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At least two persons were reportedly shot and killed in Osogbo, Osun State, on Saturday by security operatives attached to Gboyega Oyetola, governor of the state while dispersing #EndSARS protesters. The incident happened at Ayepe area of the town around 4:00pm. SaharaReporters Media An #EndSARS protester just killed in Osogbo by agents of the state governor, @GboyegaOyetola #NoGoingBack #RevolutionNow pic.twitter.com/5mfqGu3h0n — Omoyele Sowore (@YeleSowore) October 17, 2020 #Ebdsars This is the second victim shot by armed thugs affiliated with Osun state Governor, ⁦ @GboyegaOyetola ⁩ today, he’s in precarious condition as we speak! #RevolutionNow pic.twitter.com/ZNAtXcFQtA — Omoyele Sowore (@YeleSowore) October 17, 2020 Earlier in the day, hoodlums wielding cutlasses had attacked protesters around the Olaiya Junction area of the town. While many of the demonstators are injured, some are yet to be accounted for. Two of the protesters, who were r

Armed thugs on Saturday in Abuja disrupted the peaceful #ENDSARS protest, injuring many persons in the process. The protesters, who gathered under the Kubwa Flyover in continuation of their agitation against police brutality and oppression, were violently dispersed by the thugs. The demonstators had blocked major roads in the city, leaving motorists and commutters stranded on the highway. Trouble started when the hoodlums suddenly appeared from different directions with cutlasses and sticks and descended on the protesters. Armed policemen, who had been keeping vigil on the protesters, looked the other way when the hoodlums started attacking demonstators. The thugs later opened the road to allow free flow of traffic after they had succeeded in dispersed the protesters. As at time of this report, the attack was still ongoing. See Also Breaking News BREAKING: Protesters Close All Entry Points Into Abuja 0 Comments 4 Hours Ago #EndSARS Human Rights Politics B

There was no date announced for the protests. It took off like a single match, then it became a box of matches, and then became a huge fire. Many Nigerians live under the illusion that revolution is not possible. They think Nigerians are docile. That is lack of a deep sense of history. How wrong. These protests have proved that nothing is permanent but CHANGE, including change in human thought processes. The protest has been wrongly defined a YOUTH PROTEST. No, it is a protest by Nigerians irrespective of age. Youths are more because they form the bulk of Nigerian population. It is also essentially a middle class uprising. Hardly can you do any successful small scale business in Nigeria today. Interest rate is 1.4 percent. Interest on savings is almost nil. They don’t want you to keep money in the banks,not even your profit, so many companies are moving to Ghana, Gambia and Kenya. Some are moving cash. Borders are closed without end.Middle class is providing the funds for the pr

Young Nigerians protesting against brutality, bad governance, corruption and insecurity in the country on Saturday blocked all entry points into Abuja. The demonstrators have occupied the Kubwa and Mararaba highways and rendered all roads within the city centre impassable. The youth have divided themselves into groups to carry out the protest simultaneously at different locations and this has led to traffic snarls across the city. See Also #EndSARS BREAKING: Protesters Take Over Abuja City Gate, Block Airport Road 0 Comments 1 Day Ago #EndSARS Human Rights Breaking News News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3kaGwqb via EDUPEDIA

Otunba Gani Adams, leader of the Odua People's Congress The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has described the death of a daughter of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Mrs Tola Oyediran, as a colossal loss to the entire family and the Yoruba in general. Adams in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, expressed shock at the death of the Chairman of African Newspapers of Nigeria PLC, publishers of Tribune titles. Gani Adams He said, “My heartfelt condolences go to my sister, Dr Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosumu and to the management of Tribune Newspapers, the Oyedirans and most especially the Awolowo family on the death of the eldest daughter of the first Premier of Western Region, the late Pa Obafemi Awolowo, who died in Ibadan yesterday. “It is a great loss to me personally, however, the late Reverend Oyediran would be remembered for her humility and efforts in sustaining the legacies of the late sage alongside Dr Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosumu, who is co-Chai

