Category: NATIONAL NEWS - Page 71

Oct

27

2020

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Lekki Mayhem: Lawyer files N10bn suit against Buhari, Buratai, others over bloodbath

NATIONAL NEWS#EndBadGovernment, #Endpolicebrutality, #federal government of Nigeria, #President Mohammadu Buhari, Barr. Olukoya Ogungbeje

Barr. Olukoya Ogungbeje, has filed a N10billion fundamental rights suit against President Muhammadu Buhari, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, and 10 others over last Tuesday night shootings at EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos. In the suit before the Federal High Court in Lagos, Ogungbeje is urging the court to declare that “the brutal shooting and killing and use of brute force against unarmed, defenceless and peaceful protesters/Nigerian citizens engaging in the EndSARS peaceful protest on October 20, 2020, at the Lekki tollgate was illegal, unlawful, undemocratic, oppressive, wicked and unconstitutional.” Ogungbeje wants…

Oct

26

2020

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#Lekki EndSARS Shootings: Barracks Of Soldiers Who Killed Protesters Have Been Identified — Femi Falana, SAN Says Hoarding COVID-19 Palliatives Is Crime Against Humanity Urges Government to Compensate Business Owners

NATIONAL NEWS#EndBadGovernment, COVID-19, EndSARsProtest, femi falana

Mr. Femi Falana, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Human Rights Activist and the interim National Chairman, Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 And Beyond says the barracks of the soldiers who opened fire at Lekki Toll Gate last Tuesday on #EndSARS protesters have been identified. He stated this on Monday in an interview with Arise TV which was monitored by TheNigeriaLawyer. “We have already identified the barracks where the soldiers left for Lekki, we have already identified the barracks”, he said without disclosing the details. In addition, he affirmed that President Buhari must have been told that the military opened fire, hence why…

Oct

24

2020

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#EndSars: I Washed Someone’s Toilet To Acquire Skills In Ghana<br>… Nigerian Guy Narrates Ugly Experience With SARS upon arrival

#EndSars: I Washed Someone’s Toilet To Acquire Skills In Ghana
… Nigerian Guy Narrates Ugly Experience With SARS upon arrival

NATIONAL NEWS#EndBadGovernment, #Endpolicebrutality, #EndSARsProtest

Ex-Police officer's son, Uchegbulam Onyinyechi Faith has narrated his ordeal in the horrible hands of SARS shortly after his arrival from Ghana where he had engaged in a dirty kind of job in a bid to acquire a skill. According to him, the Police officers had arrested him in March, 2020 and wrongfully accused him of involvement in Cyberspace fraudulence. Hear his painful story: My name is Uchegbulam Onyinyechi Faith, from Amasiri in Ebonyi state local government area of the South East region. And I grew up in Umuahia, Abia state. I'm an orphan. I studied Electronics and Electrical Engineering…

Oct

24

2020

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Pathetic! OPEN LETTER TO THE NORTHERNERS FROM A CONCERNED NORTHERNER- … A Must Read!

NATIONAL NEWS#EndBadGovernment, #Endpolicebrutality, #EndSARsProtest, restructuring, tears

LESSON TO THE NORTHDear North. The suspects and the victims are all southerners. The SARS officers are not Muslims.The Media company exposing the story is a southern media company. Today, we have a collective reasonable decision coming from the SOUTHERN YOUTHS demanding for Justice for the victims of SARS OPPRESSORS, demanding adjustment and reform of the Nigerian Police. The beautiful part of it was when the protest erased ethnicity, political and religious differences. The concerned southern governors and their state assembly members supported the staged protest. The Vice president of Nigeria Osinbajo, Speaker Federal house of representative Femi and most…

Oct

24

2020

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EndSars: Use of Deadly force against citizens only aggravates tense situations- People – Jonathan Tells Buhari

NATIONAL NEWS#EndBadGovernment, #EndExtraJudicial killing, #Endpolicebrutality, #President Mohammadu Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan Ebele

