The National Broadcasting Commission is still facing criticism over the three million naira fine slammed on each of three television stations for alleged violations in the coverage of the EndSARS protests. The affected stations are Channels Television, Arise Television, and African Independent Television. The Media Rights Agenda and the International Press Centre have condemned the action by…
Amnesty International says it has evidence to show that soldiers from Bonny Camp were responsible for the shooting of protesters at the Lekki Phase One Tollgate in Lagos on Tuesday last week. The international rights group said it had tracked vehicles belonging to the Nigerian Army from Bonny Camp to the Lekki Toll Gate, using photographs and…
Those who joined in the mass looting of warehouses in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, including Covid-19 palliatives, face the risk of arrest and prosecution even if they return the looted items. This was made known by the FCT Commissioner of Police, BALA CIROMA when he appeared on a television programme earlier today. C.P. CIROMA maintained that…
The Nigerian Air Force has announced the arrest of some of its personnel who were captured in a viral online video flogging some persons who were forced to lie inside a pool of muddy water for allegedly violating the curfew in Osun State. In a message on its social media handle; the Nigerian Air Force said it…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has launched the emblem appeal fund for the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration. President BUHARI launched the emblem with ten million naira during an event at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Armed Forces Remembrance Day, which is celebrated on January 15 every year, is meant to honour of…
• Ubani doubts Independence of Panel The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has called for an international commission of inquiry on the shooting of EndSARS protesters in Lekki, Lagos State. SERAP made the request in a message to the United Nations and the African Union, eight days after the incident at the Lekki Phase-One Toll Gate…