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Ohaneze National President, John Nwodo at Ukehe The apex socio-cultural youth organization in Igbo land, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, on Wednesday denied the allegation by the Arewa Consultative Forum that Northerners were being killed in the Southern part of the country. The Igbo youth group, in a statement by its Secretary-General, Nnabuike Okwu, noted that the claim was false and unfounded. Ohaneze National President, John Nwodo The group was reacting to a statement credited to the ACF’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Yawe, that over 30 persons were killed in the Southern part of the country since the #EndSARS protests became violent. But the Igbo group described the allegation as a “propagandistic move and ploy to complicate issues and incite violence against Southerners.” It said, “The alleged harassment and killings of Northerners have been discovered to be baseless, and there is no iota of truth in the claim. “We urge Northern leaders to cross-check the...

Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday directed the Lagos State Scholarship Board to award scholarships to the children of police officers lynched during the violence that trailed the #EndSARS protest. Sanwo-Olu also offered to compensate their families. The governor announced that plans were underway to rebuild burnt police stations and replace operational vehicles that were destroyed during the mayhem. He made the promises during a visit to the command headquarters in Ikeja to boost the morale of men and officers of the command. A statement said no fewer than 29 divisional police stations and 17 police posts were razed by hoodlums disguised as protesters. Also, six police officers were lynched, 36 critically injured and 71 police vehicles burnt. Sanwo-Olu said his visit was to boost the morale of the cops following the demoralizing event. He said the statutory duties of the police could not be wished away beca...

Olumide Akapata The global rights group, Amnesty International, has collated and released a timeline of the killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki tollgate, Lagos on October 20. The AI said its crisis response experts investigated and verified social media videos and photographs that confirmed the security forces were present at the Lekki toll gate when the shootings occurred. Olumide Akapata The evidence was published on the group’s website, Amnesty International Home on Wednesday. The Nigerian Bar Association and an activist, Raphael Adebayo, in their separate reactions to Amnesty’s statement, reiterated their calls for the probe of the Lekki shootings. The NBA further advised the government to stop denying the incident and admit its error. The group reiterated its call on the Federal Government to thoroughly probe the incident of the shooting of peaceful #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki Tollgate Plaza on October 20, 2020. It also said the go...

Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola. The Osun #ENDSARS protesters have accused the state government of influencing and manipulating members of the judicial panel of enquiry to listen to cases of extrajudicial activities of security personnel in the state. The protesters also accused the government of sponsoring an unknown body to impersonate the protesters and pledge allegiance to the state government. Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola. The protesters in a statement released by its spokeperson, Olawale Bakare (Mandate); Mobilisation Secretary, Olushayo Ogunleye; and Chairperson, Finance/Welfare Committee, Queen Fisayo; said it received with huge shock the announcement of the suspension of the protest. Describing the judicial panel as “unpopular and controversial egression”, the youth said the panel is vested to defend the government’s interest against the people. The #ENDSARS protesters therefore demanded that the membership of the panel be reviewed. They said, “We dem...

Joe Biden, Presidential candidate of the Democrats, and his wife, Jill, have voted early in the United States elections. So far, more than 75 million voters have cast their ballots early. The former US Vice President voted at the Carvel State Office Building in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, after delivering remarks about protecting the Affordable Care Act. He said, “I do have a proposal that relates to how we can improve the Affordable Care Act beyond what it was before, which Barack (Obama) and I wanted to do at the time to add a public option, allowing people to keep their private insurance, if that’s what they want to do, making it more affordable to get a better plan.” US President and Biden’s opponent in the election, Donald Trump, had cast his ballot also early on Saturday at a library in Florida’s Palm Beach County. United States of America News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRS...