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On 3 June, Aba residents started to flee their homes while others remained indoors for fear of reprisal by the Nigerian Army. Vanguard observed that soldiers had deserted checkpoints at Emelogu junction, Bata junction and Asa road in Abia State. [16] In retaliation, the Nigerian Army raided communities, arrested and assaulted many Abia residents.
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was founded in late 1992 by former police commissioner Simeon Danladi Midenda.The inciting events that spurred SARS formation were the killing of Colonel Ezra Dindam Rimdan (Nigerian Army) by police officers at a checkpoint in Lagos on September 1992, their arrest, [6] a strike by police officers in response, and a subsequent crime wave.
The index case in Nigeria was a Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer, who flew from Liberia to Nigeria's most populous city of Lagos on 20 July 2014. [9] Sawyer became violently ill upon arriving at the airport and died five days later. [ 10 ]
Stanley Uzochukwu is a Nigerian politician, philanthropist and business tycoon. [1] He is the founder and chairman of Stanel Group of companies. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was described by Babajide Sanwo-Olu as a "Nigerian role model".
The Nation is a daily newspaper published in Lagos, Nigeria. According to a 2009 survey it was the second-most-read newspaper in Nigeria [citation needed], and this result was repeated in a 2011 report by The Advertisers' Association of Nigeria (ADVANS). [2] The paper's website says it stands for freedom, justice and the market economy.
The Nigerian Compass is a daily newspaper with National circulation in Nigeria, covering news, business, politics and sports. The paper has weekday and weekend editions. The paper has weekday and weekend editions.
The Tide is a Nigerian daily newspaper.It is the most widely circulated newspaper published in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and one of Nigeria's major newspapers. Owned and funded by the state, The Tide began printing operations on 1 December 1971 and has a digital version.
The Authority is a Nigerian daily newspaper published by The Authority Media & Publications Limited and owned by Ifeanyi Ubah. Divided into three titles ( The Authority Daily , The Authority Saturday and The Authority Sunday ), the newspaper was launched on October 19, 2015, as a multicultural community paper covering national and international ...