The coalition of protest groups in Lagos and across Nigeria has released a statement on their resolution to press not just for justice but for a new and better Nigeria where all citizens are safe and can thrive. The statement was released following the nationwide address from President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, October 22, 2020. Lagos State, where the hotbed of resistance began has been under state-wide curfew imposed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Prior to that, Soldiers attacked peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate and unleashed carnage. We have watched with horror, the ensuing acts of violence, murder, looting,…
Author: Abiodun A.
Some angry youths in Osun on Friday stormed a warehouse in Ede town, where COVID-19 palliatives were allegedly stored. Equally important, the youths carted away food items meant to be distributed to residents. The angry youths trooped out in their hundreds to the moribund Cocoa-Ceramic Industry in Ede where the COVID-19 palliatives were stored. The InfoStride reports that some of the COVID-19 palliatives carted away include beans, noodles, sugar, salt, garri, rice, pasta; among other items. There were no attempts to stop them. Specifically, Mr. Mufu Akano, one of the youths who spoke to newsmen, said he is happy to…
Facebook launched WhatsApp Business back in 2018 to help small businesses interact with customers and sell their products. In the current pandemic, the need for a central hub to communicate with online retailers has become more important than ever. The company says that over 175 million people message a WhatsApp business account daily. To further improve upon this experience, WhatsApp has detailed a host of new changes that it will be making to its service. First and foremost, it will be making it easier for businesses to sell products directly from the chat, and allow them to integrate these features…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is presently going round the Lagos metropolis to inspect the level of havoc wreaked across the state. The governor on Friday visited Local Government Secretariats, Police Stations, and other facilities attacked by hoodlums in the state. The governor and his team visited the Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government, Ajeromi Divisional Police Headquarters, Layeni, and Amukoko Police Stations, Lagos State Public Works Office at Ojodu and Ojodu Bus Rapid Transit terminal. Following the shooting at Lekki Tollgate on Tuesday, mobs went about the state destroying various facilities including those belonging to the government. The destructions which got into…
Instagram has apologized for wrongly labelling posts in support of Nigeria’s #EndSARS protests as false. On Wednesday, Facebook and Instagram flagged posts about the protests and Tuesday night’s shootings of peaceful protesters in Lekki, Lagos, as false information. Many Nigerians took to Twitter to express their displeasure at some of their posts, specifically those with a blood-stained Nigerian flag, and the hashtags #LekkiMassacre and #EndSARS. Users said they received a message that read: “False: The same false information was reviewed in another post by fact-checkers. There may be small differences. Independent fact-checkers say this information has no basis in fact.”…
DJ Switch was widely praised via her Instagram Live for broadcasting the mass shooting that took place at Lekki Tollgate, Lagos on Tuesday, October 20. In the wake of the Tuesday incident, Obianuju Catherine Udeh, the leading Nigerian disc jockey and music producer, professionally known as DJ Switch, recounted how the events on that fateful day worked out. The InfoStrides reports that Nigerians were shocked on October 20, 2020 as military men stormed the Lekki Toll Plaza to fire unarmed demonstrators from # EndSARS. Even alleging that videos showing their officers deliberately firing at the demonstrators were photoshopped, the Nigerian…
An attempted jailbreak on Thursday was foiled at the Ikoyi Prison in Lagos. Trouble began following a fire outbreak in one of the blocks of the correctional facility. It is not clear who lit the fire but the inmates had attempted to cash in on the situation to escape, forcing the security personnel there to shoot into the air. The situation has however been brought under control after the arrival of the assistant controller of prisons. This is happening about 48 hours after the prison break in Edo State.
Quibi could be considering ceasing its streaming service; amid a number of issues since launch. Issues such as poor viewership; low download rates; and legal battles. This is according to a new report by The Wall Street Journal. The streaming platform was launched in April with what initially looked like a positive market reception. Its chief executive officer, Meg Whitman; even said at that time that Quibi was downloaded 1.7 million times; during its first week of release. Prior to its rollout, the service also raised $1.75 billion from investors such as Walmart; PepsiCo; and Anheuser-Busch. However, it later struggled…
Facebook Dating, which launched in the U.S. last year, is now expanding its services to 32 European countries. The rollout was originally planned on Valentine’s Day, but regulatory concerns caused the long delay. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) stated that it hadn’t received prior information about the planned launch, and was also informed about the February 13 launch date on February 3. In addition to being given the short notice, the DPC wasn’t given documentation concerning the Data Protection Impact Assessment, the regulator said. The service, integrated with the rest of the firm’s products, appears as a tab in Facebook’s…
The InfoStride had earlier reported that an unspecified number of people were killed; and several others injured when soldiers attacked the protesters; around the Lekki toll plaza on Tuesday evening. Consequently, the Lagos State Commissioner for Information; Gbenga Omotosho, disclosed the commencement of a probe in his statement this week. He said: “There have been reports of shooting at the Lekki Toll Plaza; following the 24-hour curfew imposed on Lagos State; to stop criminals who hid under the #EndSARS protests to unleash mayhem on innocent citizens. “The state government has ordered an investigation into the incident. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has…
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
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…