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Some # RevolutionNow protesters have been arrested by officials of the Lagos State police today, October 1st 2020. The # RevolutionNow protest convened byformer presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore is taking in many states across Nigeria. Sowore said the protest aimed at demanding good governance and justice from the Nigerian government...

INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTIETH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, THURSDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2020 Fellow Nigerians I speak to you today as your President and fellow citizen on this epoch occasion of our country’s 60th independence Anniversary....

The Lagos state police command has issued a ban on rallies and protests in the state ahead of the October 1 Independence Day celebration. The command read the riot act during a security meeting with the Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, and Heads of Department at the Lagos State Police...

Popular Nigerian singer, Burna Boy has turned down an invitation by convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, to join the march planned for 1 October. The October 1 protest is planned to hold in all 36 states across Nigeria as well as in London, Sweden, Netherlands, San Francisco, New...

Thursday, October 1, has been declared a public holiday to mark the country’s 60th Independence Anniversary by the Federal Government. Making the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, congratulated all Nigerians on the celebration of the country’s Diamond Jubilee while giving assurances of the government’s commitment to the socio-economic...

Popular Nigerian singer, Burna Boy has turned down an invitation by convener of the Revolution Now protest, Omoyele Sowore, to join the march planned for 1 October. The October 1 protest is planned to hold in all 36 states across Nigeria as well as in London, Sweden, Netherlands, San Francisco,...

A former staff of First Bank PLC has been sentenced to 98 years in prison for committing N49,320,652.32 fraud against her employers and an additional $368,203.00 belonging to the bank in Oyo state. The woman, identified as Oreoluwa Adesakin was arraigned at the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial...

The management of the TStv, a local satellite television network, has rolled out pay-per-view services in 18 states in the country. The pay-per-view according to the management of the indigenous satellite TV network will be launched on 1 October, 2020 to mark the country’s independence day. Addressing a press conference...