Tag: #EndSARS Protests

Visa ban: “I don’t mind living in Nigeria” – Buratai dares int’l community

Aminu Imam

Ø  Says ‘I was 50 and a General before I started travelling out’ The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has dismissed calls on the international community to impose a travel ban on top military officers over alleged violation of human rights of some Nigerians during the #EndSARS protest. Buratai made this known yesterday in Abuja, during a meeting with the General Officers Commanding, (GOC)’s, of the Divisions and Operation Commanders of the Nigerian Army over the #EndSARS protests. Emerging out of the closed-door meeting, Buratai assured that, “subversive elements,…

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#EndSARS protest: Misinformation circulating online – BBC

Aminu Imam

Ø  We are investigating SARS activities, Lekki shooting – UK By Aminu Imam The British Broadcasting Corporation, (BBC) has stated that many of the stories trending on the #EndSARS protests both locally and globally, with thousands of posts on social media, but not all of them factual. The BBC, which stated on its BBCNews on-line platform said that it looked at some of the misinformation that has spread online and discovered that not all of them are factual. It cited several examples from its fact-finding ‘Reality Check’, among which was that of…

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Breaking! KDSG relaxes curfew in 21 LGAs

Aminu Imam

…Kaduna-South, Chikun,remains The Kaduna state government has relaxed the curfew it imposed in 21 LGAs. However, the 24-hour curfew will continue in Chikun and Kaduna-South LGAs until further notice. According to an issued statement signed by the commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, the state government has accepted the recommendation of the security agencies for a significant relaxation of the curfew in 21 local government areas. Details later…

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Lekki Tollgate protests: I’m avoiding debates over incident until all facts’re established – Buhari

Aminu Imam

Few days after he addressed the nation regarding the violence and unrest that marred the #EndSARS protests, President Muhammadu Buhari says he is avoiding to get into any debates until all facts are established. President Buhari disclosed this on Sunday, in a communique by his special media aide, Garba Shehu, Channels TV reported. The president, who said he had all along avoided going into a debate about the Lekki Toll Gate incidents until all the facts are established, appealed to the people all over the country to maintain peace and…

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Looting: “Turn back your children if they bring unaccounted goods” – Buhari

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged parents and guardians not to encourage their children and wards to partake in the nationwide looting and destruction of property. The President, who stated this yesterday said, “Families must turn back children who bring home unaccounted goods, in the same way, wives must ask their husbands to return looted items brought home”. President Buhari, in the statement, issued through his media spokesman, Garba Shehu, expressed his full support and optimism that it will assist the nation to give justice to peaceful protesters who lost their…

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Angry youths invade Ex-House Speaker Dogara’s house

Aminu Imam

Cart away valuables Hoodlums have reportedly invaded the resident of former speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara in Jos, Plateau state capital. According to the report, the hoodlums defied the ongoing curfew imposed by the state government to also invade other buildings in search of COVID-19 palliatives. Dogara’s house was attacked about 9 am yesterday, an eyewitness told journalists. Policemen and other security operatives enforcing the curfew shot to disperse the rampaging youths without success. The hoodlums also carted away some farm inputs, including bags of fertiliser from…

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IPOB plans ‘peaceful’ protests today

Aminu Imam

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) said its members would begin peaceful protests across the ‘Biafra’ land today. According to a statement issued by the spokesman of the pro-Biafra group, Emma Powerful, the protest, scheduled to hold in Benin, Enugu, Aba, Abakaliki, Umuahia, Nnewi, Uyo, Calabar, Onitsha and among others states is as a result of the killings, destruction and burning of private properties across ‘Biafraland’.  Powerful, who also disclosed the protesters would also engage in a clean-up exercise to tidy up and clear the numerous mountains of rubbish…

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Tension in Jos community as angry youths loot fertiliser, farm inputs

Aminu Imam

The Plateau Agricultural Development Programme (PADP) in Dogon-Dagi has been invaded by angry youths in Jos. This is coming barely hours after the state government imposed 24-hour curfew on two Plateau councils on Saturday. It was learnt that the angry youths including women are carting away bags of fertiliser and other farm inputs. According to report, hundreds of people mostly youths and women were seen carrying and loading the agricultural inputs out of the premises for keep and possibly selling to prospective buyers. Recall that thousands of people had earlier…

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#EndSARS: Despite fired tear gas, defiant mob loot warehouse in Abuja

Aminu Imam

Ø  Stay clear of Kogi – Gov. Bello warns hoodlums Some hoodlums, yesterday, broke into a warehouse located at the Moh’d Namadi Sambo street in Idu Industrial layout, Abuja and carted away food and clothing items. According to residents who were reportedly at the scene when the break-in occurred, who confirmed the incident, saying the warehouse was attacked and that the perpetrators carted away bags of rice, cartons of tinned tomatoes, cereals, milk, bales of Ankara materials, and other items. It was gathered that despite teargas fired by policemen in the vicinity,…

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#EndSARS: NECO postpones 2020 SSCE exams indefinitely

Aminu Imam

Ø  Schools to re-open in Ibadan today The National Examinations Council (NECO) on Sunday, October 25, 2020, announced the indefinite postponement of the ongoing Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE). The disclosure was made in a press statement that was issued by NECO’s Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani yesterday. This is coming barely 2 days after the examination body had put on hold all her 2020 school certificate activities due to the curfew and closure of schools in some parts of the country. Sani, in his statement, said…

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