LATEST NEWS IN NIGERIA THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, 12TH JUNE, 2021
Good evening and welcome to latest news updates for this evening, Saturday, June 12th, 2021.
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1. Policeman Shoot Teargas At June 12 Protesters In Abuja (Photo)
A policeman has been caught on camera shooting teargas at June 12 protesters in Abuja. A photo has emerged online showing a Nigerian police officer shooting tear gas at protesters. The officer was caught on camera shooting the tear gas at the CONTINUE READING
2. Gov Seyi Makinde Joins #June12thProtest In Ibadan (Photos, Video)
The governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has joined the nationwide #June12thProtest against insecurity and bad governance in Nigeria. Makinde, a governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP joined the protest in Ibadan. In a video shared online, the CONTINUE READING
3. CNC Donates Free Facemasks And Hand Sanitizers To Cocoa Farmers In Dormaa West District
The CNC through drum language, customary tunes, and show sharpened the cocoa ranchers on the careful steps to stem the spread of the lethal Coronavirus at discrete durbars. The Bono provincial Head of CNC, Helen Akanbong, said the middle accepts culture and custom are incredible successful devices of correspondence thus the CONTINUE READING
4. June 12: Police Officer Slaps BBC Journalist, Seizes His Phone (Photo, Video)
He was attacked by a police officer identified as S. A. Oke. The officer also seized the reporter’s phone. The police officer also vowed to kill any protester who refused to listen to their orders. Some officers were heard saying protest is CONTINUE READING
5. President Buhari To Secessionists, Others: It’s Now Fire For Fire
He spoke during an interview with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), his second television interview in 24 hours, the first being with Arise TV. Buhari said the bandits terrorising the North and other parts of the country would also not be spared or be given CONTINUE READING
6. Governor Wike Orders Demolition Of Identified Criminal Hideouts In Rivers
The governor said criminals were already coming to terms with the reality that Rivers is too hot for them to invade at will and carry out their foolish attacks on targeted security posts and personnel. Wike, who spoke in state broadcast on CONTINUE READING
7. President Buhari’s Democracy Day Message (FULL TEXT)
Fellow Nigerians, I join you all today to commemorate and celebrate our Democracy Day. It is a celebration of freedom and a victory for one people, one country and one Nigeria. As with all democracies we will always be going through improvement processes in our desire to reach the goal of a mature democracy, a strong, evolved and CONTINUE READING
8. Only National Assembly Can Deal With Restructuring – President Buhari
The President spoke while hosting members of the Nigerian Inter-Religious Council (NIREC), led by the Co-Chairmen, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar and the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Dr. Samson Supo Ayokunle, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the National Assembly had already gone far with the CONTINUE READING
9. They Told Me To Go And Mould Him By Myself, That I’ll Grow Old While Waiting – Angela Nwosu
According to her she said her choice of spouse caused some of her friends to be against her. They said that she will grow old while searching for a husband she listed his qualities. The traditionalist revealed that it was not too long after she set the standard for herself, she met her heartbeat Emeka in CONTINUE READING
10. Why We Must Stand Up For Democracy – Tinubu
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to defend democracy to prevent the country from falling into oblivion. Tinubu, in a statement he issued on the occasion of Democracy Day, said despite all the challenges facing Nigeria, the citizens must stand up for CONTINUE READING