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Yemi Osinbajo Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has expressed disgust over the harassment and brutal killing of young Nigerians by the police. Osinbajo disclosed this on Sunday after a meeting with the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. The Vice President told the police boss to carry out reforms that would change the ugly behavior of some officers. Yemi Osinbajo He condemned the routine harassment of young Nigerians by operatives of the FSARS, describing the development as infuriating. Osinbajo said, “I am very concerned, in fact, very angry about what I see, happening to young men and women who are arrested, in some cases maimed or killed by men of the police force. “I had a meeting with the Inspector General of Police, we reviewed several of these issues. The President and I have had discussions on this; he is very concerned about it. He wants to see a reform. You are probably aware that the IGP has issued a statement looking at all these issues, in particular, t

Femi Falana (SAN) The Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, a coalition of over 80 organisations, has said that some of the facts presented by President Muhammadu Buhari during his Independence Day speech does not reflect existing realities. The group led by Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, in a statement said the Social Investment Programme, which includes the farmer moni and trader moni schemes, school feeding programme and agriculture intervention initiatives the President made reference to was characterised by fraud. Femi Falana (SAN) Citing the household poverty survey, a five-year study undertaken by the National Board for Statistics, the group said, “40% of Nigerian households live in poverty, living on household income of less than N137,000 per annum; which is barely an average of N11,000 per month and N366 per day. “Converted to USD at a constant exchange rate of N400 per USD, this respectively amounts to $342.50 per annum; $28.54 per month; and $0.95 p

File Photo: Gunmen Gunmen suspected to be Fulani bandits have attacked two communities in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to Katsina Post, the communities attacked are Tsauwa and Gandu. File Photo: Gunmen middleeastpress The newspaper reported that no fewer than nine persons have been killed by the bandits while numerous others were left injured and many more kidnapped. Recall that Tsauwa Village was ransacked by bandits months ago in a revenge attack. Killings and kidnapping for ransom have continued in Katsina despite security reinforcement in the state. See Also Human Rights One Killed, Many Injured As Police Attack Anti-banditry Protesters In Katsina State 0 Comments 6 Days Ago Insurgency News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/36yNAZJ via EDUPEDIA

File Photo: IPOB members Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), living in South Africa, have urged the Israeli government and the United Nations to put pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the persecution of their members in Nigeria. In a statement sent to SaharaReporters on Saturday, they complained that the Department of State Services (DSS) had arrested people for listening to Radio Biafra, an online radio station created by the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. File Photo: IPOB members They appealed to both the Israeli and UN government to force Nigeria to drop all charges against Kanu and release all their members in Nigerian prisons. Part of the statement read: “IPOB South Africa is urging the Israeli Embassy and the United Nations to uphold Its charter on indigenous peoples rights of self-determination and freedom, by compelling President Buhari and the Federal Government of Nigeria not only to release all Biafrans held in secret locations but also to tr

Colonel Sean Conley, personal physician to United States President, Donald Trump, has said that he experienced two episodes of blood-oxygen drops and was administered a steroid, Dexamethasone, as well as oxygen as part of his treatment. Trump and his wife, Melania, tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday.  He has since been admitted at the Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Wahington DC. See Also United States of America President Trump Not On Oxygen ‘Right Now’, Personal Physician Says 0 Comments 1 Day Ago Conley while updating journalists on Sunday on President Trump’s health, said he had continued to improve but also noted that “frequent up’s and downs” in his recovery. He said, “Over the course of his illness, the President has experienced two episodes of transient drops in his oxygen saturation. We debated the reasons for this, and whether we’d even intervene.” Dr Brian Garibaldi, who is part of President Trump’s medical team, while also speaking at the brie