Author: Taiwo Okanlawon
Don’t set Southwest on fire – Oodua youth group warns hoodlums
A Yoruba socio-cultural group, Oodua Youth Parliament, has warned hoodlums responsible for looting, destruction of lives and properties in the…
Kwara govt relaxes curfew in Ilorin
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has announced the relaxation of the 24 hours curfew imposed on residents of llorin following…
Rivers Police recover burnt bodies of three officers, soldier
Remains of three police officers and a soldier killed and burnt by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra…
Charles Awurum: Nigerian Youths are their own problem
Nollywood actor and comedian Charles Awurum says the youths are their own problem following unrest nationwide rising from the #EndSARS…
Why I quit smoking – Femi Kuti
The eldest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and Nigerian musician, Femi Anikulapo Kuti on Sunday explained to a Twitter…
#EndSARS: Kwara assures residents of adequate protection
Kwara State government on Sunday assured residents of protection of their lives and property, following the vandalism that was unleashed…
#EndSARS: NGO condemns looting, arson at protests
The Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Advocacy (LEAD) Network, an NGO, says the destruction of public and private property by hoodlums pretending…
#EndSARS protests lasted too long, derailed – Actor, Williams Uchemba
Nollywood actor, Williams Uchemba, has lamented that the #EndSARS protested lasted long and lost its original focus, as well as…
Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee is dead
The chairman of the South Korean multinational electronics company, Samsung Electronics, Lee Kun-hee, has died at the age of 78.
Wamakko commends northern youths for shunning #EndSARS protests
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence, Senator Aliyu Wamakko, has commended youths in the northern part of the…
#EndSARS: FG sets up N25bn Youth Fund
The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, on Saturday, said the Federal Government had earmarked a N25bn Youth Fund as part…
Kwara pledges N500m support to owners of looted stores
The Kwara State Government has announced the state government plans to support business owners who had their businesses vandalised or…
#EndSARS: Yemzzy condemns police brutality in new song ‘Tire’
Afro-pop singer, Adeola Adeyemi Olamide popularly known as Yemzzy has dropped a new song titled 'Tire', a song protesting the…
TVC resumes operations after mob attack
The headquarters of Television Continental popularly known as TVC in Ketu, Lagos which was attacked by hoodlums four days is…
#EndSARS: Obasanjo told Buhari truth at virtual meeting – Fani-Kayode
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has commended ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo for telling President Muhammadu Buhari the truth during a…
Angry youths burn Azikiwe’s statue in Anambra
Angry youths have burnt the statue of a pioneer President of Nigeria the late Nnamdi Azikiwe in Onitsha, Anambra State.
PSC wants IGP to hand over 2020 Police Recruitment Exercise
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has asked The inspector-general of police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu to handover the ongoing recruitment exercise…
#EndSARS: Lagos lawmaker to donate N10m to victims
Mr Temitope Adewale, a Lagos lawmaker, says he has earmarked N10 million emergency relief fund for victims of the #EndSARS…
India seeks closer ties with Nigeria
India has expressed its readiness to deepen economic ties with Nigeria towards promoting investment and trade between both countries.
Kwara Governor Imposes 24-hour curfew in Ilorin
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has imposed a 24-hour curfew in Ilorin metropolis from midnight today October 23rd, 2020.
Soldiers took dead bodies away – DJ Switch breaks silence on Lekki shooting
Nigerian multi-talented disc jockey, singer, and rapper Obianuju Catherine Udeh, popularly known as DJ Switch, claimed that about 15 people…
Breaking: Sanwo-Olu relaxes curfew in Lagos
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has relaxed the curfew imposed in Lagos State with effect from Saturday, October 24.
Hoodlums loot COVID-19 palliative warehouse in Osun
Several youths and hoodlums on Friday broke into a warehouse in Ede town where COVID-19 palliatives were kept and carted…
Lagos CBD office vandalised, looted
The Lagos Island operational office of the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Central Business Districts was not…
#EndSARS: Lagos Deputy Gov, Hamzat calls reconciliation
Following the hijack of the #ENDSARS protests by criminals, who destroyed monuments and public assets in Lagos State, the State…
#EndSARS: Feminist Coalition closes fund operations, tells youths to go home
A group of young Nigerian feminists known as Feminist Coalition has shut down its funding operations in support of the…
No DPO was beheaded in Oyigbo – Police
Police in Rivers have debunked rumour that a divisional police officer (DPO) was beheaded in Oyigbo Local Government Area by…
#EndSARS: ‘People’s voice is in unity, there is no stopping us’ – Rinu
On the second episode of this week’s #EndSARS special edition series of #WithChude interviews, activist Oduala Olorunrinu, popularly known as…
Sanwo-Olu visits burnt police stations, razed facilities, Oba’s palace
Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has begun the visitation of different hot spots torched by hoodlums across the…
#EndSARS: I’m not afraid to die – Falz speaks to CNN
Nigerian singer, Folarin Falana better known as Falz has said he is not afraid for his life as regards his…