Desmond Elliot apologises for referring to Nigerian youths as “children”

Desmond Elliot, popular actor turned Lagos House of Assembly member representing Surulere constituency, yesterday apologized to the Nigerian youths after heavy backlash from a video of him speaking during a plenary session at the House of Assembly where he referred to Nigerian youths as children. Elliot who was speaking on why Nigeria needs a social media regulation called on the speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly to “address certain things” like “the Nigerian youth, the social media, the social influencers.” Elliot referenced the recent #EndSARS protests in the…

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Truck crushes school bus, kills 21 in Enugu

It was indeed a dark Wednesday for the entire staff of Providence Nursery and Primary School in Enugu State as the school’s bus driver, seven pupils and a teacher were said to have died instantly in a road accident around Nkwo Junction, in the Awgu Local Government Area of the state, while conveying the children home from school. Nine other pupils, who were said to have sustained varying degrees of injury, were rushed to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, for treatment. According to the Federal Road Safety Corps,…

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