The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has blamed churches and mosques as well as some sections of the media for promoting messages of hate. He added that the #EndSARS movement was a vehicle of hate messages. The President’s spokesman said this in an article titled, ‘If Nigeria Dies, […]
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 October 20. According to […]
ADDRESS TO THE NATION BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE ENDSARS PROTESTS, 22ND OCTOBER, 2020 Fellow Nigerians, It has become necessary for me to address you having heard from many concerned Nigerians and having concluded a meeting with all the Security Chiefs. I must warn those who […]
*President mum on Lekki shooting President Muhammadu Buhari has said some Nigerians mistook as weakness, the swift response of his regime to disband the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force. Buhari made this known in a live broadcast to the nation on Thursday evening in which he failed to mention the shooting […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he will be addressing the nation tonight by 7 pm. This is coming days after peaceful #EndSARS protestshave been hijacked by hoodlums leading to widespread destruction across many states of the federation including Abuja. Also a number of Correctional Centres in some states have been attacked and inmates […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will take a major action on the #EndSARS protest across the nation in a few hours, according to Babagana Monguno, National Security Adviser. Monguno broke the news at the end of the fourth National Security Council meeting, on Thursday. Addressing State House Correspondents after the meeting, which lasted three hours, Monguno said […]
Onyekachi Eze, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently declare state emergency in the nation’s security architecture. The party also called for the immediate setting up of an independent judicial panel to look into the handling of the #EndSARS protest as it relates the role of security […]
*Defers to Lagos Gov’s inquiry commission Emmanuel Onani, Abuja The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has sued for calm over the shooting incident at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos, Tuesday, saying any position now has the potential of prejudicing the outcome of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry instituted by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. […]
Security operatives have reportedly foiled an attempted attack on the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Ikoyi even as people were seen fleeing the vicinity. A video feed filed in by a member of the public to Arise News a few minutes ago, Thursday afternoon, showed thick smoke billowing from around the vicinity of the facility.
The Nigerian Correctional Centre in Ikoyi is reported to be on fire, while suspected inmates and prisons officials are seen fleeing for safety. It is not yet certain whether the development is a deliberate action of prison break or related to hoodlum attack. A video feed filed in by a member of the public […]