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Lekki shooting: Lai Mohammed should apologize to us – CNN’s lawyer says
A Lawyer to the Cable News Network (CNN) has said the honorable thing for the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to do is apologize to the news platform after discrediting its investigative report on the October 20, 2020 Lekki tollgate shooting. The News Network in a report stated that the military did attack the unarmed protesters and fired live ammunition at them. Lai Mohammed held several press conferences where he condemned the report…
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Restructuring the country is better than Secession – Fayemi tells Sunday Igboho, Nnamdi Kanu
Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi has called on secessionists agitating for the disintegration of the country to consider the benefits of a united Nigeria. He said restructuring will be a better option for the country.Speaking as a guest lecturer at the combined ninth and 10th combined Zik Lecture Series at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Fayemi asked the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led by Nnamdi Kanu and Yoruba Nation led by…
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Folashade Tinubu Ojo, Tinubu’s daughter LEAVE Oyingbo market alone – Traders say as they carry placard
Some traders today carried placards asking Tinubu’s daughter, Folashade Rinubu Ojo to leave Oyingbo market as they protest it’s closure. They carried placards one of which said, “Folashade Tinubu Ojo, Ahmed Tinubu’s daughter leave Oyingbo Market alone. Mainland Local Government, hear our cry.” Another placard said, “Folashade Ojo Tinubu, we have children and we have house rent to settle. We refused to be miscreants.”
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BREAKING: Many feared dead, others trapped as another building collapses in Lagos
A storey building under construction collapsed on Wednesday at Flour Mill Estate in the Magbon area of Badagry in Lagos. This comes two weeks after the building collapse in Ikoyi.Margaret Adeseye, Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, confirmed the tragedy in a statement.She said four persons have been rescued while an operation is underway to pull out those trapped.The official confirmed that the victims are mainly construction workers who sustained varying degrees of injury…
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Terrorists will overrun Nigeria if urgent steps aren’t taken to Address Insecurity – Ortom
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has stated that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration needs to step up efforts to address insecurity. The governor while speaking with journalists on Tuesday in Abuja, stated that Nigerians are “under siege” and if urgent steps are not taken, “terrorists would overrun the country in no distant time”.Ortom noted that over 1,700 persons have been killed and about 1.5 million persons are still in camps for internally displaced person (IDPs)…
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‘25 million Nigerians will be taken out of poverty’ – Osinbajo
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has assured that 25 million Nigerians will be taken out of poverty noting that the Nigerian Diaspora Investment Summit (NDIS) is one of the surest platforms for attracting direct investment to the country.Osinbajo made this known at the 4th edition of the Nigeria Diaspora Investment Summit 2021 organised by the Nigerian in the Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM).The event was held on Tuesday at the Congress Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.The…
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‘You can’t clean innocent blood with Lie Mohammed’ – Burna Boy mocks FG
Grammy award winning singer, Burna Boy has mocked the Federal Government over reports of the Lagos State panel of concerning the EndSARS protest and Lekki toll gate massacre.The Lagos State Panel of Investigation in its recently published report about the Lekki Toll Gate incident disclosed that police and officers of the Nigerian Army intentionally killed harmless youths protesting the extrajudicial killings by the Nigerian police.The report has since generated reactions from Nigerians and the international…
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ASUU strike won’t happen – Ngige reacts to three-week ultimatum
The Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige has assured that the strike threatened by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will not happen.Ngige stated this during an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday. The Union had issued a three-week ultimatum issued to the federal government to implement the earlier agreement reached between both parties during the last strke action.The union’s national president, Emmanuel Osodeke, explained that the industrial action became necessary due to the failure…
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EndSARS: Buhari, Buratai will be dragged to ICC for killing Nigerians – Reno Omokri
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari over the massacre of Nigerian youths at Lekki Tollgate, Lagos State on October 20, 2020.Major General Taiwo, who appeared before the panel during the investigation, according to the report, had told the panel that the soldiers acted on the order of Buratai, who in turns got instruction from the Commander-in-Chief, President Buhari.Reacting to this in a post via Facebook, Reno said the president will end…
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EndSARS: Those who said there was no massacre won’t accept report – Aisha Yesufu
Popular activist, Aisha Yesufu has chided those who denied that there was massacre at the popular Lekki toll gate.Aisha, who was at the forefront of the EndSARS protest in October 2020 commended the Lagos panel for their objective report, describing the act as the highest level of activism.The BBOG co-convener referring to the abduction of the Chibok girls noted that it’s been 7 years and still some people don’t believe the girls were kidnaped. “They…
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ASUU strike won’t happen – Ngige reacts to three-week ultimatum
The Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige has assured that the strike threatened by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will not happen.Ngige stated this during an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday. The Union had issued a three-week ultimatum issued to the federal government to implement the earlier agreement reached between both parties during the last strke action.The union’s national president, Emmanuel Osodeke, explained that the industrial action became necessary due to the failure…
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#EndSARS: Liars claimed that DJ Switch had the resources to doctor a live IG video, they should hang their heads in crying shame – Frank Edoho
Media personality, Frank Edoho has shared his thought concerning the Lagos judicial panel’s report backing claims that people were killed at Lekki toll gate. Edoho in a post on social media described those who alleged that DJ Switch had the resources to doctor a live Instagram video as liars, he added that “the liars among us are the ones who need to hang their heads in crying shame”
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