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Matthew Hassan Kukah is Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto. He is a foremost Nigerian public intellectual and commentator on socio-political matters. He holds a master’s degree in Peace Studies from Bradford University, Ph.D. in Religion and Politics from SOAS, London, and another Masters in Public Policy, MPP, from Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. In this interview… Read More

LAGOS: A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest over alleged police brutality in Lagos on Sunday. LAGOS: Ozioma Egemasi says Nigerian police slapped, whipped and struck him with the butt of a pistol when he refused to pay them a bribe. Then he heard them discuss whether to kill him. The 24-year-old music label manager shared his experience on… Read More

Aisha Buhari has called on her husband President Muhammadu Buhari to “save” Nigerians. Aisha made the call on Saturday as she tweeted a video of President Buhari in a meeting with service chiefs at the Presidential Villa. Aisha accompanied the video with a Hausa word, #Achechijamaa, which means “save the people”. A Hausa song calling on the President to save… Read More

InformationNigeria Top 5 trending stories of the week In the wake of the nationwide protests, some notable Nollywood celebrities have lent their voices and shown their solidarity to the #EndSARS movement. Some have also hit the streets to march with protesters and some have also shared their opinions regarding the disbandment of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS). Here are… Read More

Spread the love The couple revealed the loss of their baby earlier this month in a series of black and white photos on Instagram. By Jack Hillcox, news reporter Musician John Legend has shared a touching tribute to his wife Chrissy Teigen, following the loss of their baby earlier this month. On Thursday, Legend dedicated his performance of his single Never… Read More

Popular Nigerian Singer, Ayo ‘Wizkid’ Balogun has lambasted his junior colleague, Reekado Banks for announcing a midnight release of an ‘old song’ the both of them recorded. Apparently, Wizkid feels this isn’t right time to release songs due to the state of unrest in the country as is evident in his decision to postpone his highly anticipated album, Made In… Read More

Singer, Tiwa Savage Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage, has revealed some details about the wages of Nigerian police officers. The Afro-pop musician took to her Twitter page to share the plight of the officers. Aware that her message might be misconstrued to mean that she is trying to justify police brutality, she stated emphatically that she is not in support of… Read More

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has reiterated the resolve of the House to ensure that key reforms are institutionalised within the Nigerian Police Force. The Speaker also recalled that the House had on Wednesday last week urged the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, to produce an immediate plan for the identification and compensation… Read More

Oxlade Popular Nigerian singer, Oxlade got injured during the #EndSARS protest at Surulere area of Lagos on Monday. It was learnt that police officers were shooting sporadically at unarmed protesters at the scene perhaps in a bid to disperse the crowd. In a video sighted on social media, two men were seen trying to assisting Oxlade as he was unable to… Read More

Nigerian musician, David Adeleke widely known as Davido, has joined protesters in Abuja to demand justice for victims of brutality by personnel of the freshly disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad. Davido had tweeted on Saturday that he would be joining the demonstration to demand the scrapping of the notorious unit of the Nigeria Police Force. PHOTONEWS: Nigerian Musician, @Davido, Joins #ENDSARS… Read More