Month: October 2020

#EndSARS: IGP orders nationwide deployment of Anti-riot police officers …. charges operatives to protect lives, defend critical infrastructure

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu has ordered immediate nationwide deployment of anti-riot police unit – the Police Mobile Force (PMF) – to protect lives and property of all Nigerians and secure critical national infrastructure across the country. The IGP has also ordered massive deployment of Police operatives to strengthen security around Correctional facilities nationwide.   The orders were coming on the heels of increasing attacks including acts of arson and malicious damage to public and private facilities as recorded in some States of the Federation including the Federal…

FG mulls extension of registration payroll support, to pay 400,000 beneficiaries month end

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The Federal Government says it may consider the plea by some states for the extension of the registration time for the payroll support system to enable some states to meet their quota.   This is as the government plans to pay over 400,000 staff of already shortlisted businesses by the end of October. The Special Assistant to the President on Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Mr Tola Johnson, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday. He said that since the closure of the…

AbdulRazaq appoints 10-person Judicial Panel on #EndSARS protest

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Kwara State Governor,AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday named a 10-person judicial panel of investigation to look into the complaints of police brutality, human rights abuses and extra judicial killings by the #EndSARS protesters. The development followed a recommendation of the National Economic Council for each state to constitute a panel to receive and investigate complaints from the #EndSARS coalition, make recommendations to prosecute erring persons, and recommend compensations for victims or their families, among other things. The chairman of the panel is retired Justice Tunde Garba, according to a statement by…

Oyo Police gets new Deputy Public Relations Officer

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Oyo state police command has appointed ASP Oduniyi Omotayo as the new Deputy Police Public Relations Officer. ASP Omotayo who hail from Oke-Igbo in Ondo State was enlisted into Nigeria Police Force on 24th December, 2013. He is a member of the Regular course one at the prestigious Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State where he bagged B.Sc Computer Science. Omotayo was commissioned and passed out on the 22nd of December, 2018. He was transferred to Oyo State Command on 18th of January, 2019 where he started his Police career…

Make us proud,Ogundoyin tasks Oyo indigenes at Nigerian Law School

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The Speaker ,Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin has advised Oyo State indigenes at the Nigerian Law School to make the state proud by distinguishing themselves academically and morally. The Speaker gave the charge when members of Forum of Oyo State Indigenes in the Nigerian Law School, 2020/2023 session paid him a courtesy call in his office. Ogundoyin told the students to reciprocate the good gesture of Governor Seyi Makinde who recently approved five hundred thousand naira bursary for each of the two hundred and thirty-three Oyo State…

Between Gov. Seyi Makinde and the rest of them By Wole Arisekola

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Whenever it’s time to make use of the brain, Gov. Makinde is always ahead of the others. After the clash between the Police and EndSARS protesters, he withdrew the police and asked the military and other security agents to guard the protesters. He knew quite well that it was dangerous to leave those young innocent guys all alone. He knew that politicians will sponsor thugs to infiltrate their camps and cause havoc if they were not protected. Through his wisdom, we are enjoying peace in Ibadan and Oyo state. Many…

#EndSARS Protests:The Remedy For National Maladies Is More, Not Less, Democracy By Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu

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For the past twelve days, our country has witnessed massive protests by youths in different cities, which were ignited by widespread disenchantment with the gross human rights abuses including torture, extortion, harassment, intimidation and even extra-judicial killings of Nigerians by members of the disbanded Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS). The demands for fundamental police reforms by the protesting youths are in pursuit of our aspiration in our national anthem “to build a nation where peace and justice shall reign”. Justice as one of our greatest writers has memorably noted is “the…

COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE SECOND SUMMIT OF THE STATE DIASPORA FOCAL POINT OFFICERS AND STANDING COMMITTEE ON DIASPORA MATTERS

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BACKGROUND We, the members of the Standing Committee on Diaspora Matters (SCDM) and the State Diaspora Focal Point Officers (SDFPOs) present at the second Summit of the State Diaspora Focal Point Officers organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) within the framework of the “European Union (EU) and IOM Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration in Nigeria” funded by the EU, held at the LUCY HALL, BON HOTEL ELVIS, WUSE 2, Abuja on 15th October 2020 – met and agreed…

EndSARS: Edo Govt imposes 24-hour curfew ,as criminals hijack protest, free prisoners in Benin,

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Suspected criminals have hijacked the EndSARS protest and freed prison inmates at the Correctional Centre in Benin, Edo state. Some of the video clips obtained by PRNigeria, show how the suspects, mostly young men, in their large numbers invaded the Oko Prison located on Benin-Sapele road, before setting the inmates free. Some of the inmates were seen scaling the high fence and escaping from the facility. There are also reported cases of robbery, looting and raped with an outbreak of violence in the state following the #EndSARS protests. Meanwhile a…

A Good Muslim Wouldn’t Support Or Participate In Any Protest Or Civil Disobedience To Destabilise His Own County! By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. Peace and blessing be upon whom Allah sent as a mercy to the Worlds, upon his Family, his Companions and his Brothers till the Day of Resurrection. Dear brothers and sisters, as you all know, some Nigerian youth mostly from southern parts of Nigeria have been demonstrating, as they claimed, against the use of excessive force, harassment, extortion and extra-judicial killings by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of…