfortunate incidence which …

A former Aviation Minister and foremost Chieftain of the main opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has on Tuesday advised President Muhammadu Buhari to humbly take responsibility for the ongoing protest and honourable step-down as President of the federal republic. Fani-Kayode noted that as credible, laudable, vital, noble, necessary and important as the #EndPoliceBrutality …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku. The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has restrained Rev. Nnimmo Bassey from parading   or   holding   out   himself   as   the   Chairman   of   Board   of   Trustees   of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) pending the hearing of the motion on notice. The court also specifically restrained Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) from recognizing or acknowledging him as …

Edo State Government reiterates that the 24-hour curfew imposed on Monday, October 19, 2020, in the state to quell civil disturbances in the wake of the hijack of #ENDSARS protests is still active as at 21 October, 2020, and subsists till further notice. The government has deployed men of the anti-riot unit of the Nigeria Police Force to the streets …

…As officials take stock of lost items, escaped Inmates. BY OKHIDE EM’YA DAVID It was a field day for hoodlums at the Nigerian Customs warehouse at Aduwawa axis of the Edo State capital (Benin) on Tuesday evening when they broke into the facility, carting away many valuables including thousands of bags of seized foreign rice, lace materials, cartons of frozen …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday night met with heads of security agencies in the state following the hijack of #EndSARS protests which led to the imposition of a 24-hour curfew in the state, warning violators of severe consequences.     Speaking shortly after the security council meeting held in Government House, Benin City, Obaseki said the meeting became necessary to …

The Senate on Tuesday advised President Muhammadu Buhari to make a national broadcast in the wake of the youth protest associated with the atrocities perpetrated by operatives of the disbanded dreaded Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). This was sequel to the adoption of a motion entitled “#EndSARS: Need for comprehensive and holistic reform”, moved by former Senate Minority Leader, Senator …

The President, Major General Muhmmadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, held a closed-door meeting with the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (retd.),  and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin. The meeting was held inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting’s agenda was not made public. As of the time of filing this report, the Presidency has yet …

The Federal Government has condemned Monday’s invasion of the Nigerian Correctional Service NCoS Custodial Centres in Benin City and Oko in Edo state, saying it has begun a manhunt for about 1, 993 inmates who were freed from both facilities. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola disclosed this in a statement issued Tuesday in Abuja and signed by the Director, …

A pro#EndSARS coalition has denied involvement of members in the violence recorded across the country during the protests carried out against police brutality and demand for a total overhaul of the Nigeria Police Force.   The coalition under the umbrella of Coalition of Genuine #EndSARS Protesters, alleged that fifth columnists were behind the ugly developments that trailed the protests across …