Media advocates fume as Nigerian govt sanctions TV stations over #EndSARS coverage

On Monday, NBC fined AIT, Channels and Arise News television stations N3 million each.

ByYusuf Akinpelu. PREMIUM TIMES 

 On Tuesday last week, as details of the shooting by the Nigerian army at protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos unfolded, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) announced “guidelines” for media organisations for the “coverage of the crisis.” 

Citing provisions from the heavily-criticized amended broadcasting code, the agency cautioned broadcast stations not to use information that “adversely affects those emotionally involved” in the brewing.

“The broadcaster

Police go after Osun mechanic for beheading five-year-old daughter

 

Police go after Osun mechanic for beheading five-year-old daughter

By Bola Bamigbola ,Osogbo. Punch newspaper 

 A 25 -year - old automobile mechanic , Albert Olaposi, on Monday , allegedly beheaded his five -year - old daughter , Mercy , in Gbongan , Osun State . 

Until her death , Mercy was said to be living with her paternal grandmother in the Oke Oje area of Gbongan , while her parents live in another area of the town .

Lagos commuters stranded after BRT buses burnt

 Lagos commuters stranded after BRT buses burnt

By Tajudeen Adebanjo and Omolola Afolabi.       

 Life continued to pick up on Monday in Lagos after hoodlums attacked public and private facilities last week following the EndSARS protests. 

Commercial buses are back on the roads but commuters had a raw deal as the burning of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) buses took a toll.

#EndSARS: 25 Lagos police formations burnt, five vandalised

 #EndSARS: 25 Lagos police formations burnt, five vandalised

By Precious Igbonwelundu 

At least, 25 police formations were razed and five others vandalised in Lagos during the violence that trailed the #ENDSARS protests last week, findings by The Nation has shown. 

The number comprises 14 divisions, three commands and three barracks. The Police Command however, 

said at the weekend it had started taking stock of the damages it suffered, including the exact number of its men and officers killed and injured during the violence. 

Sanwo-Olu: Lagos needs N1tr to fix destroyed assets

 Sanwo-Olu: Lagos needs N1tr to fix destroyed assets

By Victor Oluwasegun

 It will cost not less than N1 trillion to rebuild Lagos State following last week’s massive destruction of public assets, according to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. 

The state was the epicenter of looting, arson and destruction between Wednesday and Friday last week. It cuts across all areas of endeavor, including businesses, government and private.

BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap Oyo LG boss, Adeleke

 BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap Oyo LG boss, Adeleke

(Olufemi Olaniyