Saturday, 17 October 2020

NigerianEye: “Rest in peace: Protesters organise candlelight for #EndSARS fallen heroes (VIDEO)” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Rest in peace: Protesters organise candlelight for #EndSARS fallen heroes (VIDEO)” plus 29 more

Rest in peace: Protesters organise candlelight for #EndSARS fallen heroes (VIDEO)

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 02:07 PM PDT

  As the heat of the #EndSARS #EndSWAT protests continue to spread across the length and breadth of Nigeria, protesting youths have organised a candle night procession for fallen heroes of the...

“Some of you think with your asses” – Bauchi State Governor’s daughter slams those asking her to speak on #EndSARS

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 02:05 PM PDT

  The daughter of the Governor of Bauchi state, Zara Bala has condemned people questioning her silence on the ongoing #EndSARs protest against police brutality. In a lengthy outburst via...

#EndSARS: Obaseki gives police, DSS 24 hours to fish out protesters’ killers

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 01:48 PM PDT

  The Edo State Government on Friday charged all security agencies in the state to fish out the killers of #EndSARS protesters within 24 hours.   The Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, gave...

181 students, staff contract COVID-19 in Lagos school

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 01:44 PM PDT

 One hundred and eighty-one students and staff of a private boarding school in Lekki area of Lagos state have tested positive for COVID-19.   Akin Abayomi, Lagos commissioner for health,...

WTO: 79 countries endorse Okonjo-Iweala’s candidacy

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 01:04 PM PDT

Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala voiced confidence on Friday in her quest to lead the crisis-wracked World Trade Organisation after all of Africa backed her candidacy, vowing she would champion...

BREAKING: Police commission marks 37 ex-SARS operatives for dismissal, 24 set for prosecution

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 12:28 PM PDT

  The Police Service Commission (PSC) has penciled down 37 former operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), to be dismissed from service.   PSC will also order the...

#EndSARS protesters highlight 7 demands for Buhari

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 12:43 PM PDT

  Nigerian youths, particularly the ones agitating for an end to police brutality, corruption and impunity, have highlighted a seven-point demand that must be met by the Presidency.   The...

Car rams into #EndSARS protesters in Ondo, kills one, three injured

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 12:11 PM PDT

  An End SARS protester has been killed in Akure, the Ondo State capital when a car rammed into the protesting youths.   Three of the protesters were also injured in the accident.  ...

#EndSARS: protesters block Abuja airport road

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 11:01 AM PDT

#EndSARS protesters on Friday defied the Federal Capital Territory minister's directive banning protests in the Federal Capital Territory as they shut down the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport...

Protesters denied access into Awkuzu SARS premises by armed men after attempt to exhume bodies

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 10:34 AM PDT

There was disagreement at the headquarters of the recently disbanded police arm, SARS in Anambra on Friday as thousands of youths who marched to the place insisted on searching the compound. It was...

#EndSARS protesters lock down third mainland bridge

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 10:36 AM PDT

  Young persons protesting against police brutality have partially shut the third mainland bridge in Lagos.   The bridge, which connects the mainland part of the state to the island, is...

#EndSARS protests, warning signal for Nigeria’s disintegration – Primate Ayodele

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 09:39 AM PDT

 The leader of INRI Evangelical spiritual church, Primate Ayodele has reacted to the ongoing protest against police brutality and the operations of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS officers...

‘Bourdillon ordered my removal’ — Sandra Eze speaks on leaving TVC’s ‘Your View’

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 09:19 AM PDT

  Sandra Eze, an on-air personality (OAP), has finally shared details of the incidents that led to her exit from 'Your View', a programme on Television Continental (TVC).   In a lengthy...

BREAKING: Obafemi Awolowo’s eldest child, Tola Oyediran is dead

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 09:08 AM PDT

   Rev Tola Oyediran, the son of the Western Region Priemer, Obafemi Awolowo, is dead . Oyediran, who is the eldest child of Awolowo died on Friday, October 16, 2020, at 79 years.  ...

CSO coalition demand deployment of disbanded SARS officers to Maiduguri

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 08:52 AM PDT

A coalition of Civil Society Groups has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to apply the political will used to end SARS in the country to end insecurity in the north. The...

