October 4, 2020

SARS - Saraki Advises Buhari On How To Handle Police Brutality

SARS: Saraki Advises Buhari On How To Handle Police Brutality

Bukola Saraki, former Senate President, on Saturday, urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to immediately put a stop to the harassment of Nigerians by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.

Saraki also urged the federal government to restructure the unit for better protection of Nigerians.

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He said this in a series of tweets via his verified Twitter handle.

‘The reports of the continued harassment, illegal arrest, detention and high handedness by rogue cells of the SARS Unit of @PoliceNG against innocent Nigerians – most of them

Don’t stop at any checkpoint along Kaduna-Abuja road- Kaduna Govt

Don’t Stop At Any Checkpoint Along Kaduna-Abuja Road – Govt

The Kaduna State Government has warned road users not to stop at any checkpoint along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway notorious for regular kidnapping and robbery incidents.

Mr Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, said this in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna while emphasising that the ban on security checkpoints on the road is still in force.

Aruwan noted that following complaints by citizens on the alleged checkpoints on the Kaduna-Abuja road by some security personnel, the Kaduna State Security Council had on Sept. 4, 2019 announced …

Nigeria has enough tourism sites to attract huge earnings – NTDC DG

Nigeria Has Enough Tourism Sites To Attract Huge Funds – NTDC

The Nigerian Tourism Development Commission, NTDC, says it believed Nigeria has more than enough tourism sites to attract huge earnings for the country.

The Director General of NTDC, Mr. Folorunsho Coker disclosed this in an interview.

He said Nigerians must cultivate the habit of promoting the indigenous tourism potentials and local contents in order to end the urge for foreign tourism.

According to Coker, it is high time Nigerians key into government policies to change the narrative.

He said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has provided conducive environment for …

Shagari’s son Aminu apologises to Jonathan, knocks Buhari

Shagari’s Son Aminu Apologises To Jonathan, Knocks Buhari

Aminu Shagari, three-term House of Representatives member and lawyer son of the late President Shehu Shagari, has apologised to the former Nigerian president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

Aminu said he helped to bring down Jonathan’s government to ensure Muhammadu Buhari emerged despite that as a military officer he led a coup that dethroned his father in 1983.

Mr. Shagari, who was president between 1979 and 1983, passed away on December 28, aged 93. He was removed in a military coup led by Nigeria’s current president, Muhammadu Buhari.

Years after, Mr. …

I Won’t Hesitate To Kick Out Disloyal Aides – Akeredolu

Those Promising Tuition Fees Reduction Are Deceitful – Akeredolu

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Saturday said that those promising drastic reduction in tuition fees in the state are being deceitful.

Akeredolu said this during an interactive with the youth and students of various associations in the state’s tertiary institutions in Akure.

The Ondo State governorship election comes up on Oct. 10.

Akeredolu said that it would be difficult for the state to operate three state universities successfully without increment of tuition fees.

The governor said that he could not afford to lie to the electorate on his achievements and the actual situation of things in the state …