Hot News
#EndSARSMemorial: Police disperse protesters with tear gas
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command fired tear gas on the #EndSARS protesters holding a two-year remembrance rally at the Lekki Toll Gate on Thursday.
In a series of video making rounds online and sighted by Punch Metro, officers of the Nigerian Police Force shot teargas to disperse the youths commemorating the memorial of the October 20, 2020, event.
The memorial rally was organized to mark the second anniversary of the #EndSARS movement.
A Twitter user, Samzy @SamzyVG, giving an account of the incident via video, wrote, “Nigerian Police Have Started Shooting Tear Gas at Lekki toll Gate!!”
Another Twitter user, Peter Obi Grassroots Mobilization. @PO_GrassRootM, also documenting the account in a video wrote, “The lawless Nigerian police now attacking and shooting young Nigerians at lekki toll gate for #EndSARSMemorial2 this is unacceptable. We want the world to see and know that Nigerian Police are the worst in the whole wide world. #Lekkitollgate #LekkiMassacre @CNN @AishaYesufu.”
-
Metro13 hours ago
Four-year-old boy dies while eating in Abuja school
-
News16 hours ago
Gombe residents lament 48 hours blackout
-
Metro14 hours ago
Lagos destroys shops in Ajah market, arrests two traders
-
Metro14 hours ago
Ogun police arrest two ‘one chance’ robbers
-
News16 hours ago
Hadi Sirika spends second night in EFCC custody over money laundering probe
-
News15 hours ago
Blackout: Ogun vows repairs of poles destroyed by heavy rain
-
News9 hours ago
US court overturn ex-Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction
-
Metro9 hours ago
Mother, child electrocuted in Ogun market