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Lekki Shooting: Soldiers Took Live Bullets to Scene for Self-defence – General Taiwo

22Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Armed Forces, Crime, Human Rights, Judiciary, Justice, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Security

Lekki Shooting: Soldiers Took Live Bullets to Scene for Self-defence – General Taiwo

Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo, Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, which was the Army unit deployed to the Lekki Tollgate area on the night of October 20, has admitted that the officers went to the scene with Live and blank bullet. He said that the Phase four of military internal security operation which the Army deployed involved soldiers taking live ammunition to the scene for self defence. He noted that some officers that operated at the tollgate on the night of the shooting were indeed armed with live bullets. Taiwo, however stressed that only soldiers with blank bullets shot into the air. He disclosed this on Saturday during the hearing of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry, investigating the alleged killing of peaceful #EndSARS de...

19Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Covid-19, Economy, Lagos News, Nigeria

Lagos Govt. Unveils N5b Recovery Fund for Entrepreneurs

The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) has unveiled a N5 billion Lagos Economic Acceleration Programme (LEAP), a post-COVID-19 recovery programme for micro, small and medium enterprises. The launching, tagged: “From Pandemic to Prosperity”, was held in Ikeja, Lagos. LSETF Executive Secretary Mrs. Tejumola Abisoye said the intervention would provide access to affordable finance at single-digit interest to MSMEs, thereby saving existing businesses, jobs and also creating new job opportunities. According to her, interested applicants in other sectors apart from agriculture and agribusiness sector should register with the Ministry of Tourism to apply for the loan. “It is a sector specific intervention programme targeted at sectors that have been severely affected by the pand...

Names of Seven ‘Lekki Shootings Victims’ Surface at Lagos Panel

14Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Nigeria, Security, Uncategorized, Violence, Youths

Names of Seven ‘Lekki Shootings Victims’ Surface at Lagos Panel

The names of seven alleged victims of the October 20 Lekki shootings have ‘surfaced’ at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters. Their lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika SAN, told the panel that he had a petition on their behalf against the Nigerian Army. Olumide-Fusika sought directions from Justice Doris Okuwobi (Rtd)-led a panel on how to proceed with the petitions. Source: The Nation

Sanwo-Olu Unveils First Electric Car in Nigeria

14Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Nigeria

Sanwo-Olu Unveils First Electric Car in Nigeria

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Friday unveiled Nigeria’s first locally-assembled full electric car, aimed at reducing pressure on use of petroleum. The Hyundai Kona car, manufactured by Stallion Group, is 100 per cent electric and comes with zero emission, 482km driving range and can be charged both at home and workplace. Sanwo-Olu said at the unveiling in Lagos that the electric car was technology on display. “The future that we see is the future of technology and this is the technology that we are talking about,” he said. “This is 21st century technology that has been brought into our country. “With an innovation of Hyundai Kona, we do not need to put the pressure on what is the pump price of oil again, what is the pump price of petroleum again. “All th...

Nigerian Army Testifies Before Lagos Panel, Claims Officers Fired Blank Bullets into the Air

14Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Human Rights, Judiciary, Justice, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

Nigerian Army Testifies Before Lagos Panel, Claims Officers Fired Blank Bullets into the Air

Officers of the Nigerian Army on Saturday appeared before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry Inaugurated to probe the shooting of peaceful #EndSaRS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate area of Lagos State on October 20. Speaking on behalf of the Army, Brigadier Ahmed Taiwo, Commander 81 military intelligence brigade which was reported to be unit deployed to the Lekki area claimed that the military fired shots into the air and not at protesters, backing its claim with several footages of what happened at the scene, Channels reports. He added that the officers used blank bullets that contain gun powder, and unable to inflict injury to the flesh. He said that if real bullets were used, one bullet was capable of killing three persons per shot. According to him, hoodlums went on to ...