#EndSARS: Lagos protesters pause as Muslims observe Friday prayer

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 08:39 AM PDT

The End SARS protests in Lagos witnessed a remarkable event on Friday. The youths showed solidarity with each other in their quest for a better Nigeria. At the Lekki toll gate rally ground, all...

Nigerian Senate seeks Pakistan’s support in building defence industry

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 08:30 AM PDT

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has urged Pakistan to assist Nigeria in the capacity building of her Defence Industry. According to a statement by the Special Adviser on Media to President...

2 confirmed killed as #EndSARS protest turns bloody in Edo (VIDEO)

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 08:12 AM PDT

  At least two persons have been confirmed dead and scores injured as hoodlums fired gun shots at #EndSARS protesters in Benin, capital of Edo state.   One of the dead protesters was...

Anambra #EndSARS protesters march to SARS headquarters in Awkuzu (PHOTOS)

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 07:52 AM PDT

  Thousands of young people taking part in the End SARS protest in Anambra State have headed to the SARS command headquarters in Awkuzu.   The protesters who converged on Ekwueme Square in...

#EndSARS: I’m not on your panel – Falz tells Nigerian govt

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 07:49 AM PDT

 Folarin Falana popularly known as Falz has dissociated himself from a federal government meeting on Police brutality.   Falz and Douglas Agu aka Runtown led the End SARS protests on Day 1...

#ENDSARS: I regret creating SARS in 1984, says retired police commissioner, fulani kwajafa

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 08:05 AM PDT

 A retired Commissioner of Police, Fulani Kwajafa, has expressed regrets for establishing the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force.   The excesses of the unit notorious...

#EndSARS: Nigerians drag Beyonce

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 08:04 AM PDT

  Music star, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has been criticized for keeping silent on End SARS protests.   Several international celebrities and organizations have joined the campaign.  ...

#EndSARS: Protest escalates, takes another dimension in Ogun

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 06:44 AM PDT

  The End SARS campaign appears to have taken a new shape in Ogun State as residents of Ota, in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area have called on Governor Dapo Abiodun, Senators and the...

Gov Obaseki tasks police to provide security for #EndSARS protesters

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 06:15 AM PDT

Governor Godwin Obaseki has tasked men of the Edo State Police Command to do well to respect the rights of youths to peaceful assembly and provide adequate security for peaceful protests. Governor...

#EndSARS: Be careful of what you eat at protests – Actress Nkechi Blessing

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 07:38 AM PDT

 Nollywood actress, Nkechi Blessing Sunday has cautioned protesters to be cautious of the food they eat at protest grounds.   The businesswoman who also supported the aggrieved Nigerians...

Nigeria struggling to survive — we can no longer pretend -Gbajabiamila

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 05:49 AM PDT

 Femi Gbajabiamila, the speaker of the house of representatives, says Nigeria is struggling to survive amid its "systemic weaknesses". Speaking during the inauguration of the house ad hoc...

Lagos #EndSARS protesters reject soft drinks donated by MC Oluomo

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 07:11 AM PDT

 Scores of protesters at Alausa, Ikeja, on Friday attacked a van believed to have been sent by Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly called MC Oluomo, to deliver water and drinks to protesters.   MC...

#EndSARS: How I spent three years in prison after policemen framed me for robbery at 17 -26-year-old lady

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 05:45 AM PDT

  A lady, identified simply as Esther, has narrated how she spent three years in Surulere Police Division and Panti Police Station for an offence she knew nothing about.   She explained...

Onochie: Don’t let Buhari destroy our democracy, group writes US, UK

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 05:05 AM PDT

A pro-democracy group, Concerned Nigerians, has condemned the nomination of the Presidential Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, as an Independent National Electoral Commission Commissioner...

#EndSARS: Police lament killing of officers as protests continue nationwide

Posted: 16 Oct 2020 04:21 AM PDT

The killing of Policemen with their rifles stolen is trending in Delta State. The latest is the killing of a Mobile Policeman, Inspector Gbadura. He was killed at a filling station in Etuwewe...
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