The presidency announced on Wednesday that the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports development are scrapped for the new ministry of regional development to oversee all the regional development commissions and the National Sports Commission will take over the role of the Ministry of Sports.
Demonstrators assembled to honour the memory of those who lost their lives during the #EndSARS protests against police brutality in October 2020 at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos on Sunday but Lagos State Police Commissioner, Olanrewaju Ishola, said the protesters did not write, seeking police clearance and permission before embarking on the demonstration, therefore he declared it illegal.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement released said that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, is currently on a medical leave abroad where he is receiving treatment for a health related issue but denied that top military officers are jostling for his position.