There is currently heavy shooting at the Lekki Toll Gate area of Lagos as #EndSARS protesters defy a governnent curfew to continue their demand for an end to police brutality. Soldiers on Tuesday opened fire on #EndSARS protesters in the Lekki area of the state on Tuesday. At least one person has been killed and
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EndSARS protesters in Enugu State, on Monday, announced that they would embark on candle light procession on Tuesday and Wednesday night in honour of those killed before and during the protest against police brutality, extrajudicial killings and extortion. The protesters who addressed journalists at the Michael Okpara Square, Enugu during commencement of the Mondayās protest,
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Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma has inaugurated a Judicial Panel of Inquiry that will look into alleged police brutality and related extra judicial killings in the State with an appeal to the protesting youths on #EndSARS and others hurt by the activities of the disbanded formation to take advantage of the Commission to
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Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has called for the resignation of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari due to bad governance. According to Yul Edochie, he was very vocal during the Goodluck Jonathan and called for his resignation.According to him, Buhari’s administration is worse than that of previous government. The thespian
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The Ebonyi State Governor Chief David Umahi has directed the Ebonyi State Police Commissioner, CP Sule Maku and the Commandant of the Nkwagu military cantonment Abakaliki to ensure the dismantling of all road blocks in Ebonyi State. Governor Umahi gave the directive while addressing #EndSARs protesters who stoomed the Old Government House Abakaliki in their
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Angry hoodlums around 11am on Monday set Ugbekun Police Station in Benin City, the Edo State capital on fire just hours after releasing prisoners. The hoodlums also vandalised other properties within the police premises. First responders including firefighters were yet to be seen at the incident venue as of the time of filing this report.
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Despite several warnings and advise from well meaning Nigerians that soldiers should not be deployed to streets in Nigeria until the demands of #ENDSARS protesters are taken care of, soldiers today were seen in Abuja placing themselves in strategic places. Recall that Nigerian army had promised to launch āexercise Crocodile smileā, an operation that would
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The ongoing nationwide protests against alleged police brutality, tagged āEndSARSā have begun to have a heavy toll on candidates writing schoolsā examinations. This was confirmed Sunday as the National Examinations Council, NECO,informed that the development had constrained it to reschedule its Paper I Computer Studies Practicals earlier scheduled to take place on Monday 19 October
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The Federal Government says the #EndSARS protest has been hijacked by hoodlums and people with the ulterior motive to destabilise the country and bring down the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Sunday when he featured on a Radio Nigeria programme monitored by the News Agency
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EndSARS protesters have launched a LIVE online radio station named āSoro Sokeā. The Soro Soke radio has programmes which are to aid the coordination and communication of protesters. It is also to report missing #EndSARS protesters. According to the protesters, the helpline is 01 700 1755.āFor the users, these are the prompt numbers: Press 1
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Prominent Enugu politician and businessman Onyeze Ben Alukwu has reassured music stars Flavour, Phyno, Zoro and KCee leading the EndSARS protest in Enugu that Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi cannot compromise peace in Enugu state. Speaking on a recent tweet by Phyno, Alukwu reassured that safety of lives and property are of utmost importance to the governor.
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Report reaching The DAILY VENDOR indicates that cutlass wielding hoodlums have on Saturday morning attacked the #EndSARS protesters around the Olaiya Junction in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. According to the report, one of the protesters simply identified as Oloyede was macheted by the thugs. It was gathered that the incident happened around 9am. The
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The Nigerian Senate has urged the Federal Government to hasting the implementation of the demands of #EndSARS protesters. The Spokesperson for the Senate, Senator Ajibola Basiru, disclosed this on Friday night. The Senate made the call following the approval of the five-point demands of the protesters by the Presidential Panel on the Reform of the
Read moreThe ongoing protest against brutality and extra-judicial killing by the dissolved Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit of the Nigerian Police, has taken a twist in Abuja with the demonstrators holding a candlelight procession for victims that were killed by the law enforcement agency. On Friday, the demonstrators tagged EndSARS protesters were seen holding procession
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As the #EndSARS protest enters Day Nine on Friday, the spirit of solidarity amongst protesters appears to be growing even across religious boundaries, as Muslims amongst them observed their regular Friday prayer openly at the Lekki Toll Gate and on Lagos State Assembly road, both of which had been grounded by protesters since the the
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