January 2021

#EndSars: NHRC panel postpones sitting indefinitely

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) independent investigative panel on the violations of human rights by the defunct Special Anti-Robbed Squad (SARS) has postponed sitting indefinitely. The panel was billed to resume sitting on Monday after the Christmas and New…

Truck crushes couple to death in Ogun

Two persons suspected to be husband and wife were on Tuesday crushed to death in an accident involving a Toyota Camry car, Sino truck and a motorcycle around Odogbara, few metres from NNPC on the Sagamu-Ogijo road. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi,…

Security guard in court for attempting to steal

A security guard, Adedapo Moshood, who allegedly broke into a house and attempted to steal, on Tuesday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in Ile-Ife, Osun. Thepolice charged Moshood with five counts of breaking, entry, conspiracy, intent to commit felony and…

Economists task FG on increased support for MSMEs

Some economists on Tuesday in Lagos urged the Federal Government to focus more attention on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as they remained the “engine behind most countries’ growth’’. The experts who made the call in separate interviews with…