Welcome to EKOHOTBLOG summary of top Major Nigeria Newspaper headlines for today, Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
After the shooting of peaceful #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate, with reports of casualties, ambulances and emergency workers that responded to calls were turned back by soldiers.
President General of Igbo umbrella socio-cultural and political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, has said the raging youth revolt against the menace of police brutality as mirrored by SARS has its root in the existing political injustice in the country.
News reaching us confirms protesters injured at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos on Tuesday evening have been rushed to the Reddington and Lagoon hospitals in the area.
A petition asking the United Kingdom to sanction the members of the Nigerian government and police force for human rights abuses over the #EndSARS movement has been signed by 83,719 individuals.
Hillary Clinton, a former Presidential candidate in the United States, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari, to stop killing young #EndSARS protesters in Nigeria.
Fire on Tuesday evening destroyed the bridge connecting Lekki to the Ikoyi area of Lagos.
Odion Ighalo, Manchester United star, has lent his voice to condemn the brutality of the Nigerian government against its citizens.
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has broken silence over Lekki shooting
The United States has shut its embassy in Lagos over rising violence rocking the city.
Suspected hoodlums reportedly razed buildings housing three commercial banks in the Lekki area of the state on Tuesday evening.
A 47 year old woman, Mrs Victoria Agori, has narrated how the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Monitoring team shot her 21-year-old son, Daniel, in her presence before stripping her naked.
A panel set up to investigate reports of human rights violations by operatives of the now disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), has recommended the prosecution of 33 officers.
Sharp wail of sorrow and piercing grunt of pain pervaded the air at Lekki Toll Gate on Tuesday as military swoop in on EndSARS protesters who have used the toll gate as covergence point for the past two weeks.
The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has lauded the Sokoto State Government for successful enrolment of 75,650 out-of-school children.
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Tuesday met with Security Chiefs in the State following the continued #EndSARS protest which has taken a dangerous dimension across the state.
Plateau state governor Simon Lalong, has imposed a 24-hour curfew in Jos North and Jos South Local Government Areas, from 8p.m. on Tuesday.
The Ekiti state government on Tuesday imposed a 24-hour curfew across the state becoming the third state, after Edo and Lagos, to take such action.
Femi Fani-Kayode has vowed that Nigerian leaders who allowed the shedding of the blood of protesters in Lekki, Lagos State on Tuesday will never escape punishment.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger has confirmed the death of six persons in a multiple accident that occurred on the Lapai-Agaiye-Bida road on Tuesday.
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