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Barely 24 hours after he presided over the National Security Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja and later addressed the nation, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday at a meeting with Nigeria's former presidents and heads of state reiterated that the well organised and peaceful protest by Nigerian youths under...
By Dapo Akande Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you wish you had done the comparatively little thing someone had asked of you instead of dilly dallying to the point when the person vexes and says, "forget it, now I want it all?" Or, "I'm not even...
A resident of Monkey Village, Maza maza, in Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos State has accused the government of concealing CACOVID COVID-19 palliatives, which was meant to be distributed to cushion the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on the vulnerable poor resident of the state in a warehouse. The Leadership reported...
After breaking his silence since the deadly Lekki Toll Gate shooting of unarmed peaceful young #EndSARS protesters, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday appealed to demonstrators demanding action to overhaul the nation’s Police to end their protests. In his address, the president stressed that it had become necessary to address the...
Almost 48 hours after Nigeria was under fire and the infamous Lekki Toll Gate shooting at unarmed peaceful protesters Tuesday night, Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari will now address the nation at 7pm on Thursday, October 22, 2020. Presidency spokesman, Femi Adesina disclosed this in a statement Thursday evening, stating that...
As the situation in Ibadan the Oyo state capital remains charged, an angry mob of youths allegedly set ablaze a Policeman in the Iwo area of the city, a social media blog Ibadan Media, reported In a video uploaded online. Warning, graphic Video: READ ALSO: https://echotitbits.com/endsars-ohanaeze-ndigbo-dissociates-igbos-from-nnamdi-kanu-on-destruction-of-yoruba-assets/ READ ALSO: https://echotitbits.com/lawmakers-begs-for-calm-as-endsars-protest-assumes-violent-dimension-in-ondo-state/ In order to calm nerves and...
As #EndSARS protest assumes a violent dimension in Ondo, the State House of Assembly has called for calm. In an attempt to entreat the protesters, Speaker,  Bamidele Oloyelogun, on Thursday in Akure appealed to the youths to embrace peace and allow the government to attend to their agitations. While he urged...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, a pan socio-cultural group of the igbos, has distanced the Igbo tribe from provocative statement inciting the destruction of Yoruba assets in Lagos, credited to the leader of proscribed Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The group, through a statement issued by the President-General of Ohanaeze...
Following the widespread unrest occasioned by the use of force on unarmed peaceful #EndSARS protesters in some states in Nigeria's South, the Governor of Delta, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on all leaders in the country to rally and earnestly begin the process of correcting the wrongs in the...