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There was pandemonium today in Lagos, within Oshodi axis. Traders and passerby fled for safety as security men were seen assaulting people and damaging properties, especially commercial vehicles as alleged by eyewitness report.  The story making rounds has it that an Air Force personnel was killed within the axis yesterday. So the security men came today to avenge the death of their colleague. The Lagos police spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, has released statement on the Oshodi crisis. Though the statement did not say for sure the cause of the crisis, “We are aware of the conflict that occurred at Capa Park/Mosafejo Oshodi Lagos today Thursday, May 20, 2021 around 7.am. Normalcy has since been restored to the area." The matter is under investigation and the official cause yet ascertained until police concludes its investigation.  Meanwhile, normalcy has returned to the area as men of Nigerian Police arrived the scene as ordered by Lagos CP H. Odumosu. The police urged Lagosians to ...

It is no longer news that Cross River State Governor Prof. Ben Ayade has cross carpeted from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Party (APC). He made the announcement on Thursday in his Calabar office after meeting with APC governors led by the party's interim chairman Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State. According to the DailySUN report, t he governor cited Cross River as being emasculated economically and so needed to return back to the scheme on federal level, reason for his defection. He also cited personality of President Buhari and his commitment for the country's development as other reason, and he believes joining hands with the president would be better for the country. "I believe if everyone of us, as governors, joins hand with Mr. President, we can sit on the same dining table and fashion out a way to govern this country. Read Also: Stop Stifling With EFCC, PDP Warns Recall that the All Progressives Congress (APC), sometime last year aske...

Recently the governors of the southern region of Nigeria met in Delta state to discuss the security issues beleaguering the region.  They arose after the meeting and issued a communiqué that contained among other requests/suggestions to the federal government, they issued a ban on open grazing of animals in the region. However, this ban did not settle well with some Nigerians especially of Northern extracts, who has also openly shared their displeasure over the ban. Yesterday, Nigeria's Attorney-General was on Channels TV programme 'Politics Today' said the Southern governors ban is constitutionally illegal, and so does not hold water. He directed the governors to first go and change the constitution to grant them such privilege power. But Reno Omokri has taken to his twitter handle to slam back at the Attorney-General, demanding where he was and his constitutional legality when the Northern governors banned and empowered Hisbah to destroy such businesses of Nigerians up no...

Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu the prime minister of Israel have spoken with the foreign ambassadors in Tel Aviv about the conflict between Israel and Palestine, and Israeli stance. He shared this information on his twitter handle.  As the conflict in the Gaza strip between Israeli forces and the Palestinian Hamas led militia escalates, causing more casualties of human lives and properties. As at the last count before filing this report a total of 239 lives has lost with well over 1600 people injured. On both sides of the casualties includes women and children. Israel has lost only 12 lives, while Palestine 227. There has been calls from various world leaders for ceasefire since it broke out. President Biden of United States on Wednesday put a request call  across to prime minister Netanyahu for a deescalation of the conflict.  The NewYork Times can confirm, "President Biden has told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he expected a significant deescalation today on the path t...

The former Nigerian financial minister Ngozi Iweala seem more now headed as the next World Trade Organization head as her only rival South Korean Moo Myung-Hee drop out of the race. The Korean in her pulling out statement stated she has underwent several consultation to come to conclusion that other position off life where he will better useful to his nation and World at large. Meanwhile, there are several calls for the USA president Joe Biden to rescind the position of the US by the former president Trump. The US has by Donald Trump refused support for the Nigerian candidate Mrs Ngozi Iweala. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Do you think of President Biden will bow to pressure to rescind the decision?

Hours after President Buhari extends by three months the tenure of IGP Mohammed Adamu who has reached the mandatory retirement age of 60yrs or 35yrs of service. There has been uproar in the society against the president's action. Prominent lawyers has weighed into the matter to give legal meaning to the order. However, all the lawyers agreed the president has the power to elongate or terminate prematurely the services of the service chiefs, but that must be done according to the prescription of the law. According to Barr. Lebrous Oshoma while answering questions on AriseTV also toe the line of Barr. Ubani who just granted interview to Nigerian Info radio, that the manner the president went about the tenure elongation nullifies it, and so in the eyes of the law as at February 2, 2021 Nigeria seizes to have an Inspector General of Police and any action carried out by Mr Mohammed Adamu is challengeable. Meanwhile, the president also has submitted to the National Assembly the names of...