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The ongoing nationwide protests against alleged police brutality, tagged ‘EndSARS’ have begun to have a heavy toll on candidates writing schools’ examinations. This was confirmed Sunday as the National Examinations Council, NECO,informed that the development had constrained it to reschedule its Paper I Computer Studies Practicals earlier scheduled to take place on Monday 19 October 2020, 10am to 1pm to …

The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, has said operatives of the new Police Tactical Team will operate within very high professional and ethical standards, rule of law and dictates of best international policing practices, as they begin training tomorrow, Monday. IG Adamu promised that no personnel of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad will be a member of the …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday was reported to have been in a meeting with the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila over the EndSARS protests across the nation. This was revealed in a tweet by Bashir Ahmad, the Special Assistant to the President on New Media. After the meeting, the NASS representatives, Lawan and …

Youths calling for a total overhaul of the Nigeria Police Force have launched an online radio, Soro Soke, The PUNCH has learnt. The channel, through effective and timely communication, is expected to aid the coordination of #EndSARS protests nationwide. When our correspondent tuned in to the station around 1pm on Sunday, programmes and live reports of missing and found #EndSARS protesters were …

Protests against police brutality, extortion, and extrajudicial killings have spread to London, Coventry, Edinburgh, and Nottingham. The organisers of the protests made this known in an awareness image shared on social media. The message on the image showed that the protests will be organised at several locations on Sunday. In Coventry, #EndSARS “peaceful protest” held at Coventry Transport Museum CV11JD …

As #ENDSARS protests linger in the country, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, on Saturday, called on her husband and the service chiefs to save the people. Disclosing this via her verified Twitter handle, the beauty therapist wrote: ‘#Achechijamaa’, which translates to ‘rescue the people’, alongside a video of her husband with the service chiefs. Nigerians have, in the …

Saturday was the ninth straight day state health officials reported at least 500 new coronavirus cases in its daily report. BOSTON — Another 550 Massachusetts residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 21 more people died, the state Department of Public Health reported Saturday. Saturday was the ninth straight day state health officials reported at least 500 new coronavirus …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured that his administration will continue to pursue reforms and projects to achieve economic prosperity for the state and improve the living standard of the majority of Edo people. Governor Obaseki gave the assurance at the weekend in commemoration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty marked every October 17 by …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Edo State Police Command said it has commenced investigation into the gruesome murder of a yet-to-be identified #EndSARS protester in Benin City, last Friday. A police statement endorsed by SP Chidi Nwabuzor said the commissioner of police in Edo CP Johnson Babatunde Kokumo has directed the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) to commence …

Samuel Akinnuga   Your Excellency, That you haven’t seen the urgency to address the nation over the outcry regarding police brutality is most unfortunate. You have missed opportunities in the past to show that you’re a leader we can look up to at critical moments. You’re missing it, again. Yes, we read your tweet but it didn’t say much. There was …