The Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has said that political thugs planned the attack on him during the End SARS protest on Saturday in Osogbo.
The incident occurred while the governor was addressing the peaceful protesters.
According to him, political thugs hijacked the exercise and hurled stones and dangerous weapons and vandalised several cars.
Oyetola disclosed that preliminary investigation further revealed that no live bullet or cannister of teargas was fired at the rampaging political thugs, adding that no life was lost at the scene of the incident while he was properly evacuated to safety.
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The Federal Government has approved the reopening of the Marine Beach Bridge and the Eko Bridge in Lagos State.
The government had shut the Eko Bridge and Marine Beach Bridge in March and May respectively for repairs while declaring it unsafe for public use.
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Also, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, had announced that the ongoing emergency rehabilitation of the EkoBridge linking Alaka is almost completed and will be ready for use in October.
However, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, in a …
The national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has denied been among the sponsors of the #EndSARS protest.
According to a statement issued on Saturday by Tunde Rahman, spokesman of the APC chieftain, Tinubu could not have sponsored a protest that is affecting the economy of Lagos state.
He added that it is impossible for the former governor of Lagos State to sponsor the protest in all the states where it has occurred.
…‘There is a need to set the facts and record
The United Nations, Ambassador for Peace and Social Justice, Hussaini Coomassie, has condemned the ongoing peaceful anti-police brutality protest in Nigeria.
Coomassie, who described the protest as ‘nonsense,’ blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for allowing the ongoing protest.
The Deputy National Coordinator of the Buhari Campaign Organization blamed Buhari for taking things lightly with protesters.
He pointed out that former President Olusegun Obasanjo would never have allowed such protest.
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According to Coomassie: ‘Can you try this nonsense during Obasanjo’s time? I blame Buhari for taking things lightly.’
“There are certain …
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, who clocked 60 years on Friday, 16 October, said he has been subjected to the greatest humiliation, suffering and pain from those closest to him.
Reflecting on what happened to him in the last 60 years, Fani-Kayode said he had witnessed the most terrible things in life and that all through them, he gave thanks to God.
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‘I have witnessed the most terrible things that most only read about in books and I have been subjected to the greatest humiliation, suffering and pain from
President Umaro Embalo has expressed appreciation to President Buhari for his support and the fatherly advice he had been receiving from him before and after his inauguration as president of Guinea Bissau.
President Embalo explained that he named a street in Bissau, capital of Guinea Bissau, after President Buhari as a mark of honour and respect he has for the Nigerian leader due to his honesty, discipline and fear of God.
On his part, President Macky Sall of Senegal commended the way and manner Nigeria is supporting the cost of war against insurgency and terrorist activities in all the Lake …
Women of Inestimable Values (WIVs) have commended the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for taking proactive measures and naming officers who brutalised protesters in the ongoing #EndSARS protest.
Mrs Blessing Okojie-Eze, National president of WIVs, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), commended Mr Sanwo-Olu and described his step as a good development.
…‘The WIVs are highly impressed with our Governor, Mr Sanwo-Olu, who have been working day and night to sanitise Lagos State, even in the ongoing #EndSARS protest.’
‘We specifically commend him for putting
Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has apologised to Nigerians and also admitted and faulted the Federal Government for not moving faster in addressing the demands of Nigerians calling for a total ban of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS unit of the police.
Isinbajo, in a series of tweets on Friday night, said he knows many Nigerians are angry, and that their anger was justified.
He said he understands the feeling of many young people in the country, noting that many feel that the government has been too silent and has simply not done enough, adding that the feelings of …
The EU on Thursday hit members of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle with sanctions over the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny and Kremlin meddling in Libya’s civil war.
Six senior Russian officials including the head of Russia’s FSB domestic spy agency and the tycoon nicknamed “Putin’s chef” will be banned from travelling to the bloc and have their assets in the European Union frozen in a move that steps up pressure on Moscow.
The sanctions listings formally accuse Russian state bodies over Navalny’s poisoning, saying the attack with the Novichok nerve agent could not have been carried out …
Support for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom has risen to a record high of 58 percent, according to an Ipsos Mori poll released on Wednesday.
The poll of 1,045 adults aged over 16 across Scotland, conducted from October 2-9, saw only 42 percent back staying in the union once undecided voters were stripped out.
“Our latest poll will put a spring in the step of nationalists but makes grim reading for unionists,” Emily Gray, the managing director of Ipsos MORI Scotland said.
“The Scottish public have …
Ahead of tomorrow’s local government elections in the state, the Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission (BASIEC) on Thursday night distributed all sensitive materials to the 20 local government areas in the state amidst tight security.
Speaking with journalists at the venue of the distribution in Bauchi, the State Electoral Commissioner, Alhaji Dahiru Tata, assured that the commission is ready to conduct free and fair elections.
According to him, all necessary arrangements have been concluded by the state electoral body for the smooth and safe delivery of election materials to all the local government areas of the state.
He also explained …
