Hoodlums on Thursday broke into the National Correctional Service Centre in Okitipupa, the headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, and forcefully released the inmates. It was gathered that no fewer than 58 inmates were released during the attack while a vehicle was burnt. It was also learnt …

Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s Most Innovative Banking Service providers is set to commence the account opening with Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) for the earmarked 774,000 participants of the SPW Programme in their branches, throughout the 774 Local Government Areas. The participants are to be paid an allowance of N20, 000 …

Africa’s number leading ecommerce platform, Jumia in the early house of Thursday October 22nd 2020, shut down its website to customers and sellers to mourn victims of protests against police brutality in Nigeria. In a statement displayed on the site after the shutdown, the company appealed to its stakeholders to …

  Information reaching DAILY RECORD from the Ikoyi Correctional Centre indicates that a combined team of correctional officers, soldiers, police and the Civil Defence, has successfully foiled a revolt and attempted jailbreak at the prison in Lagos. it was gathered that there was no jailbreak or hoodlums’ attack on the facility as …

Donald Trump The United States has finally broken its silence on the alleged Lekki toll gate massacre, calling for immediate investigation into the excessive use of force by the military in Lagos. In a statement on Thursday, the Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo described Tuesday’s shooting of protesters at the …

99 percent of terrorists are Nigerians, says Buratai Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Yusuf Tukur Buratai Soldiers have been deployed to the streets of Abuja to arrest the escalating #ENDSARS protests. The protests in Abuja have in some cases have got out of hand with suspected hoodlums attacking …

Gov. Obaseki The Edo state government on Monday, announced a 24-hour curfew until further notice following the #EndSARS protests which have turned violent. A statement by the secretary to the state government, (SSG) said the curfew would take effect from 4pm on Monday, October 19, 2020. Read the full statement …

 #EndSARS protesters have set ablaze two police stations in Benin City, Edo State. The police stations, Ugbekun Divisional Police headquarters and Idogbo Divisional Police headquarters were allegedly burnt down on Monday by the angry protesters who are currently agitating for an end to police brutality in the country.

One resident reportedly died when hoodlums attacked the convoy of Osun Governor Adegboyega Oyetola after he addressed #EndSARS protesters at popular Ola-Iya junction, Osogbo on Saturday. The protesters had converged at the junction at the early hours of Saturday but were attacked by thugs with cutlasses and sticks. One of …

CORPORATE STATEMENT Our attention has been drawn to the tweet making the rounds on social media on shutting down the FirstBank website following a false tweet that the Bank prevented staff from joining the ongoing protests in the country. As the largest banking institution in Nigeria, it is not unlikely …