Category: General News
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 […]
As early as 8:00 a.m., some youths mounted a roadblock right in front of the police station and began mocking the officers, while others disguised as marchers to extort motorists and vandalise property in the locality. Another set blocked the Ojoo end of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. All of these eventually snowballed into the duel. It […]
This, according to an eyewitness, led to the burning of three trucks by irate youth. Protesters across Nigeria have been demanding police reforms for over a week with the #EndSARS hashtag. The government responded by dissolving the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad but the protesters are demanding the arrest and prosecution of police officers, who have […]