Category: General News
According to the BBC, the president announced the death toll during a virtual meeting with former leaders and security chiefs on Friday. Buhari was quoted as saying 51 civilians, 11 police officers, and seven soldiers had been killed in the unrest. A statement released by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, at the end of the meeting […]
A police officer and three other persons died on Thursday as hoodlums attacked various police stations in Anambra State. The police officer, whose name is yet to be ascertained, was killed and burnt by hoodlums in Nnewi, Anambra State. Police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed, in a situation report, said three other people suffered various degrees of […]
This is as the state government ordered the closure of all schools in the state for the rest of the week. Meanwhile, early Tuesday morning saw many schools unopened for academic activities. Additionally, the government directed the men of the Joint Security Anti-Crime Task Force Team codenamed operation burst to troubled part of the metropolis. […]
The police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed this in a statement, said three others sustained various degrees of injuries. He said the victims were rushed to the hospital for medical attention, adding they were responding to treatment. He said five persons were attacked in Onitsha and taken to the hospital for medical attention where three […]
An eyewitness narrated that the killed protesters were moving close to the police station to demand production of a police officer that fired and killed protesters in the same area on Wednesday. Other people along the area said that three persons were killed today but only two dead bodies were conveyed in a wheelbarrow and […]
It was gathered that last night some hoodlums attacked some Hausa boys along Old Market road. Also last night the protesters gathered at Dennis Memorial Grammar School (DMGS) roundabout to conduct a candle night which lasted till dawn. This morning as early as 7am the protesters started making bonfire in various roundabouts and junctions in […]
These hampered movements and virtually shut down business activities in affected areas of the town. The Abakpa market was shut down for most parts of the day just as timber market all in Abakpa area. The situation caused fear in the area as residents and business owners scampered for safety. At Emene, shop owners ran […]
No fewer than 20 policemen guarding the Lagos State House of Assembly in the Alausa area of the state brutalised two PUNCH journalists, Femi Dawodu and Segun Odunayo, while covering the #EndSARS activities in the area on Wednesday. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday declared a 24-hour curfew to stem the tide of the growing violence […]
No fewer than 15 persons have been allegedly killed in the past 12 days of the #EndSARS protest in Benin City. The protest which started since October 6, 2020 had also resulted to the destruction of both public and private property running into several hundreds of millions of naira. Public property attacked and vandalized are […]