LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Several food items, including bags of rice and tins of vegetable oil, among other valuables, were on Tuesday carted away when hoodlums parading themselves as #EndSARS protesters broke into the Nigeria Customs Service warehouse in Benin City. The hoodlums, who had hidden under the ongoing EndSARS protests to perpetrate evil, broke into…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army headquarters has denied deploying soldiers to the Lekki tollgate despite video evidence showing uniformed soldiers shooting at the scene. The army in a Facebook post branded several reports linking soldiers at the tollgate as fake news, stating, “No soldiers were at the scene”. Officials of the Lekki Concession Company…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 28 people were injured on Tuesday when soldiers shot at #EndSARS protesters in the Lekki area of Lagos State. The state governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, disclosed this in a series of tweets on Wednesday, although he was silent on the number of fatalities. He made the disclosure shortly after he…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Three new generational bank buildings have been set ablaze along the Admiralty Way in Lekki, Lagos. The three banks have been identified as Polaris, GTB and Access Bank branches. Business premises, shopping malls and shops have also been looted by suspected hoodlums in the area. These incidents happened on Tuesday night following…
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…
