Sanwo-Olu Approves Nov 2 as Resumption Date for All Public Servants. The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government has with immediate effect lifted the #EndSARS-imposed curfew, which was introduced after the peaceful protest was hijacked. This was coming as the governor has also approved November 2 as the resumption date for all public servants…
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End SARS: NBA States Position on Buhari Govt’s Plan to Regulate Social Media. The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has faulted the Federal Government’s moves to regulate social media. NBA President, Olumide Akpata believes the timing is suspicious. The NBA President made the position known when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. He insisted…
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Yoo Faces Uphill Battle in WTO Race, as EU, Japan Back Rival. With the EU and Japan reportedly backing Nigeria’s World Trade Organization candidate, South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee faces an uphill battle in the race to claim the top job of the international trade body. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, formerly Nigeria’s finance minister and…
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COVID-19 Palliatives: I Forgive My Accusers – Minister, Sadiya Farouq. Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has said that she has forgiven those who accused her of hiding COVID-19 palliatives meant for the poor. Farouq stated this while fielding questions from journalists in Gusau on Monday. …
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End SARS: Details of Osinbajo’s Emergency Meeting With Governors, IGP, CBN, Military, Others. Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo and Governors of the 36 States of the federation, FCT Minister, Central Bank Governor, Inspector General of Police, representatives from the Military, the Directorate of State Security, and the National Human Rights Commission, on Monday, had an…
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Gunmen Invade Palace in Osun. It was learnt that the youth were protesting non-implementation of the Supreme Court and High Court judgments, which declared that Oba Falabi should not be on the throne. A source said a few minutes after invading the palace, soldiers stormed the place, but the hoodlums hurled stones at them.…
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Those Who Shot at Protesters Will Be Brought to Book, Sanwo-Olu Vows. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has vowed that those behind the shooting of protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza last Tuesday would be brought to book. A statement on Monday by Governor Sanwo-Olu’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, quoted him as…
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Third Mainland Bridge: FRSC Issues Warning to Lagos Motorists. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Lagos State has warned motorists against flouting traffic rules on diversion at Adeniji inward Iyana Oworo on the Third Mainland Bridge. Lagos State Sector Commander of FRSC, Olusegun Ogungbemide, gave the warning on Monday in a statement in…
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PDP Faults Sanwo-Olu’s Projection of N1trn. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State yesterday faulted Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s claim that it will take N1 trillion to restore all properties and facilities destroyed by hoodlums during the violence that trailed the #EndSARS protests in the state. The PDP disagreed with Sanwo-Olu and the ruling…
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Suicide Bombing in Kabul Kills At Least 24, Including Children. The death toll from the suicide attack Saturday in Afghanistan’s capital has risen to at least 18 killed and 57 people wounded, including schoolchildren, the interior ministry said. The explosion struck outside an education centre in a heavily Shiite neighbourhood of western Kabul, Dasht-e-Barchi.…
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