The CCTV footage of the shooting of #ENDSARS protesters in Lekki are available and intact, Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has stated. The footage, he said, would be provided to the judicial panel on police brutality, extra-judicial killings and extortion when necessary. The Governor said this during a live programme on ARISE TV on Thursday monitored by our correspondent. He said ... Read More »
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LAGOS ON FIRE : Buhari Refused to pick my calls – Sanwo -Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu,has said he made two attempts on Wednesday to contact President Muhammadu Buhari as hoodlums went on the rampage in the state. Sanwo-Olu said this during an interview with Arise TV today Thursday. He stated that the first time he called, he was told the president had yet to be in the office. He said that ... Read More »
BLACK WEDNESDAY : ENDSARS has turned to a bloodbath between the Yoruba and Hausa in the Fagba area of Lagos
In Lagos State especially in Ifako Ijaiye local government within the Fagba area, the endSARS protest has turned to violence between the Yoruba’s and Hausa’s. Our correspondent who witnessed the violence between the Yoruba’s and Hausa’s said it all started yesterday when the hoodlums who hijacked the ENDSARS protest blocked the Fagba road not allowing any vehicle to pass through ... Read More »
#ENDSARS : Wike imposes curfew in Rivers as Six killed, police stations burnt
Rivers especially, the capital city comprising Port Harcourt and Obio-Akpo local government areas boiled on Wednesday with violence caused by hoodlums who hijacked the #ENDSARS protests. But Governor Nyesom Wike immediately imposed a 24-hour curfew in the entire Oyigbo Local Government Area to avoid the escalation of the violence. Wike, in a statewide broadcast, extended the curfew to Mile 1, ... Read More »
#EndSARS : Fuel scarcity looms as depots stop loading
The scarcity of petroleum products is imminent in Nigeria as some depots have stopped loading-trucks. The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN ) National Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Maigandi, disclosed this at Abuja this morning. He added that the #EndSARS protests and the resultant crises have stopped the marketers from transiting their loaded trucks. According to him, since petroleum ... Read More »
UPDATE : Anti-riot policemen evacuate TVC staff after mob attack
But for the intervention of a detachment of anti-riot policemen, the headquarters of Television Continental (TVC) in Ikosi Lagos would have been razed by a mob that stormed the station on Wednesday morning. Rampaging youths have taken to arson, vandalism of public and private properties across the state in reaction to the shooting of peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll ... Read More »
#EndSARS : People Attack Sanwo-Olu For Allowing Army, Shoot At Peaceful Protesters
Nigerians on Twitter are currently attacking Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over the killings of unconfirmed number of protesters by security operatives at the Lekki Toll Gate area of the city. The armed security personnel were drafted to the area by the government to dislodge peaceful #EndSARS demonstrators demanding an end to police brutality and state repression. Earlier on Tuesday, ... Read More »
BREAKING NEWS :Endsars: Lekki Toll Gate Now on Fire
Lekki Toll Plaza is now on fire, Newsthumb can now report. Following the reported multiple killings of harmless #Endsars protesters at the Lekki toll gate by security agents few hours ago, fire has now engulfed the Lekki toll plaza, eye witnesses accounts suggests. In the early hours of the day, Lagos State governor, Babjide Sanwo-Olu had imposed a curfew following ... Read More »
BREAKING:#EndSARS: Heavy Shooting At Lekki Toll Gate As Protest Continue
There is currently heavy shooting at the Lekki Toll Gate area of Lagos as #EndSARS protesters defy a governnent curfew to continue their demand for an end to police brutality. The situation has created tension in the area. Read More »
UPDATE : Hoodlums torch Lagoon hospital over protester’s death
….Victim brought in dead, says CEO Hoodlums have set Lagoon Hospital in Apapa, Lagos on fire. The hospital was alleged to have refused a protester, who was shot, an admission. This led to the mob descending on the hospital and setting it ablaze. An eyewitness, in a video obtained by The one of the protesters , said the protesters have ... Read More »