A Catholic priest, Francis Ighorurhie, 38, drowned on Thursday night at the flooded area of Kaiama community under Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Two school pupils also drowned in Azikoro Town in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that Ighorurhie, a missionary of St. Paul from Delta State, was until his death the parish priest of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Kaiama. He died after falling into a flooded area while walking on a wooden bridge as he made his way home from an outing. Reports say that a section of the wooden bridge had been submerged by the rising water levels, making walking on the slippery structure a difficult task for users. A priest, who spoke anonymously, said, “This is a sad moment for us. Father was on his way back from Bomadi in Delta State when he died. But for the flood, he could have driven his car straight to his residence instead of parking by the road. “It was while he was walking on the w

Residents of Kirfi Local Government Area in Bauchi State have said that they are not being allowed to vote in the ongoing local government election. The residents said electoral officials were yet to arrive at polling units for voting to commence. Gidado, a resident of Kirfi, said while reports of election going on in other local government areas were being heard, no electoral official had been seen in the locality. “We have been waiting for election materials but not heard anything from officials of BASIEC. “We have been seeing posts on social media that election is going on in other places but nothing here,” Gidado said. There have also been reports of late arrival of materials in the Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state. The All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party have accused each other of perfecting plans to rig the ongoing election. Elections Politics News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :

ACHIKE CHUDE Nigerians just do not seem to know the depth of their socio-economic and political morass. In fact, it would not be out of character to say that we are in deep s–t. Today, the continuously and consistently declining structure of the Nigerian state has now gotten to a point of saturation and our society can take no more. The structure of the state is on a tailspin of degeneration, and the decline of the superstructure is a natural consequence. Any state that operates in the way and manner of the Nigerian state is a criminal enterprise using the paraphernalia of democracy, governance, electoral multi-partism as a decoy to foist a most heinous criminal endeavour on the Nigerian people. The criminal disposition of our political system is given credence by the unfortunate but true description of Nigeria by Karl Maier as: “A criminality run corporation where the leaders are armed and are hidden in the safe.” The multiple purpose vehicles used by dubious, unconscionable p

Fredrick Nwabufo Power has returned to its rightful repository – the people. Our liberators did not come from the north, the south or the east and west of Nigeria. They emerged from the ruins of the country; they broke free from the noxious culture of silence and shattered the substructure of generational complicity and conspiracy. They are the youth of Nigeria; the deliverer of the colony of slaves – from the fowler’s snare and deadly pestilence. The #EndSARS protests did not only end a ferocious unit of the police and constrained the capricious hands of the government into making pledges of initiating reforms in the force; it also galvanised Nigerians, particularly the young, across religions and ethnic groups to put the government to task. Government should be in the service of the people and not the other way around. Really, there is no mortar that can crush a people forged into a fist; when the people kill fear, the government becomes afraid. #EndSARS could be the beginnin

There was no date announced for the protests. It took off like a single match, then it became a box of matches, and then became a huge fire. Many Nigerians live under the illusion that revolution is not possible. They think Nigerians are docile. That is a lack of a deep sense of history. How wrong. These protests have proved that nothing is permanent but change, including change in human thought processes. The protest has been wrongly defined as a youth protest. No, it is a protest by Nigerians irrespective of age. Youths are more because they form the bulk of Nigerian population. Though we all call it #END SARs protest, the demands are far more than that. #ENDSARs is just a slogan for the demand for the transformation of Nigeria from a ghetto society to an egalitarian society. They imposed electricity tariffs, nobody spoke, they increased fuel, nobody spoke. People in power feel they can do anything and get away with it. This is a stupid way to think. The protests are not con

Two popular Nigerian musicians in France, Negoboi and C-Mi, on Saturday morning joined dozens of their compatriots in the European country to pour out to the streets to demand an end to police brutality and justice for victims of rights violations by officials of the now disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force. The demonstration, which is currently ongoing at the popular Eiffel Tower in the heart of Paris, capital of France, also has in attendance other Nigerian entertainers based in the European country. See Also Breaking News BREAKING: Nigerians In France Join #EndSARS Protest, Ask Buhari, IGP To Resign 0 Comments 1 Day Ago According to a participant, Mr Olorunfemi Deji, who spoke with SaharaReporters, they are not only demanding the scrapping of SARS and dissolution of the newly created Special Weapons and Tactics team by the police authorities but also the improvement of governance in Nigeria. He said, “We protesting about #EndSA