Army Personnel Arrive Probe Venue, to Present Footage of Lekki Shootings

14Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Human Rights, Judiciary, Justice, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Violence

Army Personnel Arrive Probe Venue, to Present Footage of Lekki Shootings

Army personnel attached to the 81 Division, have arrived the venue of the inquiry into the alleged shooting of peaceful #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki tollgate area of Lagos on October 20. The Army had submitted the names of three Lieutenant Generals and a Lieutenant Colonel who will testify before the panel in response to invitation by the retired Justice Doris Okuwobi-headed Judicial Panel of Inquiry, Punch reports. The probe is to take place at the Lagos Court of Arbitration. The Army, which vehemently denied shooting at or killing any of the protesting youths, had also told the panel that it was ready to show videos capturing its activities at the tollgate on October 20 night. Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, the Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria ...

#ENDSARS: Lagos State Govt. Directs Release of 253 Persons Arrested Over Protests

8Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Violence, Youths

#ENDSARS: Lagos State Govt. Directs Release of 253 Persons Arrested Over Protests

The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Lagos State Moyosore Onigbanjo SAN has advised the courts to immediately release 253 persons arrested by the Police in connection with the #EndSARS protest in the state. According to a statement by the Director, Public Affairs in the Ministry of Justice, Kayode Oyekanmi, the Attorney-General explained the Police forwarded 40 case files in respect of 361 persons arrested in connection with the #EndSARS protests to the DPP for Legal Advice, between November 4 and 5, 2020. Onigbanjo said: “Legal advice has been issued in respect of all the 40 case files received, and as at 6th November 2020, the Directorate has been able to despatch Legal Advice in respect of 81 persons that are being charged to the various courts, while others will b...

Nigeria Police Force Warns Against Protests in Lagos

6Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Breaking News, Crime, Law Enforcement, Nigeria, Violence, Youths

Nigeria Police Force Warns Against Protests in Lagos

The police in Lagos said on Thursday said it would not entertain any demonstration or protest anywhere in the state. The warning came as some groups are hatching plans to begin “the mother of all protest” across the country to drive home their demands against police brutality, bad governance and insecurity. Lagos police spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the command received intelligence on another planned protest. He said: “Unpatriotic elements or group of people have concluded plans to orchestrate another set of violence in the state in furtherance to the recent #ENDSARS violence, which has been analysed as dangerous and counterproductive. “Premised on this, the command, therefore, wishes to warn individuals, group of students or any group who might want to stage any form...

#EndSARS: Sanwo-Olu Opens Trust Fund to Rebuild Vandalised Property

5Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Lagos News, News, Nigeria

#EndSARS: Sanwo-Olu Opens Trust Fund to Rebuild Vandalised Property

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has opened a Trust Fund for the rebuilding of public infrastructure that was vandalised during the violence that followed the #EndSARS protest in the state. The governor who made this known on Wednesday said the state had received offers from foreign bodies to reconstruct the affected property. “Instead of wallowing in our pain, we have chosen to positively move forward. We will embrace new standards of governance; we will build stronger partnerships, stronger people, stronger institutions, and a stronger state. “In the last few weeks, we have been inundated with local and global offers of assistance to rebuild our state and recover all we lost to arson and violence in October. It is obvious that we can no longer wait to begin the onerous...

3Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Lagos News, Law Enforcement, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Violence

#EndSARS: IGP Visits Sanwo-Olu

The Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, on Tuesday, visited Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the State House in Marina. Adamu during the visit lamented the degree of the damage caused by hoodlums who hijacked the #EndSARS protests against police brutality last month. Briefing reporters, the IGP said he was in the state for an assessment of the police assets vandalised after the protest and to commiserate with residents. According to the government, six police officers were lynched in Lagos, 36 critically injured, while 46 police stations were torched. In a statement titled, ‘Sanwo-Olu Receives Police IG Over Coordinated Arson In Lagos’, the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, said his principal commiserated with the police chief over the mob ...