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Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos State, has said that CCTV footage from the Lekki Toll Gate area where over 10 peaceful protesters were killed by soldiers last Tuesday night showed that men in Nigerian Army uniform were at the scene of the incident. The Nigerian Army initially denied the attacks in a post on Twitter, describing reports of the incident as “fake news” despite video evidence. Sanwo-Olu while speaking with CNN said CCTV footage from the Lekki Toll Gate confirmed that persons, who carried out the massacre were in military gear. He said, “From the footage that we can see because there are cameras at that facility, it seems to me that they were men in military uniform, Nigerian Army. “Yes, they (military) were there. That’s what the footage shows. See Also #EndSARS REVEALED: Nigerian Soldiers Involved In Lekki Massacre Took Eight Bodies To Bonny Camp Clinic 0 Comments 1 Day Ago “Investigation is starting on Monday, it will all be available for the ju...

An EndSARS protester, Godwin Iraoya, have been killed by operatives of the Nigerian Army in Auchi, Edo State, SaharaReporters has gathered. SaharaReporters gathered that four other protesters were also injured when the soldiers opened fire on peaceful protesters on Monday, 12th October, 2020.  The protesters were rallying in the town to join the demand for the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad unit of the police when the incident happened. SaharaReporters gathered that the soldiers were led by one Colonel Abdulsamad Tanko, who ordered his men to shoot at the unarmed protesters. “The incident happened less than two hours before the curfew that was slated for 4pm on that day. Our brother, Godwin Iraoya, is dead and his body is still lying at Santa Mariah Hospital, Jattu-Auchi. Four other protesters are currently in different hospitals receiving treatment. One of them had a leg amputated,” a source told SaharaReporters. The source said the protesters were not arm...

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A police officer kicks a protester detained in Lagos on 21 October The United Kingdom through the British High Commission in Nigeria has expressed concern over violence and looting in Nigeria. Thugs, who hijacked peaceful #EndSARS protest against police brutality in the country, have operated unhindered, destroying private businesses in the country. A police officer kicks a protester detained in Lagos on 21 October AP/Independent The UK in a tweet on Monday night called for security operatives in Nigeria to use restraint until calm was restored to prevent an escalation of the situation while also calling for an investigation into the killing of unarmed peaceful protesters by the Nigerian Army at the Lekki Toll Gate area on October 20. The tweet reads, “We remain concerned by acts of looting and violence in Nigeria and urge security services to use restraint as order is restored. “Working with all stakeholders, judicial panels of inquiry must investigate all incidents, incl...

Two persons have allegedly been killed by operatives of the Nigerian Army in Ikire, the headquarters of Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State. SaharaReporters gathered that trouble started when some youth, calling for the removal of Akire of Ikire, Oba Olatunde Falabi (Lambeloye III), stormed the palace and drove the monarch out of the place. The protesters were relying on the Supreme Court judgment of 2014 that it was not the turn of the Falabi’s ruling house to produce the Akire and also a similar judgment by the state high court in few months ago. Efforts by men of the Nigerian Army to disperse the irate youth and bring normalcy to the town created more tension as they started shooting sporadically.  The youth in return started hurling stones at the soldiers and ambushed them after, which they snatched their rifles. A resident of the area told SaharaReporters that failure of the youth to return the rifles made the soldiers to call for reinforcement in the pr...

The police in Ondo State have arrested a total of 10 persons in connection with various destruction of public and private properties in the state. The criminal act followed days of protest to end police brutality in the state.  Bolaji Salami, Commissioner of Police in the state, who disclosed this to SaharaReporters on Monday, said many of the suspects were thugs arrested at the scene of the incident.  He added that those apprehended by the police were not protesters. According to him, the police arrested the criminal elements, who had hijacked the peaceful protest and turned it into an avenue to loot and set fire to public properties.   Bolaji said, “Those arrested have confessed to what they have done and proper investigation is now being carried out on the cases.  “Although, those we arrested are not the ones who were demonstrating on the streets but criminal elements who hijacked the peaceful protest earlier started by the youth.  “So, we ...

India Police The police in India have arrested a Nigerian woman, Oge Florence, over the death of her boyfriend and fellow Nigerian identified as Obinna. Oge on Sunday afternoon allegedly stabbed Obinna during a quarrel inside their house. India Police He died of excessive bleeding after he was rushed to a nearby hospital. It was gathered that the pair were known to quarrel often and the deceased had in the past drank a poisonous substance because of the lady. CRIME News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/34tnA0G via EDUPEDIA

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested 144 persons suspected to be connected with the vandalisation and looting of malls in the state. The thugs, who went on the rampage during the weekend, invaded stores of traders in Palms Mall on Fate Road, Ilorin, the state capital, and made-away with items like phones, chairs, generators, toiletries and food items. The Commissioner of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, while speaking with journalists, noted that the arrest was made by a combined team of security agencies, who went after the looters. He said some of the looted items had been recovered, noting that it would be a continuous exercise to recover more items from suspected persons. The police urged the public to continue to avail information that will lead to the arrest of more looters. Police News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2JdiBZX via E...

The Nigeria Labour Congress has condemned the hoarding of COVID-19 palliatives by some state governments in the country. This is as the NLC called for the distribution of all palliatives still stored in different warehouses across the country. In recent days, residents of states like Lagos, Ogun, Plateau and Edo have been discovering and looting foodstuffs hoarded in COVID-19 warehouses. Berating the action of the state government to hoard the palliatives rather than distribute it, the NLC in a statement urged the Nigerian Government to investigate the conduct of those hoarding the palliatives. It also said that some hoarded palliatives were getting rotten while hunger and hardship was growing in the country. The statement reads, “It is obvious that the palliative provisions that were procured by government for immediate distribution to the mass of our people at their critical time of need and to assuage the hardship occasioned by the lockdown were hoarded and held back by ...

FCT Minister, Muhammad Bello. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Bello, has ordered the deployment of soldiers and other security agents to different parts of Abuja to stop further looting of warehouses in the nation’s capital. Bello also ordered the arrest and prosecution of persons, who forced their way into a warehouse in Gwagwalada Area Council and looted the food items in the store. FCT Minister, Muhammad Bello. He gave the order during an emergency security meeting with leaders of various agencies on Monday. He also asked those, who looted food items to return them, adding that there would be massive deployment of security agents to safeguard factories and warehouses at Idu Industrial Area. The minister stated that what was going on was no longer #EndSARS protest but stealing by thugs. Politics News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA2...

Following the invasion of a palliative warehouse in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Monday, many people were said to have sustained varying degrees of injuries as a result of stampede. It was gathered that some women, who thronged the warehouse, were suffocated but were revived with water. The thugs were said to have climbed the fence from adjacent compound near WAEC office while others penetrated through the back of Fidelity Bank premises to gain entrance. Some officers of Nigeria Civil Defence and Security Corps, Nigeria Police and Guards Brigade of Nigeria Army, who arrived at the scene, blocked the roads with their vehicles but later overpowered by the thugs. The situation made the security to call for reinforcement and forced their way into the crowd and closed down the warehouse. Items looted include  bags of rice, noodles and several others. News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Dis...

Residents of Ogun State have discovered and looted a COVID-19 warehouse in the state. The warehouse was discovered in the Sagamu area of the state. In videos obtained by SaharaReporters, residents of the community could be seen coming out with bags of rice and other foodstuffs. This trend follows similar happenings of looting of COVID-19 warehouse in states like Lagos, Osun, Plateau, Taraba and Abuja. The looting is still going on as at the time of this report. News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3krI27D via EDUPEDIA

File Photo Suspected thugs have attacked COVID-19 isolation centre in Jalingo, Taraba State, and went away with mattresses and other items at the centre. According to Daily Trust, the centre located at NYCS camp along Wukari-Jalingo Road was invaded by thousands of youth, who broke the gates and doors of the centre. File Photo The thugs, it was gathered, looted all the mattresses numbering 200 and other facilities. A combined team of police and soldiers, who were mobilised to prevent the youth from carting away items at the center were unable to stop them. The thugs were seen carrying the looted items on their heads while others used motorcycles and tricycles to convey the looted items to neighbouring villages and Jalingo town. PUBLIC HEALTH News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2G4qMqa via EDUPEDIA

The National Broadcasting Commission has fined Channels Television, AIT and Arise TV over alleged ethical infractions during the #EndSARS protests and the crisis that followed it. NBC Acting Director-General, Prof Armstrong Idachaba, disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja on Monday. Idachaba said the affected media houses were fined N3,000,000 each for flouting the provisions of the Nigerian broadcasting code. He warned that any station that continued to broadcast hate and inciting comments that threaten the security of the country would be shut down. National Broadcasting Commission Tells Media Houses Not To Embarrass Buhari's Government With Coverage Of #ENDSARS Protest #LekkitollgateMassacre #LekkiMassacre FOLLOW LIVE UPDATE: https://t.co/nShvHUMols pic.twitter.com/MYRBohJeqK — Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) October 21, 2020 #EndSARS Journalism News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :...