Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Lekki Shooting: Why LASEMA couldn’t rescue protesters – DG
By Aisha Cole The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), has debunked allegations making the rounds in the media that…
IPOB members invade 4 police stations, kill 2 officers in Rivers (+photos)
*Burnt 15 vehicles, including one Armoured Personnel Carrier, eight suspects arrested Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers Police Command said about 500…
#EndSARS: Gov. Obaseki meets protesters, reviews curfew
By Jethro Ibileke Edo Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reviewed the 24-hours curfew imposed on the State last Monday when…
Gov. Okowa imposes curfew on Delta State
By Okafor Ifiebor Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Thursday morning imposed a 48- hour curfew on Delta starting from 6pm to…
NBA angry over burning of Oyigbo court building, others in Rivers
By Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Port Harcourt Branch, has condemned Wednesday’s destruction of a High…
#EndSARS: Buhari’s government is ineffectual – Chimamanda Adichie
By Nehru Odeh Multiple award-winning writer, feminist and public intellectual, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has described the government of Muhammadu Buhari…
#EndSARS: How a gifted Nigerian was killed hours after he tweeted, “Nigeria will not end me”
By Nehru Odeh The #EndSars protest that is currently rocking the country has claimed the life of another Nigerian. But…
How armed men attacked, set The Nation newspaper’s office ablaze – Editor
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The management of The Nation newspapers has explained how the headquarters of the company in Lagos was…
Reps Minority Caucus calls for arrest of soldiers involved in Lekki shooting
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately order the arrest…
#EndSARS: Angry protesters hijack, vandalise Air force vehicle in Benin
By Jethro Ibileke It was more of a civil disobedience than protest in Benin, the capital of Edo state on…
#EndSARS: 2 feared dead, police stations, others burnt amidst gunshots in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Just as it is going on in Lagos State, criminal gangs have hijacked the #EndSARS protests…
Just in: DSS speaks on alleged sponsoring of thugs to attack #EndSARS protesters
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services, DSS, has described the news making the round that its…
#EndSARS: Joe Biden asks President Buhari to stop ‘violent crackdown’ on protesters
Former United States Vice President Joe Biden and the democratic presidential nominee in the forthcoming presidential election has asked President…
Stray bullet from protesters’ gun kills farmer in Edo
By Jethro Ibileke A peasant farmer, Mr. Saturday Idehen, has reportedly died from a stray bullet suspected to have been…
#EndSARS: Wike makes U-turn, sets up judicial commission of inquiry
By Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Rivers Government has to set up a Judicial Panel of Inquiry to investigate alleged…
#EndSARS: ‘Hoodlums’ celebrate members who escaped from prisons in Benin
By Jethro Ibileke Some suspected hoodlums have held parties to celebrate the escape of their gang members and friends’ from…
Police reject burglars arrested by #EndSARS protesters in Benin
By Jethro Ibileke Four hoodlums who took advantage of the ongoing nationwide protest to break into shops within the main…
#EndSARS: Hoodlums plunder Customs’ warehouse in Benin city
By Jethro Ibileke Hoodlums in the guise of #EndSARS protest, on Tuesday broke into the warehouse of Nigerian Customs Service…
#EndSARS: Obaseki vows stern action against violators of curfew
By Nefishetu Yakubu Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Tuesday promised to take stern action against hoodlums who are violating…
#EndSARS: Gov. Oyetola imposes indefinite curfew on Osun
By Victor Adeoti Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, of Osun has declared a 24-hour curfew on the state, effective from 11:59 pm…
Killing: Abia Govt. imposes 24-hour curfew on Umuahia, Aba
By Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom Abia Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the two major cities of Umuahia and Aba, following…
#EndSARS: Akeredolu imposes indefinite curfew on Ondo
By Ayodeji Alabi Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has imposed a 24 hour curfew on the state from 12…
#EndSARS: Gov. Lalong imposes 24-hour curfew on 2 LGs in Plateau
By Martha Agas Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau, has imposed a 24-hour curfew in Jos North and Jos South Local…
#EndSARS: 1,993 inmates escaped, weapons looted in Edo jailbreaks – Ministry
The Federal Ministry of Interior said 1,993 inmates escaped when the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCOs custodial centres in Benin…
#EndSARS: Gov. Abiodun inaugurates panel on investigation of human rights abuses
By Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta Ogun Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has inaugurated the State Judiciary Panel of Investigation on the #EndSARS protest…
#EndSARS: Ogun Governor begs protesters over bad roads
Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta Ogun Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has appealed for calm over the poor condition of the federal roads, especially…
Abati: How Jonathan was abandoned after conceding defeat to Buhari
Former Presidential Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, has recounted occurrences in the aftermath of the 2015 presidential…
Wike: Amaechi, APC plotting to hijack #EndSARS protest in Rivers
Rivers Government accused Rotimi Amaechi-led faction of APC of plot to hijack #EndSARS protest to cause mayhem in the State.
#EndSARS: Why I spent over 2 years in jail without trial – Benin Prison escapee
By Nehru Odeh The revelations of an unidentified escapee from the latest Benin jail break have brought to the fore…
Benin jailbreaks: NCoS seeks information to recapture fleeing inmates
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigerian Correctional Service has asked Nigerians to provide it with useful information that can lead to the…