The draw for the FA Cup first round due to be played the weekend of November 7, 2020, were conducted on Monday night. The clubs are to receive £22,629 prize money if they win their games. There will not be any replays in this season’s edition of the FA Cup as a result of the […]
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The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday tackled Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s alleged claim that it will take N1 trillion to restore all properties and facilities destroyed by hoodlums during the violence that trailed the #EndSARS protests in the state. The PDP disagreed with Sanwo-Olu and the ruling All Progressive Congress […]
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Emmanuel Adeyemi, a journalist with the Sun Newspaper, was among some persons that were shot in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, on Monday as hoodlums were on rampage looting items from a warehouse. Adeyemi was shot as he made his way to the NUJ Press Centre on Lugard Road in Lokoja, while another unidentified person […]
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Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has taken a swipe at those threatening Nigerian military officers with a travel ban. He spoke on Monday at a meeting with Army commanders in Abuja on the End SARS protest and violent incidents across the country. The COAS lambasted international organisations clamouring for a ban on top personnel […]
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A fresh video has surfaced online, showing police officers interrogating a suspect, who bought looted government properties. There have been looting across the country, sequel to the violence that marred the #EndSARS protest. Videos and pictures on social media have shown Nigerians carting away items from public and private offices and warehouses.
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The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has finally spoken up on the shooting of #ENDSARS protesters in Lekki, Lagos by suspected security operatives almost a week after. The spoke through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu vowing to ensure justice for “peaceful protesters who lost their lives” and property […]
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The Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide (YCYW) and its counterpart in the South East, the Ohanaeze Youth Council Worldwide (OYC), yesterday, had a virtual meeting following the uprising in Lagos State. The Yoruba youth body dissociates itself from the purported planned attack and eviction of Ndigbo from Lagos. One Adeyinka grandson in a viral video […]
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The Lagos State Ministry of Justice is currently evaluating the files of 229 persons who allegedly took advantage of the EndSARS protest to destroy and loot public and private properties in different parts of the state. This information was contained in a statement by Kayode Oyekanmi who is the Director, Public Affairs of the Ministry of […]
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Nigeria’s Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has called on Igbo indigenes to ignore threats asking them to leave Yorubaland. Recall that in a video circulating on social media, Grandson Adeyinka, a UK-based Nigerian, called on Igbo indigenes to leave south-west states. Grandson was arrested arrest in London in 2019 for allegedly “stirring racial discrimination” against the […]
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Real Madrid averted a crisis in the best possible way on Saturday by beating Barcelona 3-1 in the first empty Clasico, landing an early blow in La Liga’s title race. Barca had the chance to inflict a third consecutive defeat on their rivals and increase the pressure on Zinedine Zidane. Instead, Madrid’s win earns them […]
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