Speaker of the House of Rep, Femi Gbajabiamila, has revealed that Lagos State required a minimum of N1 Trillion to reconstruct the extensive damage of properties in Lagos. This happened as South West Governors have alleged that there were some elements keenly anxious to annihilate the South West and destroy its common heritage. Also, the…
Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has queried the shooting of protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos State on Tuesday. Tinubu said he asked the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on who ordered the shooting at Lekki toll gate. He disclosed this after a meeting with Sanwo-Olu at the state’s…
The majority leader in the Lagos State House of Assembly Majority Leader, Sanai (SOB) Agunbiade has said that he was planning to distribute the palliatives looted from his home in Ikorodu on Friday, October 23. A mob stormed his apartment and looted food items and other properties they could lay their hands on. In a statement…
Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State on Saturday afternoon imposed a 24-hour curfew across the whole state with immediate effect till further notice. The state government had on Friday lifted a 24-hour curfew earlier declared in the state to forestall the breakdown of law and order to protect the lives and property of citizens and…
President Muhammadu Buhari didn’t mention anything about the shooting of #ENDSARS protesters in Lekki on Tuesday night during a nationwide broadcast yesterday because it would be “premature and presumptuous.” Many Nigerians have carpeted Buhari for not mentioning about the shootings or empathising with the victims during the much-awaited presidential broadcast, describing the ommission as deliberate…
Foremost Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has criticized the speech delivered by the President in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests and military shootings in the country. According to Falana, the speech contained avoidable gaps like where Buhari accused the international community of jumping into hasty conclusions over the shooting of unarmed peaceful protesters…
Osun Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has suspended the 24-hour curfew declared to forestall breakdown of law and order. Oyetola, in a statement through the Secretary to the State Government, Prince Wole Oyebamiji, commended the residents of the state for a high level of compliance. However, he noted the government will not hesitate to reinstate the curfew…
An angry mob on Thursday afternoon, October 22, set ablaze the campaign office of Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu in Akure, the state capital.
Days after the 20-10-20 Lekki massacre, the vice president of Nigeria finally addressed the people via Twitter.He tweeted:- Osinbajo: “These Are Trying Times”My heart goes out to all the victims of the Lekki shootings, and also the policemen and all other men and women who lost their lives in the past few days in different…
Ex-Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose has slammed President Buhari over the gunshot attack in Lekki, Lagos state on Tuesday, October 20. Reacting to the incident via his Twitter handle, Fayose who has been very critical of the Buhari-led administration, wrote; ”My heart is heavy. Like every other concerned Nigerians, I’m worried. I’m sad that soldiers…