Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Friday, October 16th, 2020
The possible age-long jinx against the installation a traditional ruler for Isiu community in Ikorodu, Lagos State, ended on Thursday with the coronation of Oba Olukayode Raji as the new Eweye of Isiu Land.
A retired police officer, Fulani Kwajafa, who championed the formation of the now-disbanded Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) has said that he regrets creating it.
Now in its eighth day on Thursday, the #EndSARS protest continued in different parts of the country, with protesters repelling attacks from thugs and security agents.
The National Economic Council (NEC) has ordered that a judicial panels of inquiry be constituted across the country to probe widespread complaints of police brutality and extra judicial killings.
President Muhammadu Buhari has come under heavy backlash from Nigerians for some days now after the youths staged a peaceful protest against SARS, SWAT, Police brutality and extortion.
The Governor of Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwoolu has reacted after an Instagram user told him ‘soro soke werey’.
The Federal Government on Thursday asserted that the reason the ongoing demonstrations by youths across the country have gathered and sustained its momentum is because of the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) in the country.
Lagos Bus Services Limited has suspended operations indefinitely following allegations that one of its buses was used to convey thugs to Alausa to disrupt #EndSARS protests as seen in a viral video.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday decried the alleged politisation of #EndSARS protests by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing it as “irresponsible.”
Nigerians have been barred from taking part in the United States’ visa lottery in 2022.
The Federal Government of Nigeria, on Thursday, agreed to release N30bn earned academic allowance to the university lecturers.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi says it’s poised to wrest political power from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology, has said.
Lagos has constituted a Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses in the State.
Presidential Task Force’s Chairman on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, revealed on Thursday only the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Lagos State had attained the target of testing of one percent of its population.
Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has disclosed the names of the police officers who attacked protesters at the Area C Command Police Station in the Surulere area of the state.
An end SARS protester, Mrs Nike Lawal was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command. She stays at No.30, Anjorin Street, Aminkanle, Lagos State.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has faulted the nomination of Mrs Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
On Thursday night, Nigerians experience a Twitter outage.
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