CBN reacts to alleged website hack by Anonymous
The Central Bank of Nigeria has denied media reports alleging that its website has been hacked. A report had emerged on social media that Anonymous, an international hacking group, claimed…
NCDC reports 212 new cases of coronavirus
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday, October 16th, announced 212 new cases of COVID-19. According to NCDC, the new cases were spread across 7 states and FCT.…
NHRC constitutes panel to investigate allegations of abuses against SARS
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has constituted an independent panel to investigate allegations of human rights abuses against the dissolved special anti-robbery squad (SARS) and other units of the…
Buhari mourns Awolowo’s eldest daughter, Tola Oyediran
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday mourned Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s eldest daughter, Mrs Tola Oyediran, who passed away earlier today. Buhari’s condolence message was contained in a statement by his Senior…
181 students, staff test positive for coronavirus in Lagos boarding school
The Lagos State government has announced on Friday that at least 181 students and staff of a private boarding school in the Lekki area of the state had tested positive…
#EndSARS: Presidential panel recommends dismissal of 37 former SARS officers
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced that 37 former operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have been pencilled down for dismissal by the Presidential Panel on Reform of…
Awolowo’s eldest daughter, Tola Oyediran, dies aged 79
Tola Oyediran, the eldest child of late Western Region Premier, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, is dead. According to The Nation, Mrs Oyediran passed on around noon on Friday at the age…
#EndSARS: Obaseki reacts as hoodlums attack protesters in Benin
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said hoodlums on Friday attacked protesters calling on the government to end police brutality with the #EndSARS hashtag. Obaseki made this disclosure in a…
