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Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for coronavirus again and will miss next week’s crunch clash with Barcelona.   The Juventus star flew home early from international duty with Portugal earlier this month after returning a positive test. Ronaldo has tested positive again and will now miss the Champions League clash with Barca, according to Marca. However, it is claimed Juventus ...

  Seyi, son of former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has flown out of the country with members of his family and a few others, according to SaharaReporters. This comes after hoodlums yesterday destroyed some investments believed to be that of his father — Bola Ahmed Tinubu.   An overwhelming majority of Lagos residents online — Twitter precisely have ...

President Muhammadu Buhari will address the Nation 7:00pm tonight.   This s announced via a State House Press Release. It states; ”Following detailed briefing by security chiefs on the current situation in the country, President Buhari will make a national broadcast, Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 7pm. ”Television, radio and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to ...

According to a video shared on twitter, Lagosians this morning stormed the Monkey Village area of Maza-Maza, in Lagos state and carted away Covid-19 palliatives. According to an online report, contents of the warehouse are covid-19 palliatives and was allegedly diverted by the Local Government Chairman. Youths in the area broke into the warehouse including mothers — as seen in ...

Tension has gripped Delta State as armed thugs set ablaze a police station in Asaba, the state capital, on Thursday. The miscreants allegedly invaded the Warri Correctional Centre (Okere Prison) in the Warri South Local Government Area of the state, shooting sporadically and setting free some inmates at the facility. The thugs numbering over 100 stormed the police station at ...

Major General John Eneche while addressing the ”attack” that took place on Tuesday on EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate says videos showing soldiers at the scene were photoshoopped.   He says they have showed him evidence showing the videos were not real. He was heard saying this on ARISE TV. Listen to it yourself below… Major General John Eneche ...

President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over the National Security Council meeting in the State House, Abuja.   The meeting, which holds quarterly, is coming amidst ongoing unrest in different parts of the country. In attendance are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President Professor Ibrahim Gambari and the ...

Former United States President, Bill Clinton, has expressed concerns over the reports of shootings of protesters in the Lekki area of Lagos State.   He has, therefore, called on the Federal Government to dialogue with the #EndSARS protesters. Clinton made his position known in a message he posted on his Twitter handle, @BillClinton, on Wednesday. “I am deeply concerned over ...

Mohammed Adamu, the Inspector-General of police (IGP), has ordered the withdrawal of police officers attached to very important persons (VIP).   The directive was issued yesterday. This development comes after two weeks of protests by Nigerians demanding an end to police brutality in the country. In the directive issued to police zonal commands and which is to take immediate effect, ...

Ikoyi prison is currently under attack as hoodlums try to break into the prison.   There has been sporadic gun fire as soldiers have now been deployed to stop the prion break. See video below… View this post on Instagram …..Gunshots are reportedly fired to scare prisoners from escaping A post shared by Within Nigeria (@withinnigeria) on Oct 22, 2020 ...

Almost every store on Bode Thomas, Surulere were looted yesterday.   This happened over night and most business owners woke up to see their goods gone. Samsung shop, Yomi Casual, Shoprite and more were all looted. Here’s a video a man recorded showing some stores and acknowledging no shop owner was spared. Watch the video below… What's left of stores ...

Though they are yet to succeed in Lagos — Ikoyi prison precisely, hoodlums in Ondo State have invaded the National Correctional Service Centre in Okitipupa, and reportedly forcefully released inmates.   Many inmates were released during the attack while one vehicle was burnt. It was also learnt that the hoodlums destroyed several items in the premises of the prison.  

Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations has reacted to the escalating violence in the country. He called on the Government to investigate and hold perpetrators accountable. This is coming after thugs yesterday went berserk destroying government properties after soldiers allegedly opened fire on peaceful protesters at Lekki toll gate on Tuesday. Reacting on Twitter, he wrote; ”I condemn ...

