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A former Minister of Education in Nigeria, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to take responsibility for the killing of peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos, on October 20, 2020. She said on her Twitter handle that Buhari should tell Nigerians what happened to those who died as the Commander-In-Chief of the country. She said, “@MBuhari, please tell your citizens what happened to our compatriots in the #LekkiMassacre. “You are the President, C-in-C and are accountable for what @HQNigerianArmy did on the night of 20.10. 2020. The blood of the innocent citizens is crying out for Justice. #ActNow.” The Nigerian Army had on different platforms given divergent accounts of what happened on the day of the attack. Federal and state government officials have also come up with parallel reports. The army had first claimed that the footage showing what the men did were fake. It later admitted that its personnel were invited by Lagos State governor, Bab...

Yakubu Dogara At least eight persons have been killed by Nigerian soldiers and their bodies dumped in a mining pond in Jos, Plateau State, during a clampdown on residents, who stormed the mansion of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, located near Jos University Teaching Hospital. Dogara’s house was attacked on Sunday, October 25, 2020. SaharaReporters gathered that personnel of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven, who were drafted to stop the act killed some residents and dumped their bodies in a mining pond. Yakubu Dogara A resident of the area told our correspondent that about eight corpses had been recovered from the pond behind the house of the former Speaker. Video of Six Corpses Recovered From Lake Behind Dogara’s Mansion After Soldiers Kill Palliative Hunters Six Corpses Recovered From Lake Behind Dogara’s Mansion After Soldiers Kill Palliative Hunters WATCH VIDEO: Six Corpses Recovered From Lake Behind Dogara’s Mansion...

The Commissioner for Youth and Sports in Oyo State, Seun Fakorede, has said that soldiers seen in a viral video assaulting pedestrians in Ibadan, the state capital, have been arrested. Fakorede said this in a post on Twitter. One soldier was filmed on Sunday flogging a lady for seemingly dressing indecently, while another was captured shaving the hair of some men. VIDEO: @HQNigerianArmy Personnel In Gross Violation Of Human Rights, Cut Residents’ Hair, Beat Up Woman For Indecent Dressing In Ibadan #EndMilitaryBrutality WATCH FULL VIDEO: https://t.co/NcO5UbSBrA pic.twitter.com/64y56xz7hx — Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) November 2, 2020 The military personnel reportedly proceeded to extorting their victims. Fakorede said, “My ears are full with news of the unlawful activities of some soldiers of the Nigerian Army, over the weekend. “I have immediately reached out to the commandant of the Operation Burst and I’ve been assured that the men involved in this di...

Nigerian students, who are beneficiaries of the scholarship programme by the Niger Delta Development Commission, are currently staging a protest at the Nigeria High Commission, United Kingdom, over the non-payment of their tuition by the NDDC. The 94 scholars from the 2018 set are also demanding payment of their two-year allowances by the commission. PHOTONEWS: 94 NDDC Scholars In UK Resume Protest At Nigeria High Commission, London Over Unpaid Allowances, Tuition Fee @NDDCOnline @NigeriaGov pic.twitter.com/Jl2morLnJg — Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) November 2, 2020 Recall that the NDDC had in September sent a delegate to the UK to verify the academic status of scholars, who benefitted from its scholarship programme. The visit is also to ascertain the number of the beneficiary of its scholarship scheme studying in the country. However, weeks after the conclusion of the verification exercise and the NDDC saying it had confirmed the academic status of the stude...

The family of late Elizabeth Ochanya Ogbanje and Old Students Association of the Federal Government Girls College, Gboko, Benue State, have said that they have not given up in demanding justice for the victim despite pressure on them to drop the case. The 13-year-old girl, who died on October 18, 2018, was allegedly molested, defiled, drugged and abused from age five until her death by her 52-year-old uncle, Andrew Ogbuja, a lecturer at Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, and his son, Victor. She died shortly after she fell ill to a disease later diagnosed as Vesico-Vaginal Fistula (VVF) and was buried on November 2, 2018. One of the victim’s brothers, Ameh Ejekwonyilo, who spoke with SaharaReporters in Abuja, said the family would not back down in demanding justice for Ochanya irrespective of pressure from any quarters. He expressed concern and worry at the lukewarm attitude of the Nigeria police in apprehending Victor, one of the prime suspects in the case still at large...