Sodiq Oyeleke The Federal Road Safety Corps has lamented that its offices in Abia, Anambra, Delta, Edo, Imo, Lagos, and Enugu were attacked by hoodlums. While some of the offices were burnt, items and properties were stolen in others. The Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal, Bisi Kazeem, made this known in a statement titled, ‘#ENDSARS: FRSC decries incessant attack on personnel, Operational tools’, on Friday. He also decried incessant attacks on its personnel and operational tools during the unrest in the country. Kazeem said, “Upon the escalation of…
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HOODLUMS TRYING TO BREAK INTO COMPUTER VILLAGE IN LAGOS REPELLED, SEE PICS, VIDEO
Hoodlums have reportedly been trying to break into Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos according to reports from multiple online sources. The country has been thrown into complete disarray with hoodlums breaking into multiple supermarkets, homes, and offices nationwide. Another set of hoodlums have reportedly tried to forcefully enter Computer Village. It took the combined efforts of good people, the army, and the task force to repel the thugs as they have vowed to not back down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOA0G1Lke14
Read More2 PASTORS KIDNAPPED IN DELTA
Matthew Ochei, Asaba Two pastors and a member of a Pentecostal church have been reportedly kidnapped in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State. The PUNCH gathered that the three victims were kidnapped at a building sit along Ubulu-Unor/Ogwashi- Uku Road on Thursday. A source in the community told our correspondent that the kidnapped pastor, Paul Okozi, and another pastor newly attached to the church as well as a member of the church, Mr. Obi Dieyi, had gone to inspect the ongoing church building project when they were kidnapped.…
Read MoreSANWO-OLU EASES CURFEW IN LAGOS
Sodiq Oyeleke The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the easing of the curfew imposed on the state. The governor said people are allowed to go out between 8am and 6pm from Saturday. He said, “We have decided that we are going to be easing the curfew from tomorrow (Saturday) morning; and what that easing means is that people will be allowed to go out from 8am to 6pm. “For emphasis, from 8am tomorrow morning, you will be allowed to go out, to go wherever you wish till 6pm…
Read MoreBRING DOWN LEKKI TOLL GATE PERMANENTLY AND BUILD A STATUE FOR EVERYONE KILLED THAT NIGHT- CROSS RIVER COMMISSIONER
Dr. Betta Edu, Cross River’s commissioner for health in a tweet she posted on her Twitter account, has suggested that the Lekki Toll Gate should be permanently brought down and be replaced with a statue of #EndSARS protesters in remembrance of those who reportedly lost their lives on Tuesday 20th October. According to her, the victim’s names should be written in bold letters so that they can forever be remembered in history as heroes who died for a better Nigeria to be birthed. See tweet below: -Sharon O.
Read MoreLASG PUBLISHES NAMES POLICEMEN FACING TRIAL
Today seems like a good day to get on to the work of rebuilding Lagos and ending police brutality. To show our commitment to the latter, here is a list of ongoing prosecution of police officers for offences related to the violation of human rights in Lagos. 1. State of Lagos v. 1. Insp. Surulere Irede 2. Sgt. Sunday Ogunyemi 3. Corp. Hezekiah Babatunde – Manslaughter. Adjourned to 13/11/2020. Justice Ogunsanya 2. State of Lagos v. Ogunyemi Olalekan – Murder. Adjourned to 5/11/2020. Hon Justice Coker. 3. State of Lagos…
Read MoreHOODLUMS INVADE OSUN COVID-19 WAREHOUSE, LOOT FOOD PALLIATIVES
Hoodlums and residents on Friday attacked Osun COVID-19 warehouse where COVID-19 food palliatives were stored in Ede. We gathered that after the hoodlums and residents gained entrance into the warehouse, they looted some COVID-19 palliatives Watch video below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glVFs6SDEYI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oke5Bf4dCww Source: https://amiloadednews.com/2020/10/happening-now-hoodlums-residents-invade-warehouse-loot-covid-19-food-palliatives-in-osun-video.html
Read MoreREPS MINORITY CAUCUS CRITICISES BUHARI’S SPEECH ON ENDSARS PROTESTS
EndSARS: President Buhari’s Speech Leaves Much To Be Desired – Reps Minority Caucus The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has reviewed the Thursday speech by President Muhammadu Buhari on the protest across the country and submits that the address did not meet the expectation of most Nigerians. As representatives of the people, our caucus is particularly surprised that Mr. President’s speech did not find a space to address the killing of innocent and unarmed Nigerian youths at the Lekki Toll gate; the very development that sparked off violent…
Read MoreBUHARI MEETS 5 NIGERIAN FORMER LEADERS ON CRISIS
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is currently meeting some former Nigerian leaders. Although the agenda of the meeting is not made public, issues bordering on the current security situation in the country are believed to top the agenda. While Buhari is presiding from the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, some former Nigerian leaders are participating virtually. Those participating virtually include General Yakubu Gowon (retd.); former President Olusegun Obasanjo; Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.); former President Goodluck Jonathan and Chief Ernest Shonekan. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; National Security…
Read More#OYIGBOISBLEEDING: RESIDENTS OF OYIGBO CRY OUT AS UNKNOWN ARMED MEN ATTACK PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AND ON THE STREETS
Residents of Oyigbo in Rivers state, Port Harcourt have taken to twitter all through the night to cry out for help, revealing they are under attack from unknown men. Reports from multiple sources say that the armed men are going from house tohouse to attack people. It was mentioned that the attack was expected as there had earlier been a huge fight between in the area in which threats were made. Videos of last night’s chaos have gone viral on Twitter NG but most of the videos didn’t show…
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