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President Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said the foreign press coverage of the recent #EndSARS violence was not balanced, citing specifically the Cable News Network and the British Broadcasting Corporation. Since the second week of October, youths across the country led the #EndSARS protests which were peaceful gatherings to protest against police brutality and bad governance until October 20, 2020, when the Nigerian Army dispersed #EndSARS protesters with gunshots at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos. President Buhari In a report on the incident, CNN alleged that soldiers used live bullets on the protesters, but the army has repeatedly denied this allegation, claiming it only fired blank shots into the air. The BBC also showed the footage of the shooting and confirmed that peaceful protesters were shot at. Speaking during a meeting with governors of the 36 states, President Buhari said he was disgusted with the coverage of the two foreign press organizations. “I

ISWAP Soldiers Islamic State-linked Jihadists have killed 10 Nigerian soldiers while they took one as a hostage at a fierce battle in Borno State on Monday, as confirmed by two security sources. The gunbattle occurred when a team of soldiers invaded a camp of the Islamic State West Africa Province in Alagarno village in Damboa district. ISWAP Soldiers “We lost ten soldiers in the fight, and the terrorists took one,” a security source told AFP on Tuesday. The hostage was seized while fleeing to safety after the troops were outgunned, he said. “It was an intense battle, and the terrorists also suffered casualties, but they were able to overwhelm the soldiers,” said a second security source who confirmed the toll. The insurgents seized four vehicles, including a truck and an armoured vehicle, the second source said. Both sources asked not to be identified. Alagarno, which lies 150 kilometres (90 miles) from regional capital Maiduguri, is a stronghold of ISWAP, which split fro

Marketers in the country have kicked against the N5 reduction in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) announced by the Federal Government, saying it is not possible to sell the product at N162 per litre amid the current market realities. It will be recalled that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, had announced the petrol price cut at the end of a meeting with labour leaders on Tuesday. See Also Oil Nigerian Government Announces Reduction In Fuel Price 0 Comments 1 Day Ago “Our discussion was fruitful, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, which is the major importer and marketers of petroleum products, and customers have agreed that there will be a slide down of the pump price of PMS and that the price cut will get us about N5 per litre and that the price cut will take effect from next Monday, a week today,” he had said. According to the Punch, top officials of the marketers’ associations, on Tuesday, said the price decrease had no

File Photo Parents, school owners and students on Tuesday lamented after the National Examinations Council said the missed papers during the just concluded NECO exams would hold in February 2021. The NECO Registrar, Mr Godswill Obioma, in a statement on Tuesday disclosed that the papers would be taken during the Senior School Certificate Examination holding between February 1 and March 3, 2021.’ File Photo Some of the papers include Chemistry Paper 1, Commerce paper II and III, Economics and Technical drawing. Students in Lagos, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Edo, among others, were reportedly prevented from taking the papers due to the EndSARS protests. The statement reads partly, “The management of the National Examinations Council has graciously approved that the Chemistry Paper I and Commerce Papers II and III postponed in the wake of the EndSARS protests be taken during the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE external) holding between February 1 and March 3 2021. “Candi

John Mahama Former President of Ghana and candidate of the National Democratic Congress, John Mahama, has accused President Nana Akufo-Addo of undemocratic practices as residents await the Electoral Commission of Ghana to declare the winner of the December 7, 2020, presidential election. Local media report that Mahama’s party, NDC, alleged that the incumbent had been using “the military to overturn results.” John Mahama Speaking during a press conference on Tuesday night, the NDC candidate warned that no attempt should be made to steal the election which is the West African nation’s eighth consecutive poll since it returned to democracy decades ago. Mahama added that he had not congratulated President Akufo-Addo as the winner of the poll. “I thank the people of Ghana for what has been an exciting election. I want to state firmly and categorically that I have not congratulated anybody. And no attempt should be made to steal this election; we will resist it,” Mahama said. “