#EndSARS: ‘We were shot, SARS still working’, Lagos protesters insist

  There was a large turnout of protesters at the Lekki tollgate on Wednesday leading to gridlock in the area. The protesters insisted that some of them were shot at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020. One of the protesters, who showed scars from the injuries that he secured claimed that he saw three young people being shot. But the Federal Government had denied that soldiers neither shot nor killed protesters. However, the protester showed our correspondents covering the events some images on his phone. The protester who identified himself as AK said, “I was shot. They shot us.

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Why we cannot crush bandits with Tucano jets — DHQ gives reasons

  More facts have emerged on why the Armed Forces have yet to deploy their full arsenal against bandits who have dominated the North-West and parts of the North-Central geopolitical zones. The PUNCH reliably learnt on Monday that the Armed Forces told the National Assembly, through its committees, that the agreement signed with the Government of the United States was that the A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets procured from the country would be deployed against terrorists and insurgents, and not bandits. Several sources in the National Assembly, who are in the know of the development, said the complaints by the

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#EndSARSMemorial: Police arrest protesters at Lekki tollgate

  Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two protesters at the Lekki tollgate where the #EndSARS Memorial Protest is scheduled to hold in the state today. One of those arrested claimed to be a journalist while the other was seen carrying a placard. About 30 police trucks and armed personnel are currently at the tollgate to enforce a ban on protests issued by the police command. A car procession in honour of those believed to have lost their lives at the tollgate when soldiers dispersed #EndSARS protesters on October 20, 2020, is scheduled to hold at the

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Military Deploys Helicopter Gunships Against Bandits in Kaduna

The Nigerian military, yesterday, pounded bandits in Kaduna forests with helicopter gunships, neutralising 50 and destroying many of their hideouts. The bombing runs were in response to a recent charge by President Muhammadu Buhari to the military to go after bandits and other criminal elements terrorising parts of the country. Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai hailed the renewed onslaught against banditry and kidnapping in the state. El-Rufai appealed to the security forces to sustain the momentum and bring more bandits to their “bitter end”. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna State, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed the

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24 states shun financial autonomy for judiciary

  Despite signing a Memorandum of Action on autonomy for state legislature and Judiciary, most of the 36 governors have not encouraged the enactment of legislation to back it up. Only 12 states have passed the appropriate law for autonomy for state legislature and judiciary. Out of the 12 states, eight did so in the North and four others in the South. The states are Plateau; Sokoto; Bauchi; Bayelsa; Enugu; Lagos; Imo; Jigawa; Kwara; Taraba; Nassarawa; and Kaduna. The Secretary, Implementation Committee on Autonomy of State Legislature and Judiciary, Senator Ita Enang made the disclosures in a paper presented to

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Don’t report insecurity as rising — Buhari tells journalists

  President, Muhammadu Buhari has urged the media to address the tone, content, and standards of reporting into security and safety measures. This advice, however took place on a day that attacks by bandits at Goronyo in Sokoto recorded 43 deaths. In a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Monday, Buhari said the term “rising insecurity” should be replaced with the “reality of declining insecurity.” The statement was titled, ‘President Buhari Felicitates With Muslims On Eid-el-Maulud, Reassures That Significant Gains Are Being Made In Combating Insecurity.’ It partly read,

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Don’t allow your NIN to be linked to another person’s SIM – NCC warns Subscribers

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has strongly warned telecoms consumers to ensure they do not allow their National Identification Number (NIN) to be linked to another person’s Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards, no matter how close the person is to them. The Commission gave the warning during its third run Telecom Consumer Town Hall on Radio (TCTHR) programme, broadcast live on Human Rights Radio, 101.1 FM in Abuja recently. The event was hosted on the platform of ‘NCC Digital Signature on Radio’. The NCC Digital Signature on Radio is the flagship radio programme of the Commission created to educate

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#EndSARS: Nigerian Youths Have Reasons To Demand Better Future – Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday said Nigerian youths have many reasons to demand for better life and future, saying such demands are heightened their inability to live and prosper due to the existing socioeconomic and political conditions amongst other factors rocking the country. The governor who spoke at the Lagos youth symposium organised by the Ministry of Youth and Social Development themed, “Rebuilding For Greatness, Peaceful Conflict Resolution” held in Lagos noted that the symposium was organised to engage over 1500 youth drawn from various voluntary organizations, uniformed organizations, non-governmental organizations, National Youth Council of Nigeria, Lagos

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Breaking: Cement Price Goes Up In South-West

THE price of cement has gone up by about N600 in many cities in the South-West, the Nigerian Tribune can authoritatively report. Checks by the Nigerian Tribune in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Ekiti, Kwara and Osun states revealed that cement price went up from N3,200 at the end of September to between N3,800 and N4,000 a bag as of Monday. According to building experts, who spoke with our correspondent, the price increase was a consequence of scarcity of the major building material in the past two weeks as retailers of the product ran out of supply and were unable to

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APC may adopt consensus arrangement to pick its presidential candidate as Osinbajo, Tinubu meet

There are strong indications that the All Progressives Congress may adopt consensus arrangement to pick its presidential candidate in 2023. Top chieftains of the APC, who confided in The PUNCH on Tuesday, said stalwarts of the party had started reaching out to members nursing presidential ambition on the need to close ranks. According to them, the party fears that “a crowded presidential primary may breed bad blood and threaten the chances of the party in 2023.” It was gathered that the APC National leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, would soon meet as part of

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