The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked President Bola Tinubu to convert the newly assented Students Loans Act to grant for indigent students. “This would have been better if we are giving it to those set of students who are very poor, it should be called a grant, not a…
Lekki Residents has made fresh demands to Lagos Government for the safe reopening of Lekki toll gate. Truetells Nigeria reports that the residents of estates around Lekki have given the Lagos State Government and Lekki Concession Company (LCC), managers of the Lekki/Epe Expressway conditions for the re-opening of the Lekki Toll Gate. READ:…
Policemen Have Been Spotted Assaulting #Occupylekkitollgate Protesters. Watch Video: READ: Police Begin Brutalization Of #Occupylekki Protesters (Video) VIDEO: Policemen spotted assaulting #occupylekkitollgate protesters Source: BBC Pidgin pic.twitter.com/jfucWl8X9D — The Nation Nigeria (@TheNationNews) February 13, 2021
Falz Has Reacted To Mr Macaroni’s Arrest, Says “FG Doesn’t Want Peace”. Truetells Nigeria reports that Rapper and actor, Falz, has lambasted the Federal government over the arrest of popular comedian, Debo Adebayo, better known as Mr. Macaroni, and other protesters at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos State. READ: Police Arrest Mr Macaroni…
A middle-aged woman from Baraton Location in Kiminini, Trans Nzoia County, Kenya has set her matrimonial house on fire after her husband allegedly married a second wife. Edina Ng’eno set the house alight at 9:30am when her husband, Elijah Nandwa Lomeni, was at work and their children at school. K24 Digital understands Edina had been…
Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ile-Igbon Division, Surulere Local Government Area of Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Adepoju Ayodeji, on Friday shot an operative of Amotekun for arresting Fulani herdsmen who allegedly destroyed a cassava farm. The Amotekun commandant in the state, Col. Olayanju Olayinka (retd.), who confirmed this to reporters in Ibadan on Friday,…
Charly boy, on his Twitter page, joined in condemning the reopening of the toll gate, even as he insisted that Nigerians have right to protest and should not be stopped. His tweet read, “I know these animals have turned Nigeria into a Jungle but peaceful protest is still our human right. “Animals cannot dash us…
There is an ensuing drama at Lekki Toll-Gate as the black maria van used to convey arrested protesters developed fault. Truetells Nigeria reports that in a video shared on twitter, some officers were seen pushing the vehicle to make it start. As they were pushing, the arrested protesters continued shouting for their release as journalists…
Police have arrested popular comedian Debo Adebayo, also known as Mr Macaroni, at the Lekki toll gate. Truetells Nigeria learnt that the comedian joined other protesters at the tollgate to express his dissatisfaction with the decision of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry allowing the Lekki Concession Company to reopen the Lekki tollgate…
Youths under the aegis of #OccupyLekkiTollgate and #EndSARS Season 2 have insisted that they would proceed with their protest despite the presence of security operatives at the Lekki toll gate. The protesters, who spoke to our correspondent on Saturday morning, insisted that they would hold a protest at the Lekki tollgate. READ:…
