Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau, has reinstated the 24-hour curfew in Jos South and Jos North local government areas, effective from 4p.m on Saturday till further notice. The governor first imposed a 24-hour curfew on Tuesday, October 20, but relaxed it on Friday, October 23, after a meeting with critical stakeholders in the state. Lalong, however, reinstated the lockdown in a statement issued to journalists on Saturday in Jos, following attacks on some warehouses in the state. “Fellow citizens of Plateau State, you will recall that I announced a 24-hour curfew in Jos South and Jos North local government Areas…
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Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun on Saturday, imposed a fresh 24-hour curfew on the state until further notice. The announcement came barely 48 hours after Oyetola announced the suspension of the earlier dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on the state following the #EndSARS protests by some youths in the state. In state broadcast in Osogbo, Oyetola said that the fresh curfew, which takes immediate effect, is to prevent anarchy and the looting of government and private properties by hoodlums. It is also to prevent the situation from degenerating into a large-scale breakdown of law and order, he said The governor had on…
Hoodlums on Saturday in Jos, vandalised the warehouses of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and that of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and looted foodstuff and other items stored there. The hoodlums were seen moving the items and trying to convert them to their personal use. Mr Tanimola Obasa, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Plateau Command of the NSCDC, confirmed the development. Obasa said that the command was doing all within its powers to stop the looting. He also said that the command would not allow the incident to truncate the relative peace being enjoyed in…
The Police Command in Niger, said its operatives and local vigilantes have thwarted bandits attack on Hayin Beri village near Kamfanin Bobi in Mariga local government area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adamu Usman said in Minna that the attempted attack occurred at about 4:00am on Saturday. He said that one bandit was killed and others forced to flee with injuries due to the superior fire power of the police operatives and local vigilantes. “Mop up operation to track the fleeing bandits is ongoing,” he said, and urged residents to report anyone with bullet wound…
Ekiti state government, raised an alarm on Saturday that huge quantities of poisonous items, mistaken for food yet to be distributed as Covid-19 palliatives, were looted in warehouses in Ado-Ekiti on Friday… Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mr Akin Omole, said in a statement in Ado Ekiti that raising the alarm became expedient to forestall any harm that could befall anyone who consumed the items. Also reportedly looted was the office of the Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) in Ado Ekiti. “Information at our disposal revealed that the Federal Government’s silos, the ADP warehouse and the State Emergency Management Agency…
Suspected hoodlums on Saturday, invaded the residence of Senator Teslim Folarin (APC-Oyo Central) in Ibadan and carted away empowerment materials worth N200 million. The ugly incident was confirmed by Folarin during a radio programme, monitored on Saturday in Ibadan. The items carted away were meant for constituency empowerment programme of the lawmaker, scheduled to take place in December. Among the items carted away are about 300 motorcycles, deep freezers and food items. Folarin, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Content and former Senate Leader, said he was relieved that no life was lost. Normalcy has since returned to…
Hoodlums, masquerading as EndSARS protesters, attacked the Kwara Command warehouse of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in Ilorin on Saturday with the intention to loot. In a resistance put up by Customs officers on duty, 24 of the motorcycles and a tricycle that conveyed the looters to the facility were seized. The hoodlums, however, succeeded in setting part of the place on fire. Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Ahmed Bello posted on the agency’s communication platform that the hoodlums attacked with guns, machetes, axes, charms and other dangerous weapons. The Customs men had to call for reinforcement from the Nigerian Army,…
Hoodlums in Calabar have vandalised the Nigeria Labour Congress building, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and Cross River State Emergency Management Agency buildings where they carted away food stuff and torched the warehouse. The protesters also destroyed valuables and equipment worth millions of Naira at the office of the Department of Petroleum Resources, the warehouse in the Ministry of Works, the Commercial Transport Regulatory Agency, Value Mart supermarket and the Cross River Newspaper Corporation, “Chronicle”. NAN correspondent who visited the affected buildings on Saturday, reports that the protesters carted away food stuff, office equipment including generators, air conditioners, computers, chairs,…
Kebbi state government has confirmed an outbreak of gastroentritis in four local government areas following the contamination of water sources due to recent flooding in the state. The flood had rendered many people homeless, destroyed farm produce and other property and contaminated potable water sources. The Director, Community Health in the state Ministry of Health, Muhammad-Abdullahi Bubuce said on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi that 328 people were affected. According to him, the ministry had taken measures to arrest the situation, in order to curb further spread of the disease. “From the reports we received so far, 328 persons have been…
Hoodlums in Onitsha, Anambra, have destroyed the statue of Nigeria’s first president Dr. Nnami Azikiwe, erected in the city. The hoodlums are suspected to be some of those who hijacked the #EndSARS protest to wreak havoc. The statute, located at Denis Memorial Grammar School roundabout in Onitsha, was erected months ago by Gov. Willie Obiano to further beautify the city. While vandalising the statue, the hoodlums, armed with dangerous weapons including machetes, were heard venting their anger against the late Nigerian statesman. “You are the cause of our trouble,’’ was one of the uncomplimentary remarks the hoodlums chanted. One of…