The Lagos State Government on Tuesday announced the setting up of a N200 million fund to compensate families of victims of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) killings. Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced this while addressing the #EndSARS protesters at the Lagos House of Assembly gate, Alausa, Ikeja. The compensation fund will be completely supervised by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) appointed by members of the public. Sanwo-Olu called on the protesters to send the list of everyone that had fatal encounters with SARS in Lagos. He said that government would identify the families and ensure that they were compensated. The…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Senate has received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of four nominees as Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The request which was contained in a letter dated October 12, was read at plenary by President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan. The letter reads: “Pursuant to Paragraph 14 of Part I(F) of the Third Schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended, I hereby forward for confirmation by the Senate, the appointment of the following four (4) Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The nominees listed by the…
…As Makinde tells Police to stay back Death toll during the #ENDSARS protests in Oyo, has reportedly rose to three, compelling governor Seyi Makinde to ask operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, to take back seat. This the report says, is to allow other security agencies to take frontline stage to secure the lives of protesters. Makinde also held an emergency security meeting with heads of security agencies Sunday night in Ibadan, which agreed that the Police should take the back seat, while other security agencies, including a special security outfit of the State, Operation Burst, would be on the…
Ten people were reported dead amid torrential rains in Vietnam, bringing the total death toll from storms in the country to 28, local authorities said on Tuesday. “We have 12 reported still missing and grave concerns over 17 workers who may have been buried under a landslide. “Among the dead are 22 people who were swept away by floods, three crew members who drowned at sea, and three others who were electrocuted during a clean-up,’’ local authorities said in a report. Authorities in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue mobilised a helicopter to verify reports of a landslide that hit…
Our Beloved Girl-Child Global Foundation, an NGO, has called on the Federal Government, to give adequate attention to female education, towards building a greater global society and to promote gender equality in the country. Dr. Lilian Chinasa Obenwa, the president and founder of the foundation, made the call in an interview with newsmen to commemorate the International Day of the Girl-Child, celebrated annually on Oct. 11. The International Day of the Girl Child is to recognise girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world through sexual abuse and violence. Lilian said the youths, especially women and girls,…
Farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria were in awe when the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) conducted some harvest operations on farm plots set up to demonstrate the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management and Best Planting Practices, one of the project’s agronomic recommendation toolkits. IITA-ACAI last year set up demo plots in various communities and villages in the state to allow local farmers compare root yields obtained from a cassava farm cultivated using the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management & Best Planting Practices toolkit (tagged demo), and those cultivated according to…
A 33-year-old trader, Onome Godfrey, on Tuesday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates‘ Court for allegedly biting off tip of a woman ’s ear . The police charged Godfrey, who lives at No. 2, Ifedore St., Yamco Ayobo, Lagos, with two counts of breach of peace and assault. She pleaded not guilty. The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Benson Emuerhi, told the court that Godfrey committed the offence on Sept. 17, at 9 a.m. at her residence. Emuerhi alleged that the defendant bit off part of the complainant, Cordelia Chiwuoba’s ear during an altercation. He said the incident caused the complainant permanent…
Four persons were crushed to death on Monday in an accident involving an Iveco truck, Bajaj motorcycle and a commercial bus around Phonex bus stop on the Sagamu-Ogijo road. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) confirmed the incident in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Akinbiyi said that the accident occurred around 6:35p.m., and was caused by loss of control on the part of the truck driver. He said that the incident involved six male adults and four female adults. The TRACE spokesman said that five were injured while four died in the accident. “The accident involved an…
A non-governmental organization, Noble Youths Mass Support Association, NYMSA, has called on the Federal Government to comprehensively reform and overhaul the entire Nigeria Police Force. The National Coordinator, Mr Godwin Onmonya in an interview in Abuja on Tuesday said such reform would ensure effective service delivery in the country`s policing system, adding that the reform had become necessary following police brutality on innocent citizens. According to him, placing a ban on SARS was not enough, but total reform and rebranding of the entire police force will go a long way to fix the force. “We have taken special note of…
The MultiChoice Group, which is the parent company of the DSTV, on Monday said the high cost of production in Nigeria was responsible for the increase in its subscription tariffs. Managing Director of MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, Mr John Ugbe said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee, which is investigating the Non-Implementation of ‘Pay As You Go’ Tariff by Satellite Broadcast Service Providers. According to him, the recent hike in Valued Added Tax, VAT, as well as poor power supply in the country, were some of the reasons for the increase. The House had set…