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Just in: Buhari, Gowon, Obasanjo, other ex-Nigerian leaders in crucial meeting

  Nigeria’s past leaders except Gen. Ibrahim Babangida are meeting with  President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, over the state of...

#EndSARS arson: Southwest governors to youths: Defend our land, people against incursions 

Aftermath of infiltration of #EndSARS protesters resulting in property destruction and carnage in the Southwest, the six Governors in the states are now...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves Remdesivir for Treatment of Coronavirus

  The US FDA granted full approval to the antiviral drug Remdesivir as a treatment for patients hospitalized with Covid-19.   As an antiviral drug,...

#EndSARS: Buhari offers “Olive Branch’’ to protesting youths, says threats to national security will not be tolerated

        President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday evening offered an “olive branch’’ to the protesting #EndSARS youths as the Nigerian leader...

Breaking: Critical decision by Buhari in few hours, says NSA

  President Muhammadu Buhari will in few hours announce “critical solutions” to the ENDSARS protest, according to the National Security Adviser, retired Maj.-...

U.S extremely concerned over deadly crackdown on protesters in Nigeria

  The United States  took the Nigerian government to task on Thursday over the alleged killing of unarmed #EndSARS protesters in Lagos. “The...

Lekki Toll plaza military crackdown: I called Buhari twice, he wasn’t available, says Sanwo-Olu 

  Upset by the wanton destruction of property including his family house following military crackdown on #EndSARS protesters, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu...

#EndSARS protest: Buhari presides over National Security Council meeting 

Three days after the Lekki plaza killings, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday presided over a meeting of the National Security Council. The meeting...

Air strike kills 12 children

At least 12 children killed and 14 injured when an air strike hit a mosque in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province. On Thursday, the...

#EndSARS: Tony Elumelu saddened by loss of lives in Nigeria

  Chairman Heirs Holdings Mr. Tony Elumelu Wednesday said that he is deeply saddened by the loss of life and damage that occurred...

Protesters swarm Nigerian embassies worldwide

  Nigerian embassies in cities around the world witnessed protests on Wednesday after the shooting of peaceful protesters in Lekki, Lagos on Tuesday...

Soyinka grieves the death of youth with blood-soaked Nigerian flag at Lekki Toll Gate 

  Nobel laureate,  Prof. Wole Soyinka, says he is grieved  by the sight the blood-soaked Nigerian flag that one of the victims was waving...

#EndSARS protest: Obasanjo, like UN, cautions Buhari against use of brute force

  Disturbed by military crackdown on #EndSARS protesters, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to rein in the military and...

FEC ignores Lekki killings, discusses other state matters

    The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday shoved aside the massacre by the military of...

#EndSARS: UN Secretary-General slams FG over protesters’ killing 

  The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has raised his voice against the killing of unarmed protesters by Nigerian authorities, describing it as...

Lekki killings by soldiers beyond my control, says Sanwo-Olu

  By Boye Ajayi Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has attributed the massacre of young #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos...