An attack on a convoy of vehicles conveying Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Maiduguri, Borno State capital to Baga town of the state has been foiled by troops of the Nigerian Army. Speaking during the weekly briefing on security operations at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Friday, October 30, Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. John…
It has been revealed that a video of the Lekki shooting that took place on the 20th of October is available. A panel set up by the Lagos state government to address the issue of Lekki shooting and other related matters has been told that footage of the shooting is available. According to NAN, the…
A 43-year-old security guard has been beheaded by a yet-to-be-identified persons suspected to be ritualists in the Oka-Akoko community, the headquarters of Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was learned that the victim identified as Rotimi Olukoju, who worked with a microfinance bank in the town, was found dead on Thursday…
Lagos State Government has further relaxed the curfew from 10 pm to 6 am. The government imposed a curfew after the breakdown of law and order following the hijack of the peaceful #EndSARS protests. The relaxation was announced in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso on Friday. He said…
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State on Friday disclosed that about N75 billion worth of properties were looted and destroyed during the recent looting spree orchestrated by hoodlums in the state. The Governor also said the destruction meted upon 32 public and private properties that were affected in the looting has nothing to do with…
After live-streaming soldiers shooting at protesters, a popular DJ has spoken about dying. More threats have continued to come the way of Nigerian female disc jockey after she live-streamed the shooting at Lekki toll gate. DJ Switch, says she has continued to receive death threats over her revelation on the shooting of unarmed #EndSARS protesters…
Five bullet shells were found at the scene of the Lekki toll gate, protest venue of the #ENDSARS, during the panel’s visit to the toll gate. The Managing Director of the Lekki Toll Gate Mr Abayomi Omomuwa, at the visit to the Lekki toll gate, told the panel that a camera on the mast worked…
The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps said three persons have died in an accident at Lotto, opposite NNPC Filling Station on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, on Friday. One person also sustained injuries in the accident which involved two vehicles, according to the agency. Mr. Olusola Ojuoro, the Mowe/Ibafo Area Commander of TRACE, told the News Agency…
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of scores of Nigerians, mostly school pupils, in the auto crash in Enugu state on Thursday. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President particularly commiserated with the Catholic Church of Awgu, the operators of Presentation Nursery…
After popular station, Television Continental at Ikosi, Ketu, Lagos State was set ablaze by hoodlums after the #EndSARS protest turned violent, not less than 250 staff have been rendered jobless. The Chief Executive Officer of the station, Mr Andrew Hanlon, added that over 500 direct employees of the station had been struggling to work in…