Author: Alex Enemanna
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Lekki shooting: Anger as FG insists on sanctioning CNN
The threat by the federal government to sanction US Cable News Network, CNN, over its investigative report on the shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at Lekki Tollgate, Lagos, Thursday provoked outrage across the country. Government also challenged the promoters of #EndSARS campaign who accused soldiers of mass killing of innocent, peaceful and unarmed protesters…
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How my security aide killed newspaper vendor — Gbajabiamila
The Speaker of the House of Representative, Femi Gbajabiamila has confirmed the death of a newspaper vendor shot by one of his security aides on Thursday. Gbajabiamila who, in a series of tweets on his official handle in the early hours of Friday, narrated how the incident took place, explained that the vendor was hit…
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Chile police chief resigns after cops shoot two teenagers
Chile’s police chief resigned Thursday after officers shot two minors in an incident that sparked outrage across a country already alarmed at heavy-handed security force tactics during months of social protests. President Sebastian Pinera said in a statement he had accepted the resignation of Mario Rozas, saying he shared “the reasons and arguments” he had…
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NYSC cautions filmmakers against use of members’ uniform without permission
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has urged filmmakers to always seek proper approval before using corps members’ uniform while shooting their movies. Mr Christian Oru, NYSC Assistant Director of Legal Services, said this in Lagos during a meeting between National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) and creative industry stakeholders on enabling laws and…
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UK to unveil ‘largest military investment’ in three decades
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Thursday unveil what is being billed as Britain’s biggest programme of investment in the armed forces since the end of the Cold War. In a speech to lawmakers in parliament, Johnson will announce an extra £16.5 billion ($22 billion, 18.5 billion euros) in funding over the next four years.…
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Bobby Brown’s son, 28, found dead at Los Angeles home
Bobby Brown Jr., the son of singer Bobby Brown, was found dead at a Los Angeles home Wednesday. He was 28. Los Angeles Police spokesman Officer Jeff Lee said officers were responding to a medical emergency when they found Brown Jr.’s body around 1:50 p.m. at a home in Encino, The Los Angeles Times reported.…
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After Umahi defection to party, APC sacks Ebonyi EXCO
Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/ Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress has dissolved the party’s Executive Committee in Ebonyi State. It has also announced the setting up of a 15 member caretaker executive as replacement. The development followed the defection of the state governor, Dave Umahi, from the Peoples Democratic Party…
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Gunmen kill ex-governor Dickson’s aide
Gunmen have shot dead a police officer in a midnight attack at the Toru-Orua residence of former Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. The bandits were said to have invaded Dickson’s compound through the Forcados River on Wednesday night. The slain officer was among a team of…
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We’re owing Evans’ sister N2m — Police
The police on Tuesday admitted owing a an expectant schoolteacher who was detained and tortured for 22 days in 2017, Mrs. Nzube Obiechina, and her husband, Ogechukwu, a judgment debt of N2 million. A lawyer for the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Mr. Nosa Uhumwamgho, told the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry…
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#EndSARS: We lost N2bn — Abuja traders, NGO
Members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), those of Apo Mechanic Traders Association and a non-government organisation (NGO), Shelter Initiative for African Women, have claim that they lost about N2.5 billion when hoodlums looted and vandalised their properties during and after the #EndSARS protests in Abuja. They made…