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When a Bank Puts SMEs First

Nov 1, 2020 topnews

Last week will go down as one of the most challenging weeks, if not the most challenging, Nigeria has faced in 2020. What started out weeks before as very well-organised peaceful protests by young Nigerians campaigning to #EndSARS, was supplanted by hoodlums engaging in wanton looting, arson and destruction of public and private properties across many states at an unprecedented scale. By the end of the week, many lives had been lost, many properties and businesses completely destroyed and Nigeria has been left reeling from a shock that dwarfs any…

U.S. Navy SEAL rescues an American hostage in Nigeria

Oct 31, 2020 topnews

US forces have rescued an American hostage in Nigeria, the Pentagon said Saturday. The man, Philip Walton, aged 27 was abducted in Niger and taken across the border to Nigeria, where US forces freed him without suffering any casualties, it said. The SEALs rescued Walton after killing a number of his captors. SEAL Team 6 was chosen for the operation because they are responsible for West Africa, says reports. “The United States is committed to the safe return of all US citizens taken captive,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a…

Boko Haram releases abducted pastor, Rev. Zango

Oct 31, 2020 topnews

Rev. Polycarp Zango, a pastor with the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in Jos, Plateau State, abducted by the terrorist group on October 19, while on a journey to a Ministers’ conference in Gombe has been released by Boko Haram; the deadly sect that abducted him. Recall that a viral video had earlier shown the COCIN pastor in their custody, but he was released from captivity yesterday. The Vice-Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (Northern region), Rev. John Hayab, said Zango regained his freedom on Friday night. Details of how…

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

Oct 30, 2020 topnews

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…

Truck crushes school bus, kills 21 in Enugu

Oct 30, 2020 topnews

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,…

Lekki shooting: Gov. Sanwo-Olu invited the soldiers, Army Insists

Oct 28, 2020 topnews

The Nigerian Army yesterday broke its silence on the #EndSARS protest which led to the Lekki shooting incident that was condemned globally, as the military command denied that it fired at the marchers. It also disputed the claims by Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu that he knew nothing about troop deployment in Lekki Tollgate where soldiers were accused of shooting protesters for allegedly flouting the curfew imposed on the state to curb the social unrest unleashed by hoodlums who had seized the #EndSARS protest. A statement by the Acting…

Lekki Shooting: Nigerians mock Fashola on Twitter over camera discovery

Oct 26, 2020 topnews

Minister for Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola is trending at the moment on social media, especially Twitter as many Nigerians have turned his camera discovery story at the Lekki scene of the shooting incident to be a “huge joke.” Critics of Fashola’s story argued that, after the October 20th shooting of protesters, the Lagos State Waste Management (LAWMA) staff have gone round to clean up the area, many people have plied the routes, and scavengers that pick up metal materials for sales have all gone round the axis, so after…

Fashola discovers ‘hidden camera’ at scene of Lekki shooting

Oct 26, 2020 topnews

Former governor of Lagos State, and current minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola on Sunday, found a camera at the scene of the shooting in the Lekki area of Lagos state. Fashola found the device while on tour of the place where #EndSARS protesters demonstrated for 13 days before they were forcefully dispersed. On Tuesday last week, October 20, men in army uniform invaded the Lekki toll plaza and shot at the peaceful protesters, and this has generated controversies over casualty figures, and also who ordered the soldiers to…

Lagos to prosecute 229 persons over arson, damaging of properties, etc

Oct 25, 2020 topnews

Lagos State Government says prosecution of suspected hoodlums will commence, as the police had arrested 229 suspects and their case files were being evaluated in preparation for prosecution on charges of arson, murder, stealing, malicious damage of properties and assault, among others. A statement by the Director, Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Mr Kayode Oyekanmi, said the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions, Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi, had gone round relevant police formations with her team “to evaluate files of those arrested by the police with a view to determining…

#EndSARS: Protesters destroy Zik’s statue in Anambra

Oct 25, 2020 topnews

Hoodlums in Anambra State have destroyed the statue of Nigeria’s first president Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, erected in the city. The hoodlums are suspected to be some of those who hijacked the #EndSARS protest to wreak havoc. The statute, located at Dennis Memorial Grammar School roundabout in Onitsha, was erected by Governor Willie Obiano to beautify the city. While vandalising the statue, the hoodlums, armed with dangerous weapons including machetes, were heard venting their anger against the late Nigerian statesman. The hoodlums, it was gathered, hung a disused tyre on the…