President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday address the security situation in the country. According to the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement, the address will be broadcast by 7pm. The statement read, “Following detailed briefing by security chiefs on the current situation in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari will make a national Read More
The National Security Adviser Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd) has assured that President Muhammadu Buhari in a short time will announce solution to the crises plaguing the country. Monguno who spoke shortly after a National Security Council meeting precided over by Buhari said the solution would be agreed upon by stakeholders in the country. He said, “It is not PMB’s Read More
Northern states governors under the aegis of Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) are currently holding an emergency closed door meeting in Kaduna. The meeting, which kicked off with 16 states from the North represented, is presided over by the Chairman of the Forum and Governor Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau state. The meeting, which started at 1:50pm is expected to Read More
Inmates are currently escaping from a correctional centre located in Warri, Delta state oil rich area. The inmates’ escape was triggered after the Okere prison yard in Warri South local government area was set on fire on Thursday. According to reports, residents upon sitting the incident scampered for safety. Details loading…
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state has relaxed the earlier 24 hours curfew. The new timeline will now run from 6am to 8pm effective from Friday October 23, 2020. The Secretary to the Government of Plateau State (SGS) Danladi Atu, said in press statement on Thursday. The full statement reads, “Following resolutions reached at a high level stakeholders’ meeting chaired Read More
Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for coronavirus for a second time, The Sun reports. The Juventus star had already been diagnosed with the illness while on Portugal duty earlier in the month. But nine days after that positive test, Ronaldo is still infectious. According to Portuguese newspaper Correio de Manha, the 35-year-old’s latest results came back on Thursday. And this second diagnosis Read More
Report reaching Blueprint indicates that Ikoyi correctional centre in Lagos state is on fire. The incident is captured in this video clip below.
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state has declared a 24-hour curfew as from 8pm on Thursday. The governor also ordered shutdown of all schools, markets and social gatherings. Obiano who spoke on Thursday in Awka, the state capital said N200 million compensation would be earmarked for families and victims of disbanded SARS/police brutality. Details loading…
Angry youths in Lagos state are currently carting away palliatives stocked inside warehouses in Maza Maza, Festac area. The incident is taking day after thugs burnt many public and private properties in Lagos. The short video clip embedded here shows how the youths have been removing food materials from the warehouse.
For the second consecutive time in four days, Real Madrid have failed to impress. The Zinedine Zidane-led team lost 2-3 to Shakhtar Donetsk in their UEFA Champions League opening clash. Details loading…
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has said that it had rescheduled it’s ongoing 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations. A statement signed by the Head, Information and Public Relations Division, NECO, Azeez Sani, and made available to Blueprint, said the exam body had been constrained by circumstances beyond its control, therefore, had to reschedule the papers meant for Thursday October 22, Read More
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat in Ondo state has just been reportedly razed down by suspected thugs. According to a statement by the party spokesperson, Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, one of the policemen on duty escaped by whiskers as his vehicle and that of the party’s coaster bus were burnt down. Details loading…
From Apapa in Lagos, Blueprint has been reliably informed that the office of the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) has become the latest place to be set ablaze on Wednesday. The raging fire was also triggered inside another government-owned facility where BRT buses are packed and operated from. Earlier, a privately-owned and managed television station Television Continental (TVC). No official statement Read More
The toll gate of the bridge that connects Lekki to the Ikoyi axis of Lagos is currently on Fire. The bridge has been the alternative route for residents since #EndSARS protests went full-blown in the Lekki Toll Gate area. However, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered an investigation into the shootings that led to the death of some #EndSARS protesters on Read More
Plateau state governor, Simon Lalong, has confirmed the killing of three persons as he imposed a 24-hour curfew in Jos North and South local government areas, effective from 8 pm, Tuesday. He described the peaceful #EndSARS protest, which turned violent on Tuesday and led to the destruction of properties, cars and looting of business premises along the Ahmadu Bello way Read More
Soldiers manning Lekki toll gate area in Lagos state reportedly fired heavy gunshots at #EndSARS protesters Monday evening. The troops who were part of those deployed for Operation Crocodile Smile allegedly shot several times at the protesters who sat down peacefully. An eyewitness who spoke to Blueprint said one person was seen lying dead on the floor while many others Read More
In Ibadan, angry youths reportedly set a Police station on fire while four person were reportedly killed amidst #EndSARS protest across the country. The sad incident happened on Tuesday after two other Police stations were burnt in Lagos on same day. There were also report of deaths in Lagos state shortly before Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu declared 24-hour curfew which is Read More
Journalists have been barred from the ongoing meeting between Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, and the envoys of the United States, United Kingdom, Germany as well as others in Abuja. The meeting Blueprint gathered is holding at the instance of the ongoing #EndSARS protests across the country. Details loading…
The popular Eagles square in Abuja is currently witnessing strange movement around it with suspected thugs reportedly lucking around it. Upon sighting some of them, workers mainly Civil Servants at the various offices located at the federal secretariat close to the Eagles square are already apprehensive. One of them who alerted Blueprint but refused to disclose his identity said security Read More
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila has threatened to stop signing the 2021 Approrpriation Bill presently before the National Assembly until provision for compensation of Police brutality victims are provided for. Gbajabiamila who spoke during his opening remarks during Tuesday plenary also said he would not sign the budget if implementation of the agreement between the Academic Read More
The commercial area of Ahmadu Bello and other streets in Jos, Plateau state capital are on fire, after hoodlums infiltrated protest in the city. Blueprint reports that all business premises have been deserted with some aggrieved youths also engaging the hoodlums. Several cars and property have been set ablaze Tuesday morning. Few police personnel shooting sporadically have moved in to Read More
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state has announced a 24-hour curfew in parts of Lagos state. Sanwo-Olu who spoke via his twitter handle on Tuesday shortly after a Police station was set ablaze in Orile wrote, Dear Lagosians, I have watched with shock how what began as a peaceful #EndSARS protest has degenerated into a monster that is threatening the Read More
A Police station located at Iganmu Orile area of Lagos state is currently on fire after thugs triggered it. Report says the police station was set ablaze after some Police personnel shot the hoodlums. The incident is happening day after another Police station was burnt in Benin, Edo state capital. Details loading…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Copyright Commission, Dr Tony Jaja. The spokesperson for the Attorney-General of the Federation, Dr Umar Gwandu, revealed this on Monday. The document which was signed by the Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr Dayo Apata (SAN), was dated October 15, Read More
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