Day: October 26, 2020

How 28 year-old #EndSARS riot survivor died in Lagos Gas Tanker Accident

Precious Ibekwe

  A 28-year-old man, Sanusi Moruff, who survived riot emanating from Soldiers’ shooting of #EndSARS protesters in Lagos has been killed in a gas tanker accident that on Sunday occurred at the Nigeria’s commercial capital. The Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA), which announced his death, declared that the accident happened at the Fadeyi area of Lagos State. In a series of tweets on Monday, the agency said the corpse of the deceased had been handed over to members of his family. LASEMA said: “Upon the arrival of the Cobra Squad…

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Toddler, grand father die In Kogi palliatives’ looting stampede – Report

Aliyu Aliyu

A child was among four people who were trampled to death on Sunday while some residents were looting COVID-19 palliatives at a warehouse in Lokoja, Kogi State, North central part of Nigeria. A report by New Telegraph, which showed this, added that the other victims were a grand father and two women. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP William Aya, however, declared that nobody died in any stampede. The warehouse, located at the John Holt Market, Lokoja, was forced open about 7am by members of the public, including…

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COVID-19: Lagos Records Zero Case, freezes number at 20,807 in 24 hours

Damilola Olonade

  Lagos, hitherto epicentre for COVID-19 in Nigeria, has recorded zero case of the dreaded infection in the last 24 hours. There was no single confirmed case of COVID-19 in Lagos in the last 24 hours, the latest data released Sunday night by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) read. On Saturday, Lagos, which has 20,807 confirmed cases so far, logged 18 cases, out of the 48 reported. But on Sunday, the state reported no new virus incident, although 800 COVID-19 patients are still hospitalised. Out of the new…

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Seven Nigerian ‘UK asylum seekers,’ Liberian vessel hijackers arrested

Aoko Benjamin

More facts have emerged on the identities of seven people who hijacked a Liberian-Registered vessel and their mission off the Isle of Wight. The towaways, believed to be Nigerians seeking UK asylum, were handed over to Hampshire Police on Sunday night, reports the BBC. They were detained when military forces stormed a tanker suspected to have been hijacked off the Isle of Wight. Sixteen members of the Special Boat Service (SBS) ended a 10-hour standoff which started when stowaways on board the Liberian-registered Nave Andromeda reportedly became violent. The stowaways,…

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Hoodlums loot Toyota Corolla Car, Apple desktop in Complete Sports raid

Wonuola Olujobi

  The head office of Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspapers in Okota, Lagos, Nigeria has been attacked by hoodlums whose loot included a Toyota Corolla car, Apple desktop, HP laptop and several GSM phones. The hoodlums seized on the curfew imposed by the Lagos State Government in the wake of the violence and looting that engulfed the state in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests in the country, to carry out the attack. A signed statement from Group Managing Director of Complete Sports, Dr. Mumini Alao, confirmed…

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China Suffers COVID-19 Second Wave, Tests Another Entire City of 4.7m people

Aoko Benjamin

China is once again mass testing an entire city for the coronavirus amid a regional outbreak in Xinjiang province. Around 4.7m people in Kashgar are being tested and 138 asymptomatic cases have been found so far. China has been largely successful in bringing infection rates down but there continue to be small outbreaks. Xinjiang is home to China’s mostly-Muslim Uighur minority which rights groups say is being persecuted by the government in Beijing, reports the BBC. Schools in Kashgar have been closed and residents are not allowed to leave the…

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