Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, speaking at an event in Bauchi on Sunday said, 10% of the nation’s population who should be in school are not receiving any formal education, making them vulnerable to recruitment by extremist groups such as Boko Haram and bandits in the future.
Demonstrators assembled to honour the memory of those who lost their lives during the #EndSARS protests against police brutality in October 2020 at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos on Sunday but Lagos State Police Commissioner, Olanrewaju Ishola, said the protesters did not write, seeking police clearance and permission before embarking on the demonstration, therefore he declared it illegal.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement released said that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, is currently on a medical leave abroad where he is receiving treatment for a health related issue but denied that top military officers are jostling for his position.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in a statement issued on Saturday afternoon stated that the National Grid collapse on Saturday morning that threw Nigerians across the country into another blackout, was caused by an explosion of a current transformer at the Jebba transmission station.
National Vice President of IPMAN, Hammed Fashola made the revelation that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has agreed to sell Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) to members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria at N995 per litre through the “intervention” of the Department of State Services (DSS).