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Investigative Panel: Bobrisky Given Special Privileges But Served Term In Custodial Facility

Bobrisky
An investigative panel set up by the Federal Government has revealed that controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly called Bobrisky, served his six-month jail term following his conviction over Naira abuse offences. However, the panel revealed that the crossdresser was granted certain privileges during his time at the Kirikiri Medium Security Custodial Centre in Lagos. The panel, chaired by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, also found no evidence to support claims that the crossdresser bribed officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCos) to be allowed to stay in a rented apartment outside the prison. BobriskyRead More

Looting: Release All COVID-19 Palliatives Immediately, NLC Tells Govts

Looters carting away COVID-19 palliatives
The Nigeria Labour Congress has urged federal and state governments to release forthwith, all COVID-19 palliatives still stored in warehouses across the country. The union also condemned the mass lootingRead More

Hoodlums Raid Another Warehouse In Abuja

Hoodlums brazenly looting relief palliatives after breaking into another warehouse in Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT.
Hoodlums Monday morning brazenly looted relief palliatives after breaking into another warehouse in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The warehouse, near West African Examination Council (WAEC)Read More

#EndSARS Protest: Gov Fayemi Relaxes Curfew On Ekiti

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi
The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has relaxed the curfew imposed on the state following the violence that occurred in the wake of the #EndSARS protests. The protest lastRead More

FG Committed To Police Reform – Minister

Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi
The Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, has restated the Federal Government’s commitment to reform the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Speaking at the Sokoto State Police Command headquarters Sunday,Read More

Soyinka Dissociates Self From Inciting Video Against Igbo

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka
Urges social media to stop promoting ethnic tension PANDEF seeks end to wanton destruction of property Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has asked social media platforms to stop giving publicityRead More

Tinubu Visits Sanwo-Olu, Seeks Clarification On Lekki Shootings

Former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who resurfaced in Lagos yesterday, debunked the reports that he sneaked out of the country to France in the wake of the #ENDSARSRead More

TI Recommends Anti-corruption Reforms To Address #EndSARS Agitation

Transparency International
Condemns excessive use of forces on youth protesters Says no proof of killing during Lekki’s shooting yet Transparency International (TI), a global coalition against corruption, has recommended serious evidence-based anti-corruptionRead More

Lekki Shootings: Judicial Panel Commences Sitting Tuesday

EndSARS protesters on the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos
229 suspects to be prosecuted for arson, murder The Lagos State Government yesterday disclosed that its Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS-related Abuses and Lekki TollRead More

#EndSARS Protests: Calm Returns To Lagos As It Counts Losses

A clean up Exercise in IFAKO IJAIYE Local Government, Lagos State carried out on Saturday, October 24th, 2020 by community leaders, Lawma, LASEMA – DG Dr. Femi Osanyintolu and Hon. TemiTope Adewale
Governor Sanwo-olu assesses damages, relaxes curfew 8 officers face murder charges The city of Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, is gradually experiencing calm after two days of arson byRead More

SARS: Fate Of Suspects In Detention Hanging

The disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the Nigeria Police Force
Following the disbandment of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the Nigeria Police Force as a result of nationwide protests, tagged #EndSARS, the fate of suspects arrested byRead More