Rivers State Governor, NYESOM WIKE, has advised President MUHAMMADU BUHARI, to listen to the demands by Nigerians in different parts of the country. Governor WIKE also warns that Nigeria could experience more crises if President BUHARI fails to implement the demands being made by Nigerians. WIKE made the observations as a follow-up to the seven-point demand by…
The Federal Government is still paying subsidy on petrol despite the claim of deregulation and increase in the pump price of fuel. This was confirmed by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, TIMIPRE SYLVA, during an interview on a television programme. SYLVA said only the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation is able to import petrol for now…
Gunmen have attacked the country home of former governor of Bayelsa State, SERIAKE DICKSON, in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. The hoodlums who are said to have arrived at the location in three speed boats killed a police inspector during the operation. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASINIM BUTSWAT, confirmed the incident and the death…
The Nigeria Police has failed in its attempt to extend the detention by EndSARS protester, EROMOSELE ADENE, for additional thirty days. This is because the Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court has granted bail to ADENE in the sum of one million naira, after nearly two weeks in detention. This happened a day after police officer from the State…
Two EndSARS campaigners have been nominated for the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Police Brutality and Lekki Toll Gate Shooting of Protesters. They are RINU ODUALA and MAJEKODUNMI TEMITOPE, who had been among the early set of young Nigerians to join the EndSARS protests in Lagos. RINU ODUALA later confirmed during a television interview that they are…
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, ANTONIO GUTERRES, has called for an end to police brutality in Nigeria. In a statement by his spokesperson, GUTERRES condemned violent clashes that claimed several lives and caused many injuries across Nigeria. He noted that he has been following developments in Nigeria and condemned the shooting of protesters at Lekki in…