The Federal Government in its efforts to prevent further destruction of public infrastructure in Lagos State by hoodlums, it has deployed more security forces to guard the public assets in the state. This was disclosed by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday morning while speaking in an interview on Arise TV. The governor made it known that the Chief of Defense Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin; and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen...

NNEWI–The provocation aroused by shooting unarmed, peaceful protesters at Lekki Toll Plaza on Tuesday night, has radicalized the once peaceful end SARS protest nationwide, with several government properties and assets burnt to the ground in Lagos and elsewhere. In Anambra state, last night there was candle light memorial for those extra-judicially executed by police authorities as well as those killed the night before, at Lekki Toll Plaza. In Awka the Anambra state capital, the candle...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has condoled with victims of shootings which occurred in Lekki, Lagos. The Vice President also expressed grief over loss lives in Lagos and other parts of the country as a result of the #ENDSARS protests. #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate were attacked with guns on Oct. 20. Osinbajo, in a series of tweets said he had reached out to those in hospital and prayed that such would not happen again....

The presidency on Wednesday appealed to Nigerians to be calm with the administration while it tries to implement the police reform. The call was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled, ‘President Buhari welcomes establishment of judicial panels of inquiry by 13 states to deliver justice for victims of police brutality’. The call came few hours after eyewitnesses claimed that armed soldiers...