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The Ondo State Government has again directed the resumption of schools after the #EndSARS protests. According to a statement made available to journalists on Thursday in Akure, the state capital, by the state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Femi Agagu, schools are to fully resume academic activities on Monday, November 2, 2020. Recall that […]
#EndSARS protests: Protestant in Lagos Lekki are crying while singing the NIGERIAN NATIONAL Anthem as Bloods of innocents protestants are been shed . armed security personnel stormed the scene of the #EndSARS protests and opened fire at protesters. Some videos from eyewitnesses at the scene of the incident have shown some persons bleeding seriously, while others […]
Footage posted on social media shows several hundred people demonstrating, in defiance of a curfew imposed hours earlier by authorities. Armed men have opened fire on demonstrators gathered at a protest site that has been the epicentre of widespread rallies against police brutality in Nigeria, according to several witnesses. Three witnesses told Reuters News Agency […]
Hours after the Police Service Commission announced its readiness to dismiss 37 former SARS operatives, the names and service numbers of the officers have been released. The names of the 37 officers were penciled down for dismissal following Nigerian youths’ protests against the activities of the recently-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force. […]
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, has warned all Police Officers across the country against the use of force on peaceful #ENDSARS protesters demanding fundamental reforms in the policing system in Nigeria not just the disbandment of the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). This was disclosed in a statement signed on Thursday by […]
Rep. Wole Oke (PDP-Osun), the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, says the house is not against the possible tenure extension of the Auditor-General of the Federation, Mr Anthony Ayine. In a statement on Sunday in Abuja, Oke said that the House had no objection to the reappointment as being speculated […]
…as Micro, Takaful schemes make sluggish start NAICOM says the goal of achieving the target of 40 percent adult population penetration will be pursued through a broad range of coordinated interventions. The sluggish take-off of micro and takaful insurance schemes expected to drive penetration among a low-income mass of the population as well as the […]
The Deputy Governor and candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Agboola Ajayi says while turnout for the election in Ondo State has been very encouraging, security arrangements are a bit compromised. Speaking after he cast his vote at his polling unit, Mr. Ajayi appealed to security agents to live up to expectations and continue to […]
A mild drama played out on Saturday at the Polling Unit of Mr Eyitayo Jegede, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the Ondo State Governorship Election. This occurred at Polling Unit 9, Ward 2 in Akure South Local Government Area of the state. The polling unit is situated at the Sacred Heart […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday says scholars in the nation’s public universities are ready to protect incessant attacks on University autonomy by the federal government with the last drop of their blood. National President of the union, Biodun Ogunyemi, a Professor in a press release made available to newsmen in Ibadan […]