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In Lagos State especially in Ifako Ijaiye local government within the Fagba area, the endSARS protest has turned to violence between the Yoruba’s and Hausa’s. Our correspondent who witnessed the violence between the Yoruba’s and Hausa’s said it all started yesterday when the hoodlums who hijacked the ENDSARS protest blocked the Fagba road not allowing any vehicle to pass through ... Read More »

Rivers especially, the capital city comprising Port Harcourt and Obio-Akpo local government areas boiled on Wednesday with violence caused by hoodlums who hijacked the #ENDSARS protests. But Governor Nyesom Wike immediately imposed a 24-hour curfew in the entire Oyigbo Local Government Area to avoid the escalation of the violence. Wike, in a statewide broadcast, extended the curfew to Mile 1, ... Read More »

The scarcity of petroleum products is imminent in Nigeria as some depots have stopped loading-trucks. The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN ) National Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Maigandi, disclosed this at Abuja  this morning. He added that the #EndSARS protests and the resultant crises have stopped the marketers from transiting their loaded trucks. According to him, since petroleum ... Read More »

But for the intervention of a detachment of anti-riot policemen, the headquarters of Television Continental (TVC) in Ikosi Lagos would have been razed by a mob that stormed the station on Wednesday morning. Rampaging youths have taken to arson, vandalism of public and private properties across the state in reaction to the shooting of peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll ... Read More »

Nigerians on Twitter are currently attacking Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over the killings of unconfirmed number of protesters by security operatives at the Lekki Toll Gate area of the city. The armed security personnel were drafted to the area by the government to dislodge peaceful #EndSARS demonstrators demanding an end to police brutality and state repression. Earlier on Tuesday, ... Read More »

Lekki Toll Plaza is now on fire, Newsthumb can now report. Following the reported multiple killings of harmless #Endsars protesters at the Lekki toll gate by security agents few hours ago, fire has now engulfed the Lekki toll plaza, eye witnesses accounts suggests. In the early hours of the day, Lagos State governor, Babjide Sanwo-Olu had  imposed a curfew following ... Read More »

There is currently heavy shooting at the Lekki Toll Gate area of Lagos as #EndSARS protesters defy a governnent curfew to continue their demand for an end to police brutality. The situation has created tension in the area. Read More »

….Victim brought in dead, says CEO Hoodlums have set Lagoon Hospital in Apapa, Lagos on fire. The hospital was alleged to have refused a protester, who was shot, an admission. This led to the mob descending on the hospital and setting it ablaze. An eyewitness, in a video obtained by The one of the protesters , said the protesters have ... Read More »

The Archbishop of the Church of God Mission International (CGMI), Margaret Idahosa, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to accede to the demands of #ENDSARS protests. She said this will assuage the protesters and preserve the nation from the already-tensed polity. The cleric said the #ENDSARS were simply expressing disgust over years of neglect and bad governance, calling on the ... Read More »

…Seek sack of Service Chiefs. The National Youth Council (NYC) on Tuesday stormed the National Assembly, calling for the sack of the nation’s Service Chiefs. The call to relieve the Service Chiefs of their duties as contained in a 7-point demand made by the NYC on the government if it hopes to calm frayed nerves and end the on-going #EndSAR ... Read More »