HUMAN rights body Amnesty International has published its report on the October 20 shootings at the Lekki Toll Gate confirming that Nigerian Army troops fired on unarmed protesters and has called on the authorities to stop trying to cover-up the incident.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's spokesman Femi Adesina has increased the political temperature in the country by alleging that looters of warehouses across Nigeria were not hungry or angry but are just criminals taking advantage of the collapse in law and order.

FORMER finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala remains in pole position to be confirmed as the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) despite opposition to her assuming office from the US.

NIGERIA has entered into negotiations with her north-eastern neighbour Chad about supplying the country with electricity under the terms of a bilateral agreement under the terms of a regional agreement.

MEMBERS of the Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development (CNEEPD) have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for adopting a civil approach in tackling the recent youth uprising across the country and not resorting to suppress it using force.

NIGERIA'S Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has dismissed Corps Assistant Illiya Ibrahim after he was filmed participating in the ongoing looting in Abuja carting away a box of essential food items.

NIGERIA'S former finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named as the new director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after winning the final selection round this morning with a landslide victory.

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has accused the Nigerian Army of lying against Governor Babajide Sanwoolu by alleging that he was the one who ordered the Lekki Toll Gate shootings in Lagos State.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) As we can all see, Sars was just the catalyst for the uprising we have seen across the nation. It is poverty that has led the Nigerian masses to revolt. Unless the issue of their welfare is addressed, what we are witnessing today will just be a dress rehearsal for a much more violent revolt next year

NIGERIAN telecommunications company EF Network has developed a mobile application that can make devices unusable to thieves as part of a plan to curb the theft or resale of mobile phones and other gadgets across the country.