Author: statereporter
The Kaduna state police command has said that over 25,000 security personnel have been deployed to strategic flash points in the state to ensure law and order during Thursday’s “protest against hunger and bad governance.” Spokesperson of the command, Mansir Hassan, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Kaduna. He said the security personnel include the police, the armed forces and personnel of other security agencies. According to him, the massive security deployment to flashpoints, “is to ensure strict compliance to public order.” On Wednesday the security personnel led by the police commissioner and other top security heads, embarked…
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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has cleared the air that he is the Leader of APC in Bayelsa state. State reporters informed that the revelations were made at the Bayelsa state Government house on Wednesday 31 July, when the Minister paid a courtesy visit on the Government of the state. Lokpobri stressed that he is the leader of the All Progressive Congress in Bayelsa state, being the highest ranked member of the party as Minister, adding that the APC under his leadership was united unlike it was under Chief Timipre Sylva, who he said ran…
“I will not tolerate this utter recklessness. It is highly inexcusable, and there will be thorough sanctions against those responsible for this gross negligence” – Minister of Sports, Senator John Enoh reacts to Favour Ofili’s exclusion from the 100m Olympic Games in Paris
Popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky, will, on August 5, 2024, regain freedom from the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, after spending 6 months in incarceration for ab¥sing the naira by spraying it at parties. This was revealed to Punch correspondent by a prison source and confirmed by Bobrisky’s lawyer, Ayo Olumofin, on Tuesday. “Bobrisky will be released on Monday, August 5,” the prison source, who preferred anonymity because he cannot speak officially, told our correspondent. Confirming the development, Olumofin, who appeared in court for Bobrisky, said, “Yes, it’s about that time for him to be released. There is nothing specific that…
“Instead of trying to sabotage the protest, come on national TV and tell us the measures you are taking to bring the prices of foodstuff back to normal. There is hunger in the land” – Actress Nkechi Blessing tells President Tinubu.
Not less than 19 people were killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) suspected to be planted by Boko Haram insurgents exploded at a local joint in Kawuri village, Konduga local government area (LGA) of Borno state. The incident happened on Wednesday, July 31, three days after insurgents attacked a police station at Jakana town in the same Konduga LGA. Daily Trust noted the development. A source who spoke to Vanguard on Wednesday night, July 31, said: “There was a mysterious bomb blast which took place at a mini market in Kawuri at about 8 pm, leaving over 19 people…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has disclosed that there are plans to involve the Armed Forces if things get out of control during the planned nationwide protests. Egbetokun disclosed this while hosting a Zoom meeting with concerned prominent human rights lawyers Femi Falana (SAN) and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), Take-It-Back Movement, representatives of the Nigerian Bar Association and various civil society organisations on Tuesday, which was monitored by SaharaReporters. The police chief stated that soldiers will be asked to monitor public demonstrations if there are sufficient reasons to believe that what happened during the 2020 #EndSARS protests will…
We were deceived. We didn’t know we were coming to do a counter-protest. We were told that we were going to be given food items when we come to Abuja. They left us without money, food, water, and transport fare — ‘Say No To Protest’ protester cries out.