November 12, 2020

#EndSARS: Gov. Fayemi Urges Injured Policemen To File Petition

November 12, 2020 3:36 pm

The Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday urged policemen who were injured, molested or lost personal property during the #EndSARS protest to file their petitions before the state judicial panel of enquiry report says.

This was coming as the people of Ikere Ekiti, the Local government headquarters of the Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State, resolved to rebuild burnt police formations in the town. This was made known in a communiqué at the end of a meeting by the Ogoga of Ikere Ekiti, Oba Adejimi Adu, the Ikere Ekiti community condemned the destruction of public property, vowing …

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Nigerian Army Releases Names Of 86 Boko Haram Suspects

November 12, 2020 3:25 pm

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday released a list of 86 persons wanted in connection with act of terrorism even as 6 Nigerians were convicted in a UAE court for sponsoring Boko Haram. This is coming just as a global alliance, championed by the United States has committed itself to assisting Nigeria and other West African countries to combat terrorism.

The Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS resolved to apply lessons learnt from the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria to defeat Boko Haram and other terror groups in West Africa. The US Department of State, in a statement released yesterday, …

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Police Dismiss 10 Officers In Lagos For Indiscipline

November 12, 2020 3:02 pm

The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed 10 personnel for indiscipline who were among 81 officers tried for various offences, the report says. This was made known in a statement by Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Olumuyiwa Adejob. He noted that the action was taken in other to promote discipline and core values of policing in Lagos state.

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‘In its bid to promote discipline and core values of policing in Lagos State, the Police Command has tried 81 personnel for various criminal and disciplinary offences that

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Ghana Loses Former President Jerry John Rawlings

November 12, 2020 11:02 am

The former president of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings, has died at the age of 73. He died Thursday morning at the Korle-Bu University Hospital in Accra, where he had been admitted a week earlier.

He came to global prominence in 1979 when, as an army lieutenant, he ousted General Frederick Akuffo as president in his first military coup d’état.

It was a failure: he was arrested, brought before a court-martial – a court in which he chose to defend himself alone and he was freed a few weeks later by a group of officers whose common dream was fighting a …