LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There were heavy gunshots at the Lekki toll gate, Lagos State, on Tuesday, as soldiers reportedly opened fire on #EndSARS protesters. Amnesty International said “excessive use of force” occasioned “deaths of protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos”. “While we continue to investigate the killings, Amnesty International wishes to remind the authorities…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Amidst the #EndSARS protest in Delta State, over 300 contract staff who were allegedly sacked by the Shell Petroleum Development Company on Monday staged a protest in Warri, demanding their terminal benefits from the oil firm. The sacked contract staff led by Mr Stephen Enejos, Joseph Ugherughe, Richard Okoro and Martins Ogun…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Government has shut its embassy in Lagos for two days over rising violence rocking the city. The U.S. embassy disclosed this via its official Twitter handle @USinNigeria on Tuesday evening. “Multiple demonstrations are ongoing across Nigeria – to include areas within the consular districts of Abuja and Lagos. “Although…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)The family of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi -filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of personally ordering Khashoggi’s brutal execution in order to silence the government critic. The lawsuit was filed in Washington, D.C., on behalf of Khashoggi’s fiancée Hatice Cengiz and Democracy for the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigerian authorities said Tuesday that nearly 2,000 inmates had broken out of jail after crowds attacked two prisons, while officials announced a 24-hour curfew in the megacity of Lagos in an attempt to quell the unrest stemming from two weeks of protests against police brutality. The Inspector-General of Police deployed anti-riot…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected armed thugs have set ablaze buildings inside Ajeromi Local Government in Lagos State. The LG’s Chief Press Secretary, Sheriff Fakunle, confirmed the incident to our correspondent. When contacted at 01.13pm, Fakunle said the attack was ongoing in the council. According to him, “As I am talking to you, my local government…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state effective 4pm Tuesday (today). The governor made this known in a statement while lamenting that the protests against police brutality and extrajudicial killings had morphed into violence. He said, “I have watched with shock how what began as a…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In continuation of EndSARS protest that has enveloped the nation, suspected hoodlums had burnt down no fewer than three police stations in Lagos suburb of Orile-Iganmu, Kpako and Layeni in Ajegunle, Apapa area of Lagos. Hoodlums have burnt down the Apapa Iganmu Police Station in Lagos State, report reaching News Direct says….