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Oct

25

2020

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Gunshots as hoodlums loot ex-Speaker Dogara’s house in Jos

NewsCovid 19 palliative, Hoodlums loot, Jos, Yakubu Dogara house

Hoodlums on Sunday looted the house of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, located near Jos University Teaching Hospital. Acco to the PUNCH, the hoodlums defied the ongoing curfew imposed by the state government to also invade other buildings in search of COVID-19 palliatives. Dogara’s house was attacked about 9 am, an eyewitness told our correspondent. Policemen and other security operatives enforcing the curfew shot to disperse the rampaging youths without success. “They broke into the house of the former Speaker and attacked everyone, including Dogara’s brother, and (they) are currently moving anything they see. In…

Oct

25

2020

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#EndSARS: Timi Frank urges EFCC, ICPC to probe Governors, Agencies hoarding palliatives

NewsCovid 19 palliative, EndSARS, warehouse looting

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Sunday, urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) to probe and prosecute Governors and Government agencies hoarding COVID-19 palliatives meant for Nigerians. He also called on the President, General Muhammadu Buhari to urgently share all the money donated to the Federal Government as COVID-19 support to poor and vulnerable persons in the country. Frank who made these assertions in a statement in Abuja said that both the Federal and state governments should…

Oct

25

2020

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SERAP asks ICPC to probe ‘alleged hoarding of covid-19 palliatives in several states’

Whistleblower, News#ENDSARS protest, Corruption, Covid19 palliative, Whistleblower

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to “promptly, thoroughly, transparently and effectively investigate the circumstances surrounding the alleged hoarding of COVID-19 palliatives in warehouses in several states, which ought to have been distributed to the poorest and most vulnerable people during the lockdown, and to publish the outcome of any such investigation.” SERAP’s petition followed reports that some people have discovered and taken away COVID-19 palliatives stored in warehouses in several states. SERAP in the petition sent to Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, Chairman, ICPC, asked the agency to “ensure…

Oct

25

2020

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Five soldiers killed as soldiers, IPOB clash in Rivers

NewsIPOB, Radio Biafra

About five soldiers and four members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra have been feared dead after a clash in Oyigbo and other parts of Rivers State. This brings to seven the number of IPOB members who reportedly died during the #EndSARS and police brutality protest in the state. The IPOB members were said to have engaged in a shoot-out with a joint security team comprising soldiers and police deployed to quell their activities in Oyigbo, Rumuokwurusi and other flashpoints areas. Governor Nyesom Wike in a state broadcast on Friday condemned activities of the group despite the 24-hour curfew…

Oct

25

2020

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#ENDSARS: Sporadic gunshots as security prevents hoodlums from looting bags of money in Edo warehouse

News#ENDSARS protest, Endsars update, EndSARS Violence, Palliatives

Five persons have been reportedly shot dead in Benin, Edo State capital, when youths on Saturday evening attempted to force their way into the Edo Pharmaceutical Company where CA-COVID-19 palliatives are being reportedly kept. The victims who were reportedly shot be security operatives were said to be breaking into the warehouse where they allegedly discovered a large sum of money kept in large bags. Unconfirmed reports also had it that some others died from exhaustion resulting from heat in the warehouse and the ensuing stampede. Recall that residents of the area had invaded the warehouse in the morning and looted…

Oct

24

2020

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I made Nyesom Wike Governor of Rivers State – Nnamdi Kanu

NewsBiafra independence, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, Radio Biafra

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has launched a verbal attack and threat on the Governor of Rivers State, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike. This was after Governor Wike, had on Friday proscribed all activities of the IPOB, in the State. Wike made the declaration in a statewide broadcast over the recent happenings in Rivers State, where the Police Command reported that IPOB members are responsible for the mayhem in the State. He stated that his administration had severally pleaded, warned and even advised IPOB and its members to discontinue its insurrectional actions in Rivers State to no avail.…

Oct

24

2020

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#ENDSARS: Calabar: Sen. Gershom Bassey’s Home, Garment Factory, WAEC, Spar, Police Station, Charles Walker, First Bank, Others Razed By Hoodlums

NewsCalabar, EndSARSProtests

There is serious panic among the political class in Cross river state since yesterday following the destruction and looting of their properties by angry youths over what they described as years of neglect by the elites. Apart from stripping the warehouses in Calabar naked, scores of places have been touched. Among the properties looted and destroyed so far, INEC, UNICAL hotel, West Africa Examination Council, WAEC, FIRS, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and 8 Miles Police Station are Federal institutions. So far, State Government agencies touched include Ministry of Works, State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Cross River State Newspaper Cooperation, Chronicle,…

Oct

23

2020

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House of Rep member arraigned over ‘N1.6 million bribe’

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Anti- corruption agency, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has charged a member of the House of Representatives, Oghuma Egwakhide, for allegedly collecting N1.6 million as bribe from three contractors. In a statement on Thursday, the commission said Mr Egwakhide was charged on a four-count before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Jabi. The commission accused Mr Egwakhide, who represents Etsako East/West/Central Federal Constituency, Edo State, of collecting kickbacks from contractors handling school projects in his constituency. The ICPC said investigations revealed that Mr Egwakhide, demanded 10 per cent kickbacks from…

Oct

23

2020

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Eholor condemns violence, looting and hijacking of #EndSARS struggle by Nnamdi Kanu, says Buhari’s speech uninspiring

News#Lekki massacre, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu

With reports of violence, looting and destruction of properties across Nigeria due to the unrest caused by the #ENDSARS protest, the Global President of One Love Foundation, Chief Patrick Osagie Eholor has condemned it describing the situation as unfortunate and regrettable. Eholor in a chat with The Whisperer, said he also observed with dismay the hijacking of the protest by irresponsible and divisive elements like the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu whose utterances and unguided vituperation led to vandalization of properties, thuggery and looting of both government and private properties in disguise of protest…

Oct

23

2020

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#EndSARS Protest: Southwest Governors Raise Alarm Over Plots To Destroy Region

NewsLagos Violence, Lekki Shootings

South-West Governors have raised the alarm over the infiltration, destruction and carnage in the region under the guise of #EndSARS protests. Chairman, South West Governor's Forum and Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, in a statement in Akure expressed concern over the hijack of the protests by some people, ostensibly to execute a destructive design. Akeredolu in the statement said, "The protests started as genuine, demanding reforms and restitution. The current happenings across the South-West, especially Lagos State, have exposed dubiousness and complicity evidencing malice afore-thought. "We enjoin our youth to rise to defend our land and people against the diabolical…