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Yoruba Nation Lagos rally: We didn’t fire live bullets – Police on girl’s death
The Lagos State Police Command has reacted to the murder of a teenage girl during the Yoruba Nation rally in Ojota. Public Relations Officers, Muyiwa Adejobi described it as a “rumour” and a calculated attempt to create confusion and fears in the minds of the people. The spokesman declared that officers did not fire a single live bullet during the demonstration adding that the corpse was found wrapped and abandoned at a distance, far from Ojota venue of the rally, behind MRS Filling Station, inward Maryland. The location, he explained, is on the other side of the venue and has…
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Stray bullet kills 14-year-old girl during Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos
A 14-year-old yoghurt seller, simply identified as Jumoke, has been killed by stray bullets reportedly fired by a security operative, who was dispersing Yoruba Nation agitators at Ojota, Lagos State. Viral images on social media show that bullets ripped open the victim’s stomach. Jumoke was reportedly displaying drinks at a shop when the stray bullet hit her. Her body has been covered with a piece of cloth as a crowd gathered at the spot. Yoruba Nation protesters on Saturday, assembled at the Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota, despite the heavy presence of armed policemen and soldiers. They chanted different kinds of…
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BREAKING: Police disperse Yoruba Nation protesters with tear gas, water cannon in Lagos
Security operatives have dispersed Yoruba Nation protesters who gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos. The protesters stormed the venue in their numbers as the Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, was addressing journalists. However, immediately after Odumosu left, the police cannon trucks sprayed water on the protesters. They also fired tear gas at the crowd. The protesters, who fled the scene in different directions, regrouped at the bridge also at Ojota.
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“Kenyan government abducted and tortured Kanu for 8 days before handing him over to DSS”- Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer insists
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel for the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) has alleged that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the group, was abducted and tortured for 8 days by the Kenyan Government before he was handed over to the Department of State Services. Kanu, who is being prosecuted on charges of treasonable felony, was rearrested after jumping bail and repatriated to Nigeria last Sunday, June 27. The Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Wilfred Machage, denied his country was involved in Kanu’s and admonished Nigerians to ask the Federal Government how the IPOB leader was apprehended. On Friday night, July…
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We got intercept that they are planning to kidnap my Son – El-Rufai
Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has disclosed that some bandits terrorizing the state are currently targeting his seven-year-old son, Abubakar Al-Sadiq El-Rufai. The Governor made this known in an interview with BBC Pidgin, on Saturday. He said he secretly withdrew his son from Kaduna Capital school following intelligence that the bandits were planning to attack the school to kidnap his son. “My son and my daughter are registered in the school because his sister turned six and we had to register her. “But we have had to temporarily withdraw them for the security of the school because we got…
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I protect myself with spiritual powers, not guns – Sunday Igboho denies stockpiling arms
Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho has denied stockpiling arms and ammunition in his house. According to him he protects himself with spiritual powers and not with guns, and so the guns and Ammunitions allegedly found in his house by the DSS are not his. In a statement by his spokesperson Olayomi Koiki, on Friday evening, Igboho said, “Nigerians and the international community should please be aware that the security operatives that invaded my home either planted the ammunitions being paraded in the media in my home or harvest them from their armoury to frame me. The arms paraded are not mine,…
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Methodist Church Nigeria cuts ties with its British counterpart over their support for gay marriage
The Methodist Church Nigeria (MCN) has announced that it has severed all ties with its British counterpart over the latter’s approval of same-sex marriage. MCN expressed displeasure over the development. The church’s decision was disclosed in a statement released by its Director, Media and Public Relations, Rev. Oladapo Daramola, in Lagos. Daramola from it’s Prelate, His Eminence Chukwumerije Kanu-Uche, in a message he shared with members of the church. He said that what the British Methodist Conference had done was predicted by John Wesley that, “a time will come when the Methodist Church will exist as a dead sect, having…
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‘People are now leaving office work for farming’ – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that the agriculture policy of his administration is beginning to yield positive fruits in the country. He said people are now leaving their white collar jobs for Farming. The President said this while receiving Hailemariam Dessalegn, former Prime Minister of Ethiopia on Friday adding that Nigeria fell back to agriculture because crude oil is no longer sustainable. He further revealed that Nigerians now eat what they produce because his administration also stopped the importation of many food products. “We needed to go back to farming as petroleum could no longer sustain the country. “Today, we…
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I have not been arrested, I am in my house in Ibadan – Igboho
Popular Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Igboho has denied claims of his arrest, he said he is currently in his house at Ibadan. The DSS in the early hours of Thursday stormed Igboho’s residence in Ibadan, discovered Ammunitions, made arrests and declared Sunday Igboho wanted. Consequently, the DSS told Sunday Igboho to surrender himself to any nearest security agency or the law will catch up with him sooner or later. On Friday evening, there were rumours that the Oyo indigene has been arrested by security agents. Debunking the rumour, Sunday Igboho spoke through a phone call on a live Facebook video…
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Sunday Igboho hero, Buhari, El-Rufai terror enablers – Reno Omokri
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has hailed Yoruba agitator, Sunday Igboho as he described him to be a hero. Reno in a post via his Facebook page on Friday expressed disappointment over the invasion of Igboho’s residence by the Department of State Security Services, DSS. He said President Muhammadu Buhari and the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai are “terror enablers” for rehabilitating repented Boko Haram members and arresting alleged innocent citizens. He urged President Buhari to “leave Igboho and face the terror sympathisers and enablers”. He wrote; “Sunday Igboho is a hero Gumi is a terror sympathiser, Pantami is a…
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Twitter Ban in National interest – AGF, Malami
Minister of Justice, and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has stated that the ban on the use of Twitter in the country is in the interest of Nigerians. Malami stated that the nation’s interest is paramount above other considerations. In a statement on Thursday by the Spokesman of the AGF, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu while hosting the High Commissioner of the Great Britain, Ms. Catriona Laing, in his office in Abuja, Malami stated that any company operating in Nigeria must understand this and respect the nation’s interest. “If you want operate as a business entity in Nigeria, you must…
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We are not happy at being dragged into Nnamdi Kanu’s matter – Kenyan govt
The Kenyan government has denied involvement in the re-arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). It insisted: “It does not want to be dragged into Nigeria’s internal affairs.” This was according to a statement by Amb. Wilfred Machage, the Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria, in Abuja on Friday. He said “I wish to categorically state that we are not happy at this ridiculous attempt of dragging the name of Kenya and President Uhuru Kenyatta on this matter of arrest and extradition of self-claimed IPOB leader. Ever since the secessionist was extradited to Nigeria, there…
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