Tag: #EndSARS

#EndSARS: Amnesty insists Nigeria covering up killing of protesters

Aoko Benjamin

  Rights group says authorities have failed to bring to justice those suspected to be responsible for protests crackdown in October. Amnesty International accused the Nigerian government on Thursday of attempting to cover up the killing of a dozen citizens during peaceful protests in Lagos last October. Youth-led demonstrations in Nigeria began against police abuse, quickly spiralling into broader calls for reform. But they ended weeks later when security forces shot at demonstrators in Lagos – killing at least 12 people, according to the rights group. At a judicial panel,…

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Nigeria Threatens Sanction Against CNN, says news ‘Irresponsible Reporting’

Aliyu Aliyu

Nigeria Threatens Sanction Against CNN, says news on Lekki Tollgate ‘Irresponsible Reporting’ The Nigerian Government has threatened to sanction CNN over its report on the Lekki shooting. On Wednesday, CNN published its investigation on the incident, alleging that soldiers used live bullets on #EndSARS protesters who had converged on Lekki tollgate on October 20. The army insists that its men only fired blank bullets in the air to disperse the protesters. Speaking at the news conference on Thursday, Lai Mohammed, minister of information, described the alleged killing at the Lekki…

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Popular Nigerian Pastor, Davido, 48 others, dragged to Court over #EndSARS

Precious Ibekwe

  A Nigerian, Kenechukwu Okeke, has filed a criminal suit at the FCT High Court against a popular Nigerian Pastor, Sam Adeyemi, music superstars; David Adeleke popularly known as Davido, Burna boy and 47 persons who participated or promoted the #EndSARS protest online. The Court documents filed by Okeke, according to a report by Politics Nigeria, also have names of Aisha Yesufu, Deji Adeyanju, Ayo Sogunro and some other activists as defendants. The list also include Sam Adeyemi of Daystar Christian Centre, hip hop singers; Damini Ogulu known as Burna…

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We Can’t Guarantee Security During Yuletide – Police, Others

Precious Ibekwe

A joint meeting of law-enforcement officers in areas worst affected by #EndSARS protests in Nigeria has declared that Nigerians should not anticipate getting adequate security during the ember months and forthcoming yuletide celebration. A Divisional Police Officer (DPO), who attended the meeting was quoted in a report by PRNigeria to have said that Nigerians should rather find a way to protect themselves from thugs, hoodlums and miscreants during the seasonal period. The meeting, which, according to the report, was attended by officers of the Nigerian military, security, intelligence and response…

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How My son was killed at Lekki Tollgate — Mother

Gbenga Adeoti

  A woman claiming to be the mother of 23 year-old Anthony Okechukwu, who was reportedly killed by gunshot injury at the Lekki Tollgate shooting has spoken up. The woman who, in a viral video, spoke from her base outside Nigeria claimed that she found out about her son’s death online when she saw his photo being circulated. For several days, there have been questions on the lips of every Nigerian concerning the people who lost their lives at the Lekki Tollgate shooting in Lagos State on October 20, 2020.…

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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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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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Thugs behead Policeman, raze Police Stations in Nigeria’s Anambra

Precious Ibekwe

  Suspected hoodlums, numbering over 100, have hacked to death an unidentified policeman deployed at Ogidi Police Station in Anambra State. The hoodlums, in video clips obtained by PRNigeria, also beheaded the policeman and thereafter burnt his headless body. A credible security source told PRNigeria that the hoodlums chanted war songs as they moved round the town with the lifeless head of the slain police officer. “The hoodlums came from somewhere else and were approaching Ogidi community, when they met the deceased police officer, and killed him in cold blood.…

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Do All necessary to end crisis in Nigeria, Buhari charges Security Chiefs, others

Aliyu Aliyu

  Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has at a meeting with the security chiefs charged government at all levels to do all that is necessary to end the riots in the country. This came as the President is also billed to address Nigerians after about three weeks of #EndSARS protests that have turned bloody and pit the Africa’s biggest crude oil exporter on the edge. Buhari, the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno told reporters, said that government at all lvels should do all that is necessary to end crisis at the…

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We have no hand in Lekki Toll Gate Power Outage – EKEDC

Damola Oyede

  Leading power utility firm in Nigeria, Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), on has denied involvement in the power outage at the Lekki Tollgate area of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, when soldiers opened fire on peaceful protesters. EKEDC particularly debunked the rumours making rounds that it removed supply from the Admiralty Toll Plaza on Lekki -Epe expressway on 20th October 2020 now tagged #BlackTuesday. In a statement signed by the Company’s General Manager, Corporate Communications, Godwin Idemudia, Lagos State had contracted the supply of electricity to the plaza and the…

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