Human rights activist, Femi Falana has said Nigerian soldiers were “indeed ordered to go to Lekki Tollgate to shoot peaceful EndSARS protesters in Lagos. Falana, a SAN, made this known on Monday while speaking as a guest on Arise TV on Monday. Falana added that he has identified the barracks the killer soldiers came from,…
The Kogi State correspondent of The Sun newspaper Emmanuel Adeyemi has been shot. Adeyemi was on his way to the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre in Lokoja, the state capital, when he was shot near the gate of the secretariat on Monday. An unidentified person who was reportedly hit by a stray bullet around the…
144 male and female suspects have been arrested for participating in the looting and destruction of Ilorin Airport Cargo warehouse, Kwara Agro Mall, and Kwara Mall popularly called Shoprite over the weekend. In the wake of the crisis that erupted following the EndSARS protest, hoodlums in several states seized the opportunity to vandalize and loot…
A woman miraculously survived despite having a bullet in her head for 5 days. The skin care therapist named Favour Grey suffered a gunshot wound to the head, her sister Valentina Grey revealed. Sharing photos of Favour after she was shot, an X-ray of the bullet in her head, and the bullet after it was removed, Valentina…
The National Economic Council (NEC) has accused the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and other secessionists of hijacking the #EndSARS protest. The council chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in the communique issued after a virtual meeting in which a committee to engage youths, representatives of civil society organizations (CSO), religious and traditional leaders, on employment and social safety…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned the fines imposed on Channels TV, AIT and Arise TV. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Monday said the stations broadcasted online photos and videos of the End SARS protests. The government suggested that their actions fuelled violence across Nigeria. Acting NBC Director-General, Armstrong Idachaba, at…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has since the EndSARS demonstrations started, held several meetings to address the underlying concerns and members have aligned themselves with the call for justice leading to the setting up of judicial panels in the States of the Federation against Police brutality. The NGF regrets the loss of lives and property…
There is a heavy detachment of security operatives at the Agu Awka area of Awka, the capital of Anambra State. A visit to the area showed that heavily armed men of the mobile police unit and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps were mobilized to keep watch in the area. Their presence, however, is…
Few days after calm and order returned to Ondo State following days of violent protest occasioned by the End SARS campaign, four government agencies have been gutted by fire. The government agencies affected are situated in Oke-Eda/Alagbaka axis of Akure, the state capital. The affected government agencies are the Ondo State Scholarship Board; Ondo State…
Sea robbers have attacked a passenger boat in the Bille Kingdom, Degema Local Government Area killing one person. It was gathered that the boat conveying the passengers to Port Harcourt, the state capital, came under attack on Sunday afternoon. Most of the passengers were said to have fled into the creeks while one of them…