Minister of Works and Housing Raji Fashola has revealed that road construction firms in the country are being owed N392billion by the federal government.   The former Governor of Lagos state said this during his budget defence session before the Senate Committee on Works.   Fashola who disclosed that the firms are handling 711 road projects across the country, stated that the N392billion ...

Angry protesters on Wednesday killed the Divisional Crime Officer, DSP Augustine Ogbeche, and set ablaze a police station  in the Atan-Ota Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State .   The protesters also inflicted injuries on the Divisional Police Officer, SP Sikiru Olugbenga, whose whereabouts were unknown. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in ...

  A 19-year-old girl, Shalewa Adebowale, who was declared missing on October 11, has been found dead.   The victim went missing while on her way home from her cousin’s house in the Igando area of the state. The victim’s sister, Feyikemi, who insisted that Shalewa was a student of the Lagos State Polytechnic, told Punch that she went to ...

Recall thugs attacked the Igbosere High Court, yesterday where part of the court was set on fire and valuables carted away?.   Well what shocked many was that after the destruction and looting, a thug was seen wearing a judge’s robe and wig. WTF? See the video below…. Igbosere magistrate court is reportedly on fire.#EndSARSpic.twitter.com/Zi5RPlBwXk — #EndSARS (@OloriSupergal) October 21, ...

Governor Abdullahi Sule has revealed that kidnappers and rapists in Nasarawa state will henceforth receive a death sentence.   Speaking at the flag-off awareness creation, sensitisation on the spate of rape and kidnapping event he was represented in by Deputy Governor Emmanuel Akaabe, Sule stated that the death penalty was imposed following the dimension activities of kidnappers and rapists, have taken in the state.   ...

A female group, Women in Management, Business and Public Service, has condemned the attack on peaceful protesters at the Lekki toll gate, Lagos State.   The group, in a statement said extra-judicial killings across the country were unacceptable in a democracy. WIMBIZ also commiserated with families who lost their loved ones in the ongoing demonstrations in the country. “We encourage ...

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said his enquiry so far indicated that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu did not invite the army to shoot at #EndSARS protesters in Lekki.   Soyinka, who condemned the shooting of the protesters in Lekki said the governor did not also complain of a breakdown of law and order in the State. He said the centre ...

Oba Oladunni Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, the Soun of Ogbomosho land has rejected a gift of N90m extended to him by Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde for the renovation of his palace.   The monarch’s palace was vandalized by hoodlums after police shot dead one during #EndSARS protest in the town. In a letter dated October 19, 2020 addressed to ...

  On Tuesday night, security operatives shot at civilians who were protesting against police brutality Football stars including Mario Balotelli, Michael Essien, Yannick Bolasie, Ahmed Musa, William Troost-Ekong, Alex Iwobi and Antonio Rudiger have condemned the shooting of peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos, Nigeria. Hundreds of unarmed civilians were shot at by soldiers on Tuesday night as ...

  Governor Godwin Obaseli of Edo State has asked a;; prisoners who escaped from the Benin Medium Security Correctional Centre to voluntarily return before the state government goes after them. On Monday, October 19, 2020, hoodlums orchestrated jailbreaks in the two centres during the nationwide #ENDSARS protests in the state. However, following the incidents, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) announced ...

Angry protesters defied all possible dangers today to hijack and vandalize a Toyota Hilux operational van of Nigeria Air force.  The incident occurred along Benin/Agbor road, shortly after some mobile policemen allegedly vandalized and looted a black-colored Lexus RX330, marked Edo: AKA 235 RZ said to belong to one of the protesters. All musical items and a power generating set ...

Suspected hoodlums have set ablaze the head office of The Nation, a daily newspaper published in Lagos.   The development comes hours after the head office of Television Continental (TVC) was torched. Watch the scene below… #WATCH: Hoodlums set a car parked at the headquarters of The Nation Newspaper on fire. #EndSARS pic.twitter.com/BULcladLzk — P.M. NEWS (@pmnewsnigeria) October 21, 2020 ...