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198 stories published in October 2020.
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Following a pronouncement of 24-hour curfew by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, residents have expressed displeasure with a common notion that the government is trying to suppress the EndSARS protests.…
Deputy prime minister Michael McCormack has been grilled over his previous use of the word 'bargain' in relation to the controversial land sale connected to the second Sydney airport. 'What I said was, in time, when we…
A prominent NSW church leader has claimed coronavirus restrictions on religious gatherings are bordering on discrimination. Hillsong founder Brian Houston has urged church leaders to “unite to take (a) stand” against…
Social media sites are paying tribute to Paul Murphy who has passed away from cancer this afternoon. Paul presented the ABC's afternoon radio current affairs program PM from 1983 to 1993 and he was the first host of the…
50 Cent isn't a fan of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's tax plan, so he's siding with the Trump re-election campaign. On Monday (Oct. 19), the rapper-entrepreneur posted a shot of a TV screen that showed…
Actor Jeff Bridges has said he is being treated for lymphoma and his prognosis is good. The 70-year-old channeled his The Dude character from The Big Lebowski in a statement on social media about the diagnosis on Monday…
This is the last thing the Dallas Cowboys can afford right now. Having already lost starting tackles La'El Collins and Tyron Smith for the season -- due to hip and neck surgery, respectively -- there is now concern for…
There are indications that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may call of its strike this Wednesday as the federal government has agreed to release N30bn earned academic allowance to the university…
Following an earlier report of a jailbreak at a correctional center in Benin City, suspected thugs have attacked another Oko Medium Security Centre in Edo State, freeing many inmates in the process. There has been an…
Oluwaseun Temitope Osewa, a Nigerian Internet entrepreneur and founder of Nairaland, has condemned the blockade of major roads in the country by #EndSARS demonstrators. Osewa disclosed this in a tweet on Monday. “I…
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, said his new Special Weapons and Tactical(SWAT) team will begin training on Monday, ignoring the din of protests across the country and hashtags of #EndSARS and…
No doubt the #EndSARS protest is now a cynosure of all eyes, it may bring about a revolution and it may cause people lives! Just recently at a protest in Kubwa Abuja, Mr. Anthony Onome Unuode lost his life, it was…
Actress, Mosunmola Filani-Oduoye has taken to her social media page to narrate how her brother was killed by the police in the year 2010. According to the Yoruba born actress, he was 25 years old at the time and the…
Nigerian singer Falz has called former Kogi State Senator, Dino Melaye after he twitted in support of the #EndSARS protest happening across the country. Dino advised the federal government to work with the people or…
The first lady, Aisha Buhari has called on her husband, the president of Nigeria to heed to the call of the bloodshed and suffering of citizens. This is coming following the movement against police brutality, EndSARs…
The Federal Government has warned that it will not allow the country to be thrown into anarchy following the violence that has trailed the #EndSARS protests. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,…
Anonymous has shut down the website of CBN as it intensifies its attack on the Nigerian government over #EndSARS. The hacker collective took down the website of the Nigerian government banker at 8:41 p.m., according to…
Soro Soke Song by Small Doctor Produced by 2TBoiz Released: 16 October 2020 Agege-bred singer, Small Doctor drops a new jam inspired by the EndSARS protest popular slogan, "Soro Soke" which can be translated from Yoruba…
Some handful of Nigerians in Turkey had slated to pull a peaceful protest in solidarity and alliance with what is happening back home with dates and venue already fixed for Istanbul and Ankara but an umbrella body in an…
Some EndSARS protesters in Lekki, Lagos are allegedly planning to hold "Miss End SARS" pageant amid the ongoing #EndSARS and #EndPoliceBrutality campaigns. Some social media users are already criticizing the proposed…
