Amid initial threats from the Federal Government to sue CNN over an earlier report on the Lekki Shooting, the news agency has released a second report on the incident. Recall that the Federal Government of Nigeria had, last week, threatened to sanction CNN over its investigative report on the shootings at Lekki toll plaza during the #EndSARS protests. Nigeria’s Minister
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The ongoing hearing of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Judicial Inquiry probing the alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki tollgate on the night of October 20 on Saturday showed a CCTV footage with the military in seven trucks arriving the Lekki Toll Plaza. The CCTV footage revealed that the scene was calm until about 6.43pm
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The UK Parliament has slated November 23 to debate sanctions against the Muhammadu Buhari administration over its handling of the historic #EndSARS protests last month. The parliamentarians is planning to debate a petition from hundreds of thousands of Nigerians that asking the parliament to look into the killings and gross violations of human rights abuses by security forces and other
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has on Thursday said the Dj Switch who live-streamed, on Instagram, the Lekki shootings of October 20 will soon be exposed for spreading falsehood. Obianuju Catherine Udeh, popularly known as DJ Switch, has left the country over what she has described as threats to her life. Mohammed, who described the event of
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The Federal Government has expressed insists there nothing wrong with the roles played by the military, police, and other security agencies during the #EndSARS protests. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made this disclosure while addressing a televised press conference in Abuja on Thursday. He wqas alarmed at the killing of 6 soldiers and 37 policemen during the
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The Federal Government has insisted it will sanction CNN over its report on the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki toll plaza on October 20, 2020. The Federal Government has described the report of the CNN as “irresponsible journalism”. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, spoke on behalf of the FG on Thursday during a
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DAAR Communications Plc Founder/Emeritus-Chairman, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi has asked the Federal Government to get ready for more #ENDSARS protests as time goes on. He added that as long as the period of impunity and injustices remain in Nigerians, the youths, will not stop asing for better governance. Dokpesi made this disclosure while on a visit on Wednesday to Vintage
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Popular DJ has expressed her disappointment in the way and manner that the Nigerian authorities have handled the #ENDSARS protests and the Lekki Shooting at the Lekki Toll Plaza. “Nigeria practices dictatorship with democratic face” – DJ Switch speaks to CNN’s Becky Anderson on the Lekki shooting incident. She had an exclusive interview with CNN’s Becky Anderson
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President Muhammadu Buhari says warned he wont allow a repeat of the #EndSARS protests that rocked the country in October. He made this disclosure at a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) on Tuesday, adding that “relevant stakeholders”, which includes the youth, will be carried along to forestall a repeat. Muhammad Dingyadi, minister of police affairs, gave a briefing
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EndSARS Protester, Eromosele Adene’s Mum, Florence, Speaks After The Magistrate Court In Yaba Granted Him Bail Of N1m. The Magistrate Court Yaba where he was arraigned this morning also rejected the request by the police to detain him for another 30 days. Recall that Ereomosel, popularly known as Eromz, was arrested at his Ikeja resident in Lagos last week in
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