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The governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has blamed the shooting of peaceful protesters at the Lekki toll gate Tuesday evening by security agents believed to be soldiers on “forces beyond his control.” The governor, who said Tuesday evening was the toughest night of “our lives,” said the shooting leaves dark notes in the history […]

The Nigerian Army headquarters has denied deploying soldiers to the Lekki tollgate despite video evidence showing uniformed soldiers shooting at the scene. The army in a Facebook post branded several reports linking soldiers at the tollgate as fake news, stating, “No soldiers were at the scene”. It was gathered that officials of the Lekki Concession […]

  A Black Tuesday it was for Nigeria yesterday as peaceful protesters were shot at by men in military uniform at the Lagos Lekki tollgate hours after a curfew was established in the state. As night fell, state operatives raided the location, shooting live rounds indiscriminately, witnesses said. DJ Switch, a Nigerian artiste, who is […]

Niger Delta youths under the aegis of the Young Democratic Movement (YDM) and South-South Youth Assembly (SSYA) have listed five demands and gave the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum over Zamfara State government’s recent sale of N6b gold bar to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The groups urged the Federal Government to show equity […]

Former Presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, has sued Twitter and its founder, Jack Dorsey, for $1bn over the resultant violence that has marred the #EndSARS protests rocking the nation. Dorsey had expressed his support for the #EndSARS protests across the nation. Garba, who is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, filed a fundamental human […]

The Lagos State government has declared a 24-hour curfew across the state. The announcement was made by the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu via his official Twitter handle. The governor said the decision to declare the curfew following the violence which has broken out in some parts of the state following activities of criminals hiding […]

Beginning from this week, the Federal Government will start paying grants to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises that are successful to partake in the N75bn COVID-19 support schemes. On September 10, 2020, the Federal Government inaugurated two schemes to financially support about 1.7 million MSMEs across the country with N75bn. The schemes are the National […]

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), on Monday, said it would address the demands of Nigerian youth protesting police brutality and harassment across the country. In a statement on Monday signed by the chairman of the NGF, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, the NGF said “governors have endorsed the demands by demonstrators for improved governance”. […]

Following the jailbreak at the Benin Prison on Monday, the Edo State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew across the state till further notice. Hoodlums had stormed Benin Prison, also known as White House, on Monday morning and set some of the inmates free. Though, the hoodlums were engaged by the armed prison warders, some […]