Ugwuanyi Commences Fixing Of Infrastructure Damaged During #EndSARS Protest
Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has commenced restoration of Trans-Ekulu damaged infrastructures affected during the #EndSARS protest last year. Earlier than the protest, the Ugwuanyi administration had through constructed Traffic and beautification infrastructure that was destroyed during the violent protest. The state had shortly after the protest last year commenced rebuilding aspects of the capital city infrastructure such as the 241...
BREAKING: 2 Feared Dead As Hoodlums Set Police Station On Fire In Lagos (Photos, Video)
Suspected hoodlums on Tuesday burnt down the Apapa Iganmu Police Station in Lagos State. The incident occurred around 09.45 am, according to an eyewitness. The spokesperson of the Orile-Iganmu Local Government Area, Ayo Micheal said, “Yes, the station has been attacked. “The burnt Station is in Apapa Iganmu but serviced both Iganmu community in Apapa Iganmu and Orile Community in Coker/Aguda.” Videos: https://twitter.com/mogajiofilorin/status/1318480225865531392 https://twitter.com/davvydmoore/status/1318475270094028808 https://twitter.com/HOjajuni/status/1318491498174971906 https://twitter.com/drpenking/status/1318484726563340289 Details later…
Nigeria Has Lost N700 Billion In 12 Days Of #ENDSARS Protest – LCCI
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) says the Nigerian economy has lost N700 billion in 12 days due to the ongoing #EndSARS protests. There have been protests nationwide against the brutality of the special anti-robbery squad(SARS) of the police force. In a statement on Monday, Toki Mabogunje (pictured), LCCI president, said the protests have crippled economic activities in the...
BREAKING: Gov. Sanwo-Olu Imposes 24 Hours Curfew In Lagos
Following the violent trend of #EndSARS protests, Governor Babaji Sanwo-Olu has imposed 24 hours curfew in Lagos state. The Lagos State Governor Wrote on Twitter; Dear Lagosians, I have watched with shock how what began as a peaceful #EndSARS protest has degenerated into a monster that is threatening the well-being of our society. Lives and limbs have been lost...
“Buhari’s Promise Frustrating, I’m Not Afraid To Die” – Falz Tells CNN
Folarin ‘Falz’ Falana, singer, actor and activist, has said Buhari’s promise to reform the police was infuriating and frustrating as his administration had been making the same promise of reform since 2017. He said this in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour when a short clip of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Thursday’s speech was played. In the clip, Buhari said SARS was...
#LekkiShooting: Army Lied Against Sanwo-Olu – Nnamdi Kanu
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday, faulted claims by the Army that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State invited them to Lekki toll gate, amid the End SARS protest. Kanu claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the soldiers to kill the protesters, not Sanwo-Olu. Recall that gunmen in military uniform had last week Tuesday stormed...
#ENDSARS: Tell Your Children To Stop Further Destruction – Ikpeazu Appeals To Parents
Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has once again called on parents, guardians and relevant stakeholders in the State and the nation to appeal to rampaging youths and protesters to stop further destruction of lives and properties. Dr lkpeazu made the call when he received the DIG in charge of ICT, Police Headquarters, Abuja and Supervising DIG South East...
Lekki Shooting: Amnesty International Doesn’t Run This Country — Femi Adesina
The Presidency has said Amnesty International does not run the country and was wrong in its report on the movement of military men from the barracks to Lekki Tollgate, where peaceful #EndSARS protesters were shot at on Tuesday, October 20. Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media & Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, said this on Channels TV, Thursday morning...
Looting Was Caused By Protest, Not Hunger – Femi Adesina
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says the looting of warehouses and shops by hoodlums cannot be traced to poverty in Nigeria but by the pandemonium that accompanied the #EndSARS protests. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme, on Thursday, Adesina said attributing the looting to poverty was like justifying armed robbery. “Criminality is criminality....
Soldiers Fired Blank Bullets At Lekki #ENDSARS Protesters, Ex-Army Spokesperson
Sani Usman, a former spokesman of the Nigerian Army, says soldiers fired blank bullets at the Lekki protest ground, and not live ammunition as widely claimed. Speaking during an Arise Television programme on Thursday, the retired brigadier general said contrary to reports that many were killed in the incident, the blank ammunition used is not capable of killing anyone. ABN TV...
