President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over the National Security Council meeting in the State House, Abuja. The meeting, which holds quarterly, is coming amidst ongoing unrest in different parts of the country. In attendance are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President Professor…
The governor of Lagos state has said he didn’t give any security officer instruction to shoot at protesters. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has expressed shock after security officers opened fire on #EndSARS protesters at Lekki toll gate. He said the security officers who shot at End SARS protesters got the instruction wrong. According…
Apostle Johnson Suleman has said that he is confident that Nigeria doesn’t have a President. Taking to his Twitter handle this morning, the clergyman wrote; ”In the same climes, the president by now would have gotten the contacts of the victim’s families and reached out to them personally. but 48hrs after a black Tuesday, President Buhari…
The Governor of Lagos state, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has insisted that he did not order the removal of CCTV cameras from the Lekki toll gate on Tuesday. Sanwo-Olu disclosed this while addressing residents in a state-wide broadcast on Thursday morning. He agreed with the MD of the LCC, who claimed they took the decision to…
Barely two days after an angry mob lynched two suspected robbers in Calabar, another suspected robber was killed on Thursday morning, October 22, in the state capital. The latest incident happened at Ikot Ansa bus stop by Four Squared Gospel Church, Murtala Mohammed highway Calabar. According to online reports, the suspect was caught in the early…
Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwoolu has revealed that he’s yet to speak to the President on the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate on Tuesday evening. Sanwo-olu has been under severe pressure following the shooting of the protesters by Security agents. In an interview on Thursday, he disclosed that he tried reaching…
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, did not invite the army to shoot at End SARS protesters in Lekki on Tuesday, October 20.Speaking in a statement on Wednesday, October 21, he said: “It is absolutely essential to let this government know that the Army has now replaced SARS…
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has condemned the violence that erupted during the peaceful #EndSARS protests in the Lekki area of Lagos State on Tuesday night. The crisis escalated after men of the Nigerian military opened fire on the protesters which resulted in multiple deaths and injuries. AU statement was…
Legal luminary and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Afe Babalola, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to address Nigerians over the violence that has erupted in the country following the #EndSARS protests. He made the call on Wednesday in reaction to the recent happenings across the country following the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the…
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to fleeing inmates from the Medium Security Correctional Centres on Sapele Road and at Oko, Airport Road, to return to the prisons. Some hoodlums had hijacked the #EndSARS protests against police brutality and extrajudicial killings earlier in the week. The rampaging hoodlums had attacked the…