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Lekki Toll plaza military crackdown: I called Buhari twice, he wasn’t available, says Sanwo-Olu 

  Upset by the wanton destruction of property including his family house following military crackdown on #EndSARS protesters, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu...

#EndSARS protest: Buhari presides over National Security Council meeting 

Three days after the Lekki plaza killings, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday presided over a meeting of the National Security Council. The meeting...

Protesters swarm Nigerian embassies worldwide

  Nigerian embassies in cities around the world witnessed protests on Wednesday after the shooting of peaceful protesters in Lekki, Lagos on Tuesday...

Soyinka grieves the death of youth with blood-soaked Nigerian flag at Lekki Toll Gate 

  Nobel laureate,  Prof. Wole Soyinka, says he is grieved  by the sight the blood-soaked Nigerian flag that one of the victims was waving...

#EndSARS protest: Obasanjo, like UN, cautions Buhari against use of brute force

  Disturbed by military crackdown on #EndSARS protesters, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to rein in the military and...

FEC ignores Lekki killings, discusses other state matters

    The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday shoved aside the massacre by the military of...

#EndSARS: UN Secretary-General slams FG over protesters’ killing 

  The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has raised his voice against the killing of unarmed protesters by Nigerian authorities, describing it as...

Lekki killings by soldiers beyond my control, says Sanwo-Olu

  By Boye Ajayi Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has attributed the massacre of young #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos...

Protest: Buhari, in a statement, appeals for calm, promises police reform

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday appealed to Nigerians to remain calm and show understanding with his administration following nationwide #EndSARS protest and...

#EndSARS latest: TVC torched in Lagos

Some suspected hoodlums have set fire to the headquarters of Television Continental (TVC) at Ketu, Lagos. According to a staff of TV station,...

Halt military crackdown on #EndSARS protesters, Biden tells Buhari

  Alarmed by protesting youths massacre, US Presidential Candidate of the Democratic Party, Mr Joe Biden has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately...

Hillary Clinton calls on Buhari to ‘stop killing’ young #EndSARS protesters

Former U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night called on the Nigerian government  to “stop killing”  of #End SARS protesters in...

Bloody #EndSARS protest at Lekki Toll Gate: SERAP condemns use of lethal weapons against protesters

      Outraged by the shooting at #EndSARS peaceful protesters at Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned...

Escalating #EndSARS protest: U.S Embassy announces shutting down of Consulate in Lagos

      Following the #EndSARS protest which had turned violent in Lagos State, the United States says it has shut down its...

Bloody #EndSARS protest: Lagos Gov. Sanwo-Olu imposes dusk-to-dawn curfew 

  After about 12-day festering carnival-like #EndSARS protest, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state with immediate...

#EndSARS protest: Obasanjo to Buhari: Be ready to make life better for youths, remove lid on boiling steam

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said in Ile-lfe, Osun State, that President Muhammadu Buhari should as the father of the nation expeditiously remove the...