A Police officer has been beheaded and roasted moments after he reportedly murdered two locals in Ogidi, Anambra State. The InfoStride gathered that the police officer shot two protesters in the state. This is coming after the massive unrest across the country as a result of the #ENDSARS protest and alleged killing of protesters by armed forces in Lagos State. The photos will be embedded in the links below (Please Note that the pictures are explicit content); PHOTO 1 PHOTO 2 PHOTO 3 PHOTO 4
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Youtube has announced a $100 million fund to support and amplify the work of Black YouTube creators from African countries including Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. The fund, called the “Black Voices Fund”, will be used for original programming and ensuring Black creators thrive on the social media platform. “Our goal is to expand funding to more countries over the course of the next three years, said Alex Okosi, Managing Director of Emerging Markets at YouTube. “Additionally, we hope to provide a consistent drumbeat of educational training, workshops, and community events to Black creators and artists globally. Okosi said along…
US aerospace manufacturer SpaceX has launched 60 internet satellites from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. According to Space.com a Falcon-9 rocket lifted off carrying the Starlink satellites from the center on Cape Canaveral on Sunday. SpaceX tweeted that the satellites will bring broadband internet to “locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable.” SpaceX’s Starlink isn’t the only internet constellation in the works, Amazon and OneWeb are also planning their own internet beaming services. Rocket Lab CEO, Peter Beck, says the company is starting to feel the effects of congestion in outer space. The sheer number of objects in…
Following Tuesday’s crackdown by security personnel on peaceful #EndSARS protesters in the upscale Lekki area of Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos on Tuesday, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday stated his commitment to ensuring that all patients get medical attention while working with the federal government to get to the root of the despicable act. Sanwo-Olu blamed “forces beyond his direct control” for the attack on #EndSARS protesters in the state, stating that there were no recorded fatalities in the Lekki shooting as against widespread social media reports to the contrary. “Fellow Lagosians whilst we pray for the swift recovery…
The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered an immediate investigation into the shooting that happened on Tuesday, October 20 at Lekki Toll Plaza area, Lagos State. On Tuesday evening, there were reports of massive shooting by security agents at protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate. The development subsequently escalated into outrage on social media. It was gathered that light around the toll plaza went off before the security agents stormed the protesters, shooting sporadically. Sanwo-Olu, while reacting in a statement issued by Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso; said there had been reports of shooting at the Lekki…
A professor of political economy and management specialist, Pat Utomi, has narrated how security operatives opened fire at the # EndSARS protest venue in the Lekki region of Lagos State. Utomi, who lives very close to the toll gate area where the protest has held peacefully for about two weeks, said he was having a telephone conversation before the incident occurred. “I live not very far from the Lekki Toll Gate and I was on the deck of the house and I was actually speaking to somebody in the United States,” he told Newsmen. He narrated, “I have just finished…
A police station in the Atan-Ota area of Ogun State has been set ablaze, the police authorities in the state have said. In a statement on Wednesday, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi who is the Police Public Relations Officer confirmed that the attack was carried out early in the morning by a group of “people with ulterior motives”. He decried that such persons were taking advantage of the #EndSARS protests to commit all sorts of heinous crimes in the state. In the process, Oyeyemi said a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Augustine Ogbeche, and a civilian were killed, while some arms were…
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AdulRazaq has inaugurated a judicial panel of inquiry to probe the violation of human rights and police brutality on its citizens. The panel comes after the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, had directed all State Governors to set up the Judicial Panels in all the States would include representatives of Youths, Students, Civil Society Organizations and would be chaired by a respected retired State High Court Judge. He also directed State Governors to immediately establish a State-based Special Security and Human Rights Committee to be chaired by the Governors in their States, to supervise the…
Two policemen have been killed and two others are missing after the attack on the Divisional Police Headquarters in the Ojoo area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo, Fadeyi Olugbenga, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday hours after the incident. He said the police station was set ablaze at about 1pm by disgruntled criminals who allegedly hijacked the #EndSARS protests to unleash mayhem on police personnel. According to him, the Commissioner of Police in Oyo, Joe Enwonwu, has condemned the attack on the police station. “The Commissioner of Police wishes to state…
Pandemonium has broken out in the Lekki Toll Gate Area of Lagos State as armed security personnel stormed the scene of the #EndSARS protests and opened fire at protesters, and set the toll gate on fire afterwards. While details of the incident are still sketchy, there have been reports of various casualties, with many sustaining gunshot wounds. Some videos from eyewitnesses at the scene of the incident have shown some persons bleeding seriously, while others tried to extract the bullets. Others were seen administering CPR to some injured persons, to resuscitate them. The incident comes hours after the Lagos State…