Former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan Ebele has decried the use of violence on the #EndSars protesters by the federal government, saying that the use of deadly force against citizens "only aggravates tense situations rather than assuage it."Nigeria's immediate past president who condemned in totality the use of unreasonable force on #EndSARS protesters in Lagos state by the federal government, and urged the Buhari administration to understand that "a nation can never win a battle against its own people." This is even as the subsistent nationwide protests against the now-disbanded police special anti-robbery squad (SARS) grew into agitation for…

Oct

23

2020

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Hoodlums Break ATM Machines, Loot Money Amidst #EndSars Protests in Enugu {Photos}

NATIONAL NEWS#EndBadGovernment, #EndExtraJudicial killing, #EndSARsProtest, looting

By Charity UwakweThe #EndSars protest in Enugu state has taken an entirely different measure as some hoodlums have been sighted, destroying ATM machines and looting the money piled up in the machines. This is going on in Enugu as #EndSars protesters have decided to take the 'bull by the horn', alleging negligence and insensitivity of the Buhari led administration to the growing yearnings of the poor masses.The youths, this time, were ntoi only calling for an end to #PoliceBrutality and #BadGovernment, but also are calling for #EndNigeria Hear them: "#EndSars. We can't tolerate this anymore. We've been battered and shattered…

Oct

23

2020

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#EndSARS: INC Calls For Immediate Resignation of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) – Gen. Burutai, IGP Over Incompetence

NATIONAL NEWS#EndBadGovernment, #EndSARsProtest, #igbo national council

Igbo National Council (INC) has mandated the resignation of resignation of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) – Gen. Burutai and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) consequent on their downright display of incompetence in ending the uproar in the nation. This is contained in a press statement signed by Chilos Godsent President-General, INC and issued to newsmen. The release read in full: *IGBO NATIONAL COUNCIL (INC)*Corporate Headquarters *Press Statement* *EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS OF THE END SARS AND END POLICE BRUTALITY PEACEFUL PROTESTERS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF NIGERIA* Consequent upon the ongoing nationwide protests by Nigerian youths demanding an end to…

Oct

22

2020

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Tinubu’s Son Jets Out To London With Family As Father’s Known Investments Disappear

NATIONAL NEWS#EndSARsProtest, Bola Tinubu, seyi tinubu

Seyi, son of a former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday morning at about 1:53am flew out to London, United Kingdom, in a private jet with members of his family and a few others, SaharaReporters has exclusively learnt. The emergency trip follows the growing resentment in Lagos against his father, who has seen some of his known investments in Lagos and Abuja targeted and burnt by angry Nigerians over his perceived involvement in the deployment of soldiers, who killed peaceful protesters in the Lekki Toll Gate area of Lagos on Tuesday night. Over 10 peaceful protesters were…

Oct

22

2020

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Just in: Ikoyi Prison on fire

NATIONAL NEWS#EndBadGovernment, #EndSARsProtest, burning, ikoyi prison

Ikoyi prisons, in Lagos State is currently on fire.This is following a sporadic gun fire, as hoodlums try to attack Ikoyi Prisons

Oct

21

2020

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EXCLUSIVE: Nollywood Actor, Emma Ehumadu, (aka. Labista) Speaks On Attack By Nigeria Police During #EndSars Protest In Umuahia … They first teargassed us (A must read)

NATIONAL NEWS#emma ehumadu Labista, #EndBadGovernment, #Endpolicebrutality, #EndSARsProtest, Abia State Governent, federal government of Nigeria

By Charity Uwakwe Famous Nollywood Actor, director, and producer, Emma Ehumadu, (aka. Labista) has cleared the air on the attack unleashed on the protesters in Abia state, yesterday, by some trigger happy Nigeria Police officers.The renowned son of Amafor Isingwu, in Umuahia North LGA of Abia state, while speaking in an exclusive interview today, with Famous Reporters, at one of the Hotels in Umuahia, the state's capital, debunked the romour that went viral in the early hours of today, concerning a purported restriction of his movement by the Nigeria Police, Abia state command.Labista said point blank that there was no…