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20 EndSARS Protesters - A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the request of the Central Bank of Nigeria to freeze the accounts of 19 individuals and a public affairs company linked to the EndSARS protest. The request was filed by the CBN on October 20, and was granted...

The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has urged the youths to take a step back on the #EndSARS protest across the country. Zulum while addressing the State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday, November 6, noted that the Boko Haram group...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has dismissed rumours of the alleged disappearance of male genitals through mystical powers in the State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the alleged claims had led to acts of arson in Daudu in the Guma Local Government Area of the State....

Lekki CCTV footage - The United Kingdom has reacted to the submission of CCTV footage by the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) on Wednesday. The company appeared before Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by the Lagos State Government. The panel is probing human rights abuses perpetrated by members of the...

A Nigerian residing in the United States, identified as Oye Owolewa has become the first Nigerian to be elected to the US congress. The 30-year-old who represented Washington DC in the House of Representatives under the Democratic Party, has made history by being the first Nigerian congressman. Based on the result...

A Nigerian woman, Esther Agbaje has been elected into the Minnesota House of Representatives in Tuesday’s United States general elections. Agbaje will be representing District 59B in the 134-member House on the platform of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), an affiliate of the US Democratic Party. She won by a landslide polling...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested two Nigerian men for trafficking 16.65kg of cocaine from Brazil to Nigeria.The two suspects, Okwubunne Chidiebere Simeon and Aniakor Uchenna James were arrested on October 28, 2020, on their arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. According to reports, the cocaine substances...

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has said the Federal Government had the option of shutting down the social media space during the #EndSARS protests but chose not to tread the path. Dare, who spoke on Monday while featuring on Channels Television’s programme Sunrise Daily, said the government...