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*Judicial panels of inquiry to investigate police brutality in all states, FCT *Panels given 6 months to complete assignments *Council directs special funds in all states to compensate victims of police brutality Nigeria’s National Economic Council (NEC), rose from its meeting today with a directive that State Governors should immediately establish a State-based Special Security and Human Rights Committee.According to …

The National Economic Council, NEC, yesterday directed the immediate establishment of State-based Judicial Panels of Inquiry to investigate complaints of police brutality or related extra judicial killings with a view to delivering justice for all victims of the dissolved Special Anti-Robbery Squads (SARS) and other police units.   The Judicial Panels to be set up in all the states will  …

The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in the last election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, who is being prosecuted for alleged N700m fraud, has challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court, Edo State. Ize-Iyamu, who was the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2016, was accused of receiving N700m during the run-up to the 2015 Presidential election. He was …

Chairman Northern Governors Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, has said that most governors from the region were not in support of the recent disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, a unit of the Nigeria police, saying that it has been useful in the fight against insecurity in the region. Governor Lalong also alleged that some of …

The Federal Government says all prospective corps members will undergo mandatory COVID-19 tests ahead of the reopening of orientation camps nationwide. It also said all National Youth Service Corps orientation camps would reopen effective November 10, 2020. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, stated this during a briefing in Abuja on Thursday. Orientation camps …

Governors of the 19 northern states of Nigeria have rejected the disbandment of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Simon Lalong, Plateau state governor and chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, told State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Thursday that the police unit has been useful in the …

The Federal Government has directed civil servants who have not been going to work since March when the lockdown declared to curtail the spread of COVID-19 started to return to work from Monday. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha; and the National Coordinator, Sanni Aliyu, disclosed this at the press briefing of the task force …

Thousands of commuters were stranded for over five hours on Thursday as #ENDSARS protesters barricaded the ever-busy Benin-Lagos expressway at Ugbowo in front of the University of Benin (UNIBEN). The newly-constructed pedestrian bridge in front of the main campus of UNIBEN was converted to an emergency point for dishing out popular revolutionary songs from big loudspeakers. Policemen drafted to the …

By Okhide Emya David. Enogie (Duke) of Ologbo Dukedom, His Royal Highness, Owen Jackson Imasogie Akenzua has dismissed the Petition by some leaders of Itsekiris and Ijaws communities, challenging the ownership of Ologbo dukedom. Enogie Akenzua described the authors as faceless People, insisting that there exists cordial relationship amongst all groups and Settlers in his Dukedom. In the petition on …

All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Edo State, Anselm Ojezua, has commended the party’s supporters and people of the state for ensuring a peaceful and credible election in the state. Ojezua stated this while speaking to executive members of the APC at the party’s intercessory prayer and fellowship held at the party’s Secretariat in Benin City, the state capital. According …