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Reports reaching us indicate that shots have been fired at Lekki and other areas of Lagos by security forces to quell the #EndSARS protests. We bring you a video from a popular Nollywood star reporting personal experience from the Lekki axis.

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced the imposition of a 24-hour curfew on Lagos State in response to the escalating protests. Below is a text of his statement moments ago: Dear Lagosians, I have watched with shock how what began as a peaceful #EndSARS protest has degenerated into a monster that is threatening the well-being of our society. Lives and limbs have been lost as criminals and miscreants are now hiding under the umbrella of these protests to unleash mayhem on our State. As a government that is alive to its responsibility and has shown a…

The Lagos State Government has directed all pupils/students in public and private schools to stay at home following the tension generated by the anti- SARS protests. Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, who issued the directive today, said the safety of the pupils/students, parents and all staff working in schools is paramount at this critical period. She however advised parents to keep an eye on their wards and not allow them to be used as willing tools in the hands of those who might want to hijack the protests to unleash mayhem on the society. The Commissioner also encouraged schools…

Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has described Renown poet and Emeritus Professor of Literature, Professor John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo as an intellectual “who made his mark and left this plane of existence as a colossus.” In a press release signed by Yomi Otunuga, his Adviser on Media, and in which he recalled Prof Clark’s remarkable intellectual contributions, Senator Omo-Agege described his death at 85 early on Tuesday morning as the end point of an impactful life. “Senator Omo-Agege expressed appreciation to God for granting the late intellectual a peaceful exit, surrounded by his family,” the statement said. According to Omo-Agege,…

By Sola Ojewusi Late 2019, in the wake of the internecine and unending fraternal war in South Sudan, a war that had then proved very difficult for international bodies like even the UN to bring to an end, President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan invited the Nigerian televangelist and prophet, T.B. Joshua to come and intervene spiritually in the terrible war and help his nation seek the face of God in a bid to find a solution to the deadly conflict. It would be recalled that T.B. Joshua subsequent visited the country, met President Salva Kiir, held prayer sessions…

Prof. John Pepper Clark, Emeritus Professor of Literature and Renowned Writer has died. The poet who is the younger brother of former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark reportedly died in the early hours of this morning. In a statement signed by Prof. C. C. Clark, for the family and Mr. Ilaye Clark, for the children and made available to Vanguard Tuesday, Professor John Pepper Clark died in the early hours of today. The statement read, “The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, wishes to announce that Emeritus Professor of Literature and Renowned…

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu SAN, on his re-election as Governor of Ondo State for another four-year term. According to a press statement this evening by the President’s Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, “The President lauds the resounding victory of the Governor at the election held on Saturday, October 10, 2020, noting that the votes garnered ‘show that one good turn surely deserves another.'” The statement further reveals that Buhari thanked the people of Ondo State for keeping faith with their Governor, and the All Progressives Congress (APC), noting that “the people know the person…

The Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed has announced the immediate disbandment of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS). This is s a fallout of the nationwide protests over the brutal nature of the outfit. The announcement was made this Sunday afternoon in Abuja. It would be recalled that in the past several days, there has been nationwide outcry against the existence of SARS with protesters having support from even several world leaders. The universality of this protest must have forced the hand of the police chief. More details later..

President Muhammadu Buhari has presented the 2021 budget estimate to a joint session of the National Assembly. The proposed expenditure is put at N13.08 trillion with a crude oil benchmark price of $40 per barrel. The budget contains recurrent expenditure of N5.65 trillion, personnel cost of N3.76 trillion and Debt Service of N3.12 trillion. Statutory transfers has been put at N484.4 billion while Pension, Gratuities & Retirees Benefits was put at N500.19 billion. A projected inflation rate of 11.95 per cent and GDP growth rate of 3.00 per cent was considered.https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html The president budgeted N128 billion for the National Assembly…

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to the American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” Louise Glück was born 1943 in New York and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Apart from her writing she is a professor of English at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. She made her debut in 1968 with ‘Firstborn’, and was soon acclaimed as one of the most prominent poets in American contemporary literature. She has received several prestigious awards, among them the Pulitzer Prize (1993) and the National Book Award (2014). Louise Glück has…