Amid nationwide #ENDSARs protests, angry tanker drivers in Adamawa have on Sunday shutdown Yola-Jalingo highway in to protest alleged police brutality against a tanker driver, near Mayo Belwa town. An eyewitness Muhammad Ali said that the incident occurred when police officers from Karewa area command in Yola accosted a tanker driver who was transferring fuel from his reserve tank to the main tank and demanded bribe. “A tanker driver whose fuel got exhausted was trying to transfer fuel to the main tank from his reservoir. ” Some policemen from Karewa area command who are notorious for extorting motorists accosted the…
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The Nigeria Diaspora Network (NDN) has begin collation of names of its members who have fallen victims of alleged brutality of the officers of disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad Unit of Nigerian police. NDN, an association of Nigerians living abroad, stated this in a statement in Abuja by its International Coordinator, Mr Samuel Atolaiye. Atolaiye also hinted that the group would make strong representations for the victims in their various states as state governments began setting up commissions of enquiry to probe all the cases. “Imagine a police service unit that is originally put together to protect the citizens from…
The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi has won all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in Saturday’s council polls in the state. Chairman, Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission (BASIEC), Alhaji Dahiru Tata, announced this on Sunday in Bauchi while issuing Certificates of Return to the newly elected chairmen. “The election has been largely successful and peaceful and PDP won all the 20 local government chairmanship and the 323 councillorship posts in the state. ” The results are as officially declared by Returning Officers at the various levels as I am only here to issue certificates to the winners,” he…
Workers at Dangote Savannah Sugar in Numan, Adamawa state have shut down the company in protest over alleged non-payment of workers’ gratuities and improved condition of service since 2003. TGNews reports that the workers union, National Union of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Employees, NUFBTE, said the company failed to pay staff gratuities, as well as improved condition of service since 2003. “We want our gratuities and condition of service that will guide our operations and this affected all cadres; no one has the condition of service,” one of its leaders, Mr David Simon said. According to him, no agreement with…
The Plateau chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has inaugurated a 96-member senatorial Campaign Council to solicit for the votes of the people of Plateau South for the senatorial by-election scheduled to hold in the zone on Oct. 31. The State Publicity Secretary of the party, Sir John Akans, said in statement on Sunday in Jos said that campaign council would be led by Mr Kefas Dandam. Akans said Dandam would be assisted by all aspirants who contested along with the senatorial candidate, Mr George Daika. He said the council was inaugurated by the State Chairman of the party,…
Bruno Fernandes made amends for a missed penalty with a late strike as Manchester United thrashed Newcastle United 4-1 on Saturday for their second Premier League win of the season. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side got off to the worst possible start when the ball deflected off Luke Shaw for an own goal in the second minute. But United captain Harry Maguire put his side level from a corner in the 23rd minute. Fernandes, who missed from the spot after Marcus Rashford was fouled, made no mistake in the 86th minute when he finished off a superb flowing counter attack by…
The Nigeria Union of Traders Association in Ghana (NUTAG), has carried out a peaceful protest over Ghanaian authorities’ refusal to open shops owned by Nigerians in that country. The President of NUTAG, Mr Chukwuemeka Nnaji, who led the protest, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview that Ghanaian authorities’ refused to open their shops since 2019. He noted that the Ghanaian authorities’ refusal to open the traders’ shops was despite several meetings between top officials of both governments of Nigeria and Ghana. He said that the protest was to press the Ghanaian authorities to open shops…
The Federal Government has warned that it will not allow the country to be thrown into anarchy following the violence that has trailed the #EndSARS protests. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Saturday when he featured on a late night Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) news programme, “Weekend File” At the programme entitled, “EndSARS Protest: The Way Forward,” the minister said Saturday’s assassination attempt on the Osun Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, while addressing the protesters was a clear confirmation that the protests had been hijacked by hoodlums and people with ulterior agenda. He noted that while…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) has confirmed 113 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The NCDC, which made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday, stated that total infections now stand at 61,307. A total of 14 states recorded the 113 infections in the country in the last 24 hours. According to the NCDC, the new cases bring the nation’s confirmed COVID-19 cases to 61,307. The NCDC also noted that four persons died from complications resulting from the virus. It added that COVID-19 fatalities in the country increased from 1,119 to 1,123 as of Saturday night.…
Suspected hoodlums on Saturday attacked Osogbo City Mall, vandalised shops and stole electronic gadgets, phones and laptops. Eye witnesses said that the hoodlums stormed the mall on motorcycles at about 7pm, forcing security guards and shops owners to run for safety. The attack came on the day the state governor’s convoy was allegedly attacked by #EndSARS protesters, leaving two people reportedly dead. One of the eye witnesses, who preferred anonymity, said that the fierce approach of the hoodlums sent everyone in the mall running for safety. He said that the hoodlums came in large numbers and had a free day,…