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By Mathew Dadiya, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has given consent for the prosecution of 229 suspects arrested in Lagos for hijacking EndSARS peaceful operation and turning it looting, killing spree and destroying property. Buhari, who broke his silence Sunday on the alleged killing of protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos
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From Jude Dangwam, Jos, Joseph Amedu, Lokoja The Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, yesterday expressed sadness over the social, economic and political unrest in the Nigeria and called for prayers for the country. The Pope, in his verified tweeter handle @Pontifex, called on everyone, particularly Catholics all over the world to pray against
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By Adeoye O. Akinola On October 6, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) lifted the sanctions on Mali, to the relief of Malians and the leadership of the conflict-ravaged country. Despite the traditional pessimism about ECOWAS, it successfully mobilised against the military incursion into power in Mali. The ECOWAS
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By Mathew Dadiya, Abuja, Joy Okeke, Lagos President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the #EndSARS protesters to sheath their sword and give government a chance to examine their demands with a view to implementing them. This came on the heels of mobsters shifting attacks to correctional centres, police and other government installations in the country. Buhari said
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From Beauty John, Keffi The Military has vowed that, with the cooperation of other security agencies, it would work with the governments of Nasarawa, Benue and Taraba states to curb the rising tide of kidnapping and other criminalities in the states. Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olonisakin, stated this during the
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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Wednesday issued ultimatum to fleeing inmates of the Benin Custodial Centre on Sapele road and the Oko Maximum Security Correctional Centre on Airport road to return to the prisons before Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. Obaseki gave the ultimatum while inspecting the correctional centres
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The Police Command has urged #EndSARS protesters in the state to embrace peace as solution to the ongoing civil unrest. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Orlando Ikeokwu said this to newsmen in Owerri on Wednesday while confirming two fire incidents in its Nworieubi and Orji stations in Mbaitoli
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From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja The Students of Kogi State Polytechnic in Lokoja on Wednesday took to the streets to protest the brutal killing of their Colleague by a commercial driver. The students who were on rampage over the incident, blocked the Felele end of the Okene – Lokoja -Abuja highway , causing
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From Jude Dangwam, Jos At least three persons are said to have loss their lives in Plateau State on Tuesday following the eruption of violence orchestrated by hoodlums who took advantage of the #EndSARS protest in the state. The satte Governor, Simon Lalong of Plateau State has imposed a 24-hour Curfew on
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Chairman of the Seven-man Judicial Commission of Enquiry into the crisis between the Tiv and their neighbours in Taraba state, Justice Kummai Aka'as (retd) has described the damage done by the crisis as monumental. Justice Aka'as, who was speaking in Jalingo yesterday at the presentation of the report to the state
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