The ongoing #EndSars protest has taken a completely different dimension in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, as the hitherto peaceful conduct has snowballed into rioting. The protesters had earlier in the afternoon stormed the entrance of Idongesit Nkanga Secretariat, displacing unsuspecting workers who fled at the sight of the approaching hoodlums. Reports say […]
#EndSARS protesters across Anambra State, on Thursday, went berserk, when they attacked police formations across the state, where they freed suspects, burnt and looted the police stations. In Nnewi, the industrial hub of the state, protesters, who converged to observe what they called candle light procession in the night of Wednesday, October 21, went […]
End SARS protests, which started peacefully on October 7, gathering momentum and causing everyone, including those in the Diaspora to applaud the movement, suddenly turned violence on Monday, leading to the death of many Nigerians, including policemen. Almost everyone found it difficult to believe that the youth, who hitherto had been protesting peacefully […]
Lagos State government has condemned the vandalization of the warehouse at Mazamaza housing the food palliative packages donated to the state government by the Private Sector Coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID) group. The state Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu had on September 22 formally taken receipt of the food palliatives from the CACOVID team meant for […]
Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JED) on Thursday came under attack from men of the Federal Fire Service, led by the Assistant Controller of thw Fire Service, Bauchi, Usman Yakmut, leaving several staff injured. New Telegraph learnt that trouble started when Yakmut, who went to the Regional Office with the purpose of collecting his prepaid meter, […]
…Banks, schools, shops, filling stations shut as fuel hits N400/litre Soldiers, policemen, members of the Ebonyi State vigilante group, known as Neighbourhood Security Watch(NSW), and a youth group identified as Akubaraoha Youth Assembly, Thursday took control of Abakaliki, the capital city, to ensure hoodlums stop further destruction of public properties in the metropolis. This is […]
Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, was turned into a theatre of war as hoodlums made attempts to attack some police stations and in the process, brutally attacked two policemen around Iwo Road and later burnt them alive. It took the intervention of Governor Seyi Makinde and his security convoy that prevented the Idi Ape […]
Lagos yesterday slipped into a state of anomie as the Centre of Excellence literally became a ball of fire. The outbreak of violence, which started on Monday in different parts of the nation, continued yesterday, with more police stations, banks and media houses attacked and razed in Lagos State. The violence further snowballed yesterday, […]
Edo residents seize police chopper Governor Godwin Obaseki yesterday ordered the deployment of anti-riot policemen to ensure full compliance of the 24 hours curfew, which he imposed on Edo State. The officers took positions at strategic locations in Benin and other trouble spots across the state. At press time, calm had returned […]
Thugs take over Abakaliki, burn police station Unprecedented crisis erupted in Aba yesterday as residents defied the 24-hour curfew imposed by the Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. New Telegraph reports that residents trooped out in areas like Umuojima, Ariaria Junction, Asa Road and major parts of the Aba metropolis to continue with the #EndSARS […]