Russians Set For Candle-lit Valentine’s Day Protests After Navalny Jailing
Supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny plan to hold candle-lit gatherings in residential courtyards across Russia on Sunday despite warnings that they could be arrested. Navalny’s allies have declared a moratorium on street rallies until the spring after police detained thousands of people at protests in the past few weeks against the opposition politician’s arrest […]
Mr. Macaroni, Others Pleaded Not Guilty Before A mobile Court, Granted Bail
The Lagos State Government on Saturday filed charges against ten #ENDSARS protesters arrested on Saturday even as many failed to show up for the protest amid heavy presence of police who had cordoned off the Lekki Tollgate Plaza, the venue of the protest. They were arraigned before a mobile court and were granted bail in […]
Lagos Seals Over 14 Event Centres, Night Clubs Others For Violating COVID-19 Protocol
The Lagos State Government has sealed over 14 facilities including event centres, night clubs among others for violating a curfew imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19. In a statement issued on Saturday, the government through its Safety Commission and the State Police Command sealed the affected buildings on Saturday night for “non-compliance with Covid […]
Lekki Toll Gate Arrest:”We would have died” Mr. Macaroni Says After Arrest
Comedian Debo Adebayo who is better known as Mr Macaroni has condemned the police for the treatment meted out to him and other protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, claiming that they were stripped naked. “When we were picked up, we were taken to Adeniji where we were beaten, we were stripped naked,” he said […]
7 Senate Republicans Vote ‘guilty,’ The Most Bipartisan Margin In Favor Of Conviction In History
The United States Senate voted 57-43 to acquit Donald J. Trump in his second impeachment trial, as Republicans in a Senate still bruised from the most violent attack on the Capitol in two centuries banded together to reject the charge that he incited the Jan. 6 attack. But seven Republicans voted with all 50 Democrats […]
Trump Impeachment Trial: Defense Lawyers Argue Impeachment Based On ‘hatred,’ not Facts
Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyers accused Democrats of waging a campaign of “hatred” against the former president as they sped through their defense of his actions and fiery words before the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, hurtling the Senate toward a final vote in his historic trial. The defense team vigorously denied on Friday […]
Tensions High as Mass Protests in Myanmar Enter Second Week
Mass street demonstrations in Myanmar have entered their second week with neither protesters nor the military government they seek to unseat showing any signs of backing off from confrontations. Protesters in Yangon, the country’s biggest city, again congregated at Hleden intersection, a key crossroads from which groups fanned out to other points, including the embassies […]
Suicide Bomber Detonates Near Somalia’s Presidential Palace
A suicide bomber was killed, and seven civilians wounded, when a vehicle exploded near a checkpoint outside the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. Police spokesman Sadiq Ali Adan said the driver defied orders to stop and police opened fire as passersby ran for their lives. He said more than a dozen vehicles were destroyed […]
Oxford University To Test AstraZeneca Vaccine Response Among Children For First Time
The University of Oxford has launched a study to assess the safety and immune response of the Covid-19 vaccine it has developed with AstraZeneca Plc in children for the first time. The new mid-stage trial will determine whether the vaccine is effective on people between the ages of 6 and 17, according to an emailed […]
Lekki Toll Gate Arrest: Debo Adebayo ”Mr. Macaroni” Arrested
Popular entertainer and activist, Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni, was on Saturday arrested at the Lekki Toll Gate. The comedian had joined other protesters at the toll gate to oppose the decision of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry to reopen the facility and hand it over to the Lekki Concession Company. […]
