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#EndSARS: Lagos Government Reacts To Leakage of Panel Report
The Lagos State Government has reacted to the controversy that greeted the leaked report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters. After the report leaked on Monday, many Nigerians have expressed divided views. Some of them doubted the contents of the report, pointed out loopholes…
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eNaira Drawing Global Interest, World Bank
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disclosed that the recently launched Nigeria’s digital currency, the eNaira has been “drawing substantial interest from the outside world,” since it was unveiled on October 25, 2021. In its ‘Country Focus’ article on Nigeria authored by Jack Ree of the African Department and published in its website, the IMF…
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NYSC Reacts To Fake Circular on Batch ‘C’ Stream II Orientation Course
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has distanced itself from the fake circular making the rounds on the 2021 Batch “C” Stream II orientation course. The scheme, In a statement signed by its NYSC spokesperson, Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, said such a circular did not emanate from it. “The attention of NYSC management has been drawn…
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Strike: NANS Begs ASUU, ASUP, Non Academic Unions
National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has appealed to Academic Staff of Universities (ASUU), Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and other academic and non-academic unions of Tertiary institutions in the country to consider the plight of students and their parents by not embarking on strikes at the slightest provocation. The appeal was made by…
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Again, Four Dead, Others Rescue, as Building Collapses in Lagos
Vanguard Another building under construction has collapsed in Magbon, Badagry area of Lagos, today(Wednesday), with four persons feared dead. Five others were rescued from the rubbles with varying degrees of injury, while efforts are still on to rescue others. This is coming on the heels of the 21-storey building that went down in Ikoyi, earlier…
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Nigerian Navy Breaks Silence Over Purported Disappearance of Instagram Skit Maker, Cute Abiola
The Nigerian Navy has broken its silence over purported disappearance of popular Instagram skit maker Ahmed Gafar Oluwatoyin, known as Cute Abiola, adding that, the comic actor is not missing but locked up in his unit for breaching the Armed Forces social media policy. The skit maker, who is also a Naval officer, was declared…
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Gbajabiamila Summons Ministers, ASUU Leadership Over Looming Strike
In a bid to stop the looming strike in the nation’s public universities, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu; and the national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to a meeting on Thursday…
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How Phone Call Triggered Lagos Gas Explosion, Eyewitness
Fresh fact has emerged on how phone call triggered Lagos gas explosion which led to the death of five persons, as 15 vehicles and many houses were destroyed by the explosion which happened at Ojekunle Street, off Ladipo Street, in the Mushin area of Lagos State. Punch correspondents, who visited the scene, observed that the…
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#EndSARS: U.S Government Reacts To Panel Report
United States Government on Tuesday called on the Nigerian and Lagos State governments to adress alleged abuses pointed out by the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry that looked into the violence surrounding the #EndSARS protest that took place in October 2020. In a statement, the United States Consulate General in Lagos…
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#EndSARS: Summary of Panel Findings, Recommendations
The Nation The #EndSARS #ReformPoliceNG Advocacy upon which the protesters premised their #EndSARS demonstration of discontent/Protest on, has been the most prominent advocacy in Nigeria and a major rallying point, convergence and common ground for the national Police brutality imbroglio since 2016. This is one of the reasons why the advocacy was surgically curated and…