Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has expressed sadness over carnage the sate witnessed in three days of rage, saying it is an unprecedented occurrence in the history of the state. The governor, in reaction to the colossal wanton of the destruction of properties worth several billions of naira in the state, said the city-state needed Read more
The Presidency has disclosed why President Muhammadu Buhari kept mum on the Lekki toll gate shooting of unarmed protesters in his nationwide speech addressing the #EndSARS protests. The president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, who made the disclosure, said that his principal did not mention the shooting because it would be “premature Read more
The United States Government has reaffirmed its visa ban policy for anti-democratic forces and human rights violators in Nigeria. Persons also found culpable in the shooting of unarmed #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos on Tuesday night may also be restricted from entering the United States. This is just as the judicial panel set Read more
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 Lagos State governorship election, Mr Jimi Agbaje, has expressed concern over the use of ‘excessive force’ on Lagos #EndSARS protesters and others across the country. Security agents had on Tuesday night opened fire on protesters at Lekki toll gate, Lagos, an incident which sparked Read more
Ohaneze Ndigbo has described as disheartening the comments made by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Nigeria South East Region group – Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) over the unrest and destruction in Lagos in the wake of the #EndSARS protest. The apex Igbo socio-cultural and political body in reaction said it was outraged by the Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari is said to be in a crucial meeting with former Nigerian leaders, senior government officials and top security chiefs. Reports said the president is currently hosting a closed-door virtual meeting with those ex-presidents Goodluck Jonathan, Olusegun Obasanjo, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Ernest Shonekan and Yakubu Gowon. Some senior officials physically attending the meeting at the Read more
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The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has released the names of police officers being facing charges for various human rights violations across the State. While disclosing the names of the officers on Friday, the governor said the prosecution was part of efforts of his administration to end police brutality in Lagos. On the Read more
Counselor T. Ulrich Brechbühl, a United States representative, has met with Nigeria’s Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo on the ongoing violence in Nigeria following a nationwide protest over human right abuse, extrajudicial killings and brutality by a unit of the Police – Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Newsheadline247 understands the meeting was part of a previously Read more
A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has said President Muhammadu Buhari ‘slapped Nigerians in the face’ and ‘added salt to injury,’ with his nationwide broadcast following massive #EndSARS protests across the country. The president had on Thursday after a long expectation by citizens responded to the protesters calls on #EndSARS speaking on Read more
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Thursday confirmed two deaths from the Lekki shooting that occurred on Tuesday night. The governor disclosed this in an interview with Arise TV during an exclusive interview. Sanwo-Olu had earlier said there was no death from the Lekki shooting as the time he visited injured victims at various Read more
