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Residents of Jalingo, Taraba State, have discovered and looted a COVID-19 palliatives warehouse in the state. This follows a similar trend of discovery and looting in some states across the country. The looting of COVID-19 warehouse started from Lagos and has extended to states like Oyo, Osun, Plateau, Edo and Kwara. It was gathered that the residents overpowered security operatives, who watched helplessly as the people made away with different food items. The looting, which started in the evening, continued till 9pm as more people came for their share of the hoarded palliatives. In videos of the looting obtained by SaharaReporters, residents could be seen driving tricycles and cars as well as pushing carts into the warehouse for easy carriage of the food items. Taraba palliative day pic.twitter.com/16d7G4jezn — I B R A H E E M (@IbnbkrIbraheem) October 24, 2020 Another warehouse stacked with covid palliative discovered in Taraba.. ThankGod say this one no pass m...

#EndSARS Protesters In Germany #EndSARS Protesters In Germany Nigeria was rocked by two weeks of protests. Guterres said gunmen that opened fire on peaceful protesters Tuesday evening in Lagos caused “multiple deaths” and many injuries. Protestors raise their fists during a protest action against police brutality in Nigeria, as they kneel in New Cavendish Street in central London on October 24, 2020. Guterres said gunmen that opened fire on peaceful protesters Tuesday evening in Lagos caused “multiple deaths” and many injuries Protestors shout slogans as they raise their fists during a protest action against police brutality in Nigeria, in New Cavendish Street in central London on October 24, 2020. Despite the crackdown on #ENDSARS protesters in states across Nigeria, citizens outside the country have continued with the agitations. Nigerians trooped out in Gottingen, Germany, and London, United Kingdom, calling for an end to police brutality in Nigeria. Guterres said ...

Alpha Conde Incumbent Alpha Conde has won Guinea’s disputed presidential election with 59.5 per cent of the vote to secure a controversial third term. According to Aljazeera, the announcement on Saturday came after days of deadly violence in the wake of the October 18 vote.  Alpha Conde Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images The opposition says 27 people have been killed, while officials have put the death toll at about 10. The victory, which requires confirmation by the Constitutional Court, gives a third term in office to the 82-year-old after a bitterly fought election in which the opposition said he had no right to participate. Conde says a constitutional referendum in March reset his two-term limit, but opponents say he is breaking the law by holding on to power. Results were announced in batches in recent days and already showed Conde with an unassailable lead, sparking street protests in opposition strongholds. Opposition candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo, Conde’s...

Another Kannywood star, Zahradeen Sani, has called on Northerners to attack rights activist and co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls movement, Aisha Yesufu. The actor also labelled Nigerians demanding an end to police brutality and reform of the law enforcement agency as infidels. Since the start of #EndSARS protest, Kannywood stars have been taking to social media to discredit the movement, calling those, who joined the agitation as bad Muslims that must be dealt with. Sani, an ardent supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari, in a video shared on social media accused the protesters of planning to disrupt the country. He also said they were using the #ENDSARS protest to promote terrorism in the Northern part of the country, adding that they “must be attacked wherever they are found”. In the video that has gone viral on social media, Sani repeatedly cursed Yesufu and accused her of being an agent of Christians and against the teachings of Islam. He called Yesufu an “agent...

File Photo Soldiers suspected to be attached to the 3 Battalion Nigerian Army, Effurun, Delta State, on Saturday allegedly brutalised a medical doctor and ordered him to swim and bathe inside a gutter full of dirty water. The soldiers, who were said to be enforcing the state government’s curfew, SaharaReporters gathered, confronted the medical doctor, Raphael Onyemekehia, a consultant physician, at Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state, at about 10:30am and despite introducing himself and showing his identity card, he was allegedly brutalised and ordered to swim and bathe inside the dirty gutter in the area. It was gathered that the inhuman act, which attracted outrage from members of the public, was done at gunpoint while the victim was going to work. File Photo The state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, had exempted essential workers including medical personnel while imposing a 48-hour curfew across the state to curb violence in the city following the wanton destructio...

FILE PHOTO: Nigerian soldiers patrol in the north of Borno state close to a Islamist extremist group Boko Haram former camp on June 5, 2013 near Maiduguri. At least seven Nigerian soldiers have been killed and several others missing after an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State. SaharaReporters gathered that the attack took place along the Gubio-Magumeri rmRoad in Borno. FILE PHOTO: Nigerian soldiers patrol in the north of Borno state close to a Islamist extremist group Boko Haram former camp on June 5, 2013 near Maiduguri. Quentin Leboucher/AFP/Getty Images According to sources, a military vehicle, several weapons and ammunition were stolen during the attack that lasted for two hours. Boko Haram and its offshoot, Islamic State West Africa Province, have killed thousands and displaced millions in North-Eastern Nigeria. In the past months, soldiers have been targeted by the insurgents, who lay ambush on their path. Boko Haram Insurgency Military Terrorism New...

Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Saturday said he never asked the Igbo to leave the South-Western part of Nigeria as claimed in some quarters. The playwright, in a message seen by SaharaReporters, asked Nigerians to ignore the ‘social media dregs’. See Also Human Rights Nigeria Back To ‘Abacha Days’, Says Soyinka 0 Comments 3 Days Ago He said, “Undoubtedly in order to promote the video clip of an ethnic revanchist calling on Igbo to leave Yoruba land, this same lunatic fringe has exhumed, and embarked on circulating an ancient fabrication – several years mouldering in the grave – once attributed to me and vigorously denounced. “That statement impudently expounds, as my utterance, what the Hausa want, what the Yoruba want, and what the Igbo want.  Such  an attribution – let me once again reiterate – is the work of sick, cowardly minds that are ashamed, or lack the courage, as the saying goes, “to answer their fathers’ names.” At least the current ethnic r...

The Kwara State Chapter of the African Action Congress has condemned the attack on private and government properties by thugs, who hijacked the #ENDSARS protest. Like in other states, the hoodlums in Kwara engaged in destruction and looting spree under the guise of being part of the #ENDSARS protest. The party also berated the state governor, AbdulRasaq AbdulRaman, over the discovery of stored COVID-19 palliatives in a warehouse. AAC Kwara in a statement jointly signed by Buhari Olanrewaju Ahmed, Chairman; and Olayemi Abayomi Khabeer, Public Relations Officer; the party said it condemned attacks on people’s properties by the thugs. “In emancipation for good governance and accountability, transparency and justice, African Action Congress condemns the attacks, looting and vandalism on people’s properties by street urchins who have hijacked peaceful protests in the state. “The African Action Congress uses this medium to condemn the act of impunity and attacks on people’s prope...

Femi Adesina Injustice breeds nothing but pains in the hearts of its victims. To the orchestrators of injustices, the hues and cries of those at the receiving end are nothing but amplified noises. In reality, however, these hues and cries come from a place of real-time hurt, pains and heartbreak.  I just finished reading Femi Adeshina’s latest article on the #EndSARS protest, and the first thing that jumped out of me is the erroneous way he painted the Buhari administration as a victim of hate. Contrary to what Adeshina wants us to believe, the current nationwide unrest facing the Buhari administration is not a product of hate but a product of the administration’s ineptitude, arrogance and sycophancy.  Protests against the activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad(SARS) have been on for years – as far back as 2016, at least. In response to series of these protests that were largely online until October, 2020, the Presidency dumped on the Nigerian populace: different ...

Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu The plan to use soldiers from Bonny Camp, Victoria Island, Lagos, to attack and kill peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate area of the city on Tuesday may not be without the knowledge of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu after all, fresh facts at the disposal of SaharaReporters have indicated. Shortly after the governor declared a round-the-clock curfew in the state, some persons were captured on camera dismantling the CCTV attached to the toll gate, one of the main convergence points for young Nigerians demanding an end to police brutality and state repression. Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu As nightfall crept across the landscape, most of the street lighting around the area were suddenly turned off. Minutes later, heavily armed Nigerian Army personnel moved into the scene to complete the plan. By the time sounds of their guns died down, dozens of protesters had been killed. See Also #EndSARS LIVE: Nigerian Military Open Fire On Pea...