Magistrate and high courts sacked last year during #endsars riots in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State are still sitting in Port Harcourt more than 30 kilometres away from their jurisdiction. The courts were sent packing after hoodlums taking advantage of the #endsars riots attacked police stations, courts and other government stations in the…
Congresses of Gun and Godfathers
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 18 October, 2021) Today’s party politics and adultery have same rule of engagement: there is no commitment to fidelity and conjugal permanence. We are in this thing for a reason and it is for a season. It is not till-death-do-us-part. We respect political seminaries abroad thinking they are…
How Gun Men Robbed Bullion Van in Lagos, Cart Away Huge Sum of Money – Eyewitness
More details have emerged about how a bullion van conveying a huge sum of money was robbed on Thursday at Ajah, Lagos, in which a commercial motor cyclist (Okada) was killed. The robbery, which took place exactly opposite a popular shopping mall along Ado Road, Blenco Supermarket, was reportedly carried out by four young men…
Benin Residents Take to Jungle Justice… As Policemen Continue to Stay Away (Photo)
In the absence of the police to call or report to, some residents of Benin, Edo State capital, may have resorted to serving jungle justice on suspected armed robbers. On Monday alone, over 12 cases of carjacking were reportedly recorded in various parts of the state capital, most of them in broad day light. Four…
Aftermath of EndSARS Protests: Armed Robbers Terrorise Benin Residents
Since the end of the EndSARS protest, Benin City, Edo State capital and some major towns in the state have been under siege as armed robbers and other criminal elements take advantage of the absence of policemen on the streets and major highways to rob, kill, and maim their victims. At home, business premises, and…
If Nigeria Dies, Hatred Killed Her – Femi Adesina
What a week it has been for our own dear native land! Just at the beginning of the month, as the country turned 60 as an independent entity, President Muhammadu Buhari had charged us to “begin sincere process of national healing, eliminate old and outworn perceptions that are always put to test in the lie…
EndSARS: CNPP wants Buhari, Security Chiefs to Resign
Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has again warned the Nigerian government that the continued deployment of security agencies and sponsoring of hoodlums to attack unarmed peaceful protesters in the country may lead to anarchy and disintegration of the country. In a statement signed by Willy Ezugwu, Secretary General of the party, he described as…
#EndSARS: Youths shut down Onne ports, Oil and Gas Free Zone
Operations at Onne ports in Rivers State on Monday were paralysed on Monday after youths in Onne blocked the entry points to the ports and the Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone as they joined in the Nationwide protests by youths to demand the end to the Special Anti-robbery Squad, police brutality and bad governance.…
Concern Over Safety of Endsars Protesters
There are concerns over the safety of #Endsars protesters who are camping at the Alausa, the Lagos State secretariat. The youth, among who are artists, are protesting against police brutality, most of which are perpetrated by officers and men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS. The protest,also being carried out in other parts of…