Yahaya Bello, Governor of Kogi State, has said that the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad unit of the Nigeria Police Force notorious for rights violations in the country has dampened the morale of police officers, Sahara Reporters reports. Yahaya said hoodlums have taken over the streets due to the absence of SARS. Speaking on Channels Television on Tuesday, he said, “Now SARS has ended, police morale has been dampened, they have gone off the streets, and the hoodlums have taken to the streets. Who do we report to?” Earlier in October, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, announced the…
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Things went out of hand very quickly with the emerging Nigerian “revolution” when on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, soldiers stormed the Lekki Toll Gate Plaza in Lagos, and started shooting. We were told they shot in the air. But the reports have been conflicting and troubling. The protesters insist that persons died, and that the attack was pre-meditated. The state authorities insist that persons were injured and that there were no corpses; may be just one. They made it sound as if one person dying was nothing to worry about. Nigeria is a country of over 200 million people. When…
After initial denial by the Nigerian Army that its officers were not at Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos, where peaceful protesters were shot and killed last Tuesday, the military has come out to say its officers were only ensuring compliance with a curfew put in place by Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, earlier that day, Sahara Reporters reports. Soldiers killed over 10 peaceful demonstrators and left scores more injured. The Nigerian Army has now said its officers were simply ensuring compliance with the curfew put in place in Lagos State. In a statement credited to the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, the…
My dear Asiwaju Tinubu, Even if the whole country is cowed and mesmerised by you and applauds your callousness, vanity, evil, subterfuge, deceit, ruthlessness, obsessive ambitions, lack of fear of God and doublespeak, I FFK, the Voice of the Voiceless, the Servant of Truth, the Lover of God, the Beloved of the Lord, the Otunba of Jogaland, the Sadaukin Shinkafi, the Odum Agu and the Odugwu Eze will not. Your spell cannot silence, bind or blind me like it has done to others. I see you for what you are and your vain and boastful words here have confirmed it.…
Yoruba Nollywood actress, Eniola Kuburat has passed on. Kuburat was said to have died after a brief Illness. Kunle Afod, her colleague in the industry, shared the news of her death via his verified Instagram handle on Friday. “RIP, Mrs Eniola KuburatOne of the yoruba nollywood Actress After a brief illness,” the actor wrote.
Nigerian footballer, John Ogu has called on his fellow Super Eagles players to boycott the upcoming African Cup Of Nations (AFCON) qualifier games as a show of empathy to victims of shooting of unarmed ENDSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate allegedly by security operatives in Lagos. The 32-year-old midfielder made the call during an interview with BBC World Service radio, adding that it is the best thing to do to get the government attention to the plight of the citizens. “What is the point in representing the country if this is what the politicians, the people we’re representing, can do…
The leaders of Odi, a community in Bayelsa state, have asked ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo to apologise for the killing of their people by the military 21 years ago, The Cable reports. Obasanjo had reportedly ordered the military into Odi in November 1999 following a conflict in the Niger Delta region over the control of resources. In some accounts, the military claimed that it was ambushed on its way into the community. However, lives and property were lost in the process. The Odi leaders asked for the apology in reaction to a statement credited to Obasanjo. The former president had asked President Muhammadu…
Famous Hausa musician, Hassan Wayam, is dead, Sahara Reporters reports. He died after a long illness in Zaria, Kaduna State. According to family members, he will be buried on Saturday (today) in line with Islamic rites. The late musician is originally from Maradun in Zamfara State.
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has appealed to Nigerian youths to forgive leaders for the situation of unrest in the country occasioned by the shooting of unarmed protesters. In his address to people of the state on Friday, Governor David who described the shooting as regrettable and unwarranted, said the leaders of the south were pained over the incidence. He, however, insisted that the country needed to move forward after the killings and destruction of valuable properties. “Our hearts go to the families of the deceased, and we enjoin the Federal and Lagos State Governments to quicken investigation into the…
The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) says some hooligans are using the ENDSARS protest as a disguise to push for a regime change in the country. The governors stated this in a communique issued after their emergency meeting in Kaduna on Thursday. In the communique which was signed by Simon Lalong, Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau state, the Northern Governors also commiserated with those who lost their lives, got injured and those whose properties were destroyed. “Concerned by these development, the Northern States Governors Forum met and deliberated on the matter,” the communique read. “Forum commiserates with those who…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the massacre of unarmed Nigerians protesting against police brutality by Nigerian soldiers in Lagos. In a statement issued by Prof. Ishaq Akintola, its Director, MURIC encouraged the security operatives to use non-lethal tools to disperse peaceful protesters. “Nigerian youth have demonstrated the ability to articulate their grievances,” the statement read. “They showed ingenuity in the coordination of the welfare of fellow protesters thereby lending credence to the ‘not too young to rule’ mantra. “We appeal for calm on all sides. We call on the security agencies to spare our young ones. Nigeria cannot…
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, says the video footage of the shooting at Lekki tollgate will be submitted to the judicial panel on police brutality, The Cable Reports. The governor said this during a live programme on ARISE TV on Thursday. ”Nobody ordered the removal of cameras at the Lekki tollgate. The MD of LCC said because of the curfew, they made the decision to take out installations,” he said. ”The cameras you saw are not security or motion cameras, they are laser cameras for vehicles. The security cameras are still available and we are using them for our…