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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, has proposed that revenue from the Lekki Toll Gate be donated to confirmed victims of the shooting that occurred during the #EndSARS protest. According to him, other identifiable victims of police brutality in the state should also benefit from the proceeds. Tinubu in a statement on Sunday also absolved himself from allegations of ordering the deployment of soldiers against peaceful protesters at Lekki toll plaza on Oct.20, 2020. “I propose to government that the tollgate be left closed for an indefinite period. “If it is reopened, revenues should be donated to the confirmed victims of the Lekki attack as well as to other identifiable victims of police brutality in Lagos. “Let government use the money to compensate and take care of those who have lost life or limb in the struggle for all citizens to go about the quiet, peaceful enjoyment of life without fear of undue harassment at this or that checkpoint.’’ On

In the last few days, thousands of Nigerians have been invading warehouses to loot COVID-19 palliatives kept in the buildings. President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Zahra Buhari-Indimi says the discovery of COVID-19 palliatives in warehouses across the country have shown that her father is not the problem of Nigeria. Zahra said this on her Instagram Stories on Sunday, October 25, 2020. She wrote, “Now that people confirmed that Buhari distributed enough palliatives nationwide, it is clear Buhari is not our problem.” PULSE

Ideh Chukwuma, a Nigerian filmmaker better known as Onesoul, says he did not see any dead body at Lekki toll gate where soldiers shot at unarmed #EndSARS protesters. There have been conflicting reports on the actual casualties after last Tuesday’s shooting of unarmed protesters by men in army uniforms. On Friday, DJ Switch had said at least 15 persons were shot dead on the night while several others sustained injuries of varying degrees. But in an interview with Premium Times, Onesoul expressed reservation about the use of “massacre” to describe what happened at the protest ground. The filmmaker said though soldiers indeed shot at protesters and many were injured in the process, he did not see any dead body when he visited the protest ground. “What I will say is, I have been hearing people say “Lekki massacre, Lekki massacre.” I have to be honest with you if you Google the term “massacre,” massacre is a situation where a group of people were being killed by rebels or the mi

Mark Odigie, an information technologist, had on Wednesday taken his wife, Tope Mark Odigie, to the headquarters of TVC, where she works. The atmosphere around the city was tense and uncertain. The night before had been characterised by the cries of innocent peaceful protesters at the Lekki toll plaza, who were faced by the bullets of trigger-happy soldiers. Tuesday’s brutal attack by these soldiers who were drafted to maintain peace and order following the curfew earlier imposed by the state’s governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has been condemned by many. So on Wednesday morning, Mark Odigie, an information technologist, could not permit his wife, Tope Mark Odigie, to drive alone to nearby Ketu-Ikosi Road, headquarters of Television Continental (TVC), where she works as a co-host of the station’s popular breakfast talk show- Your View. “So I decided to drive her to the office, leaving our two nine-year-old kids at home,” he said. Mr Odigie said he stayed at the carpark inside h

Obi-Enadhuze Daniel, younger brother of Okechukwu Obi-Enadhuze also known as Oke was killed on Wednesday when hoodlums attacked at St.Paul Street, Mafoloku, Oshodi area of Lagos, PM News reports. It was earlier reported that Obi-Enadhuze was killed when he was hit by a stray bullet that cops shot into the air to disperse some hoodlums. Obi-Enadhuze, a software designer who helped designed an app used for ordering blood donations for Life Bank Services died three hours after he had tweeted “Nigeria will not end me.” A product designer and fresh graduate of Computer Science from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, who wrote his final examinations in January, was also awaiting mobilization for the mandatory national youth service. However, a man with @DanielOE16 handle on social media who claimed to be Obi-Enadhuze’s younger brother has given a different account of what has been circulated on social media. According to Daniel, the thugs who attacked the police sta

Loatsad Promomedia has issued a statement clearing up rumours that it played a role in the attack on #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate on Tuesday evening. The media company owned by Seyi Tinubu, son of Popular Lagos politician/APC national leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, disclosed that they shut down their billboard at the Lekki Toll gate based on curfew imposed by the state governor, Baba-jide Sanwoolu. The statement read in full: “When we started in 2014, we had a plan to change the perception of African start-ups in the global space. We believed as Africans, we could create something great and we set out with a N4m loan from a bank and we started trading, going from door to door begging for work and relentlessly grew the business employing and empowering over 200 Nigerians today directly or indirectly. We have supported many upcoming businesses, artists, people in need as giving back to our community has always been our passion (all this can be verified).” “All of our ach

The Nigerian Army has reportedly seized the corpses of #EndSARS protesters gunned down by security agents at the Lekki toll gate on Tuesday evening. According, to Nigeria News Desk, 9 people were allegedly killed from the Tuesday attack. Music celebrity, DJ Swith who was live at the scene and live streamed the incident disclosed that the bodies of murdered #EndSARS protesters were now in the possession of the Nigerian Army. It was also gathered that the Nigerian army prevented emergency services from having access to injured protesters.  Nigeria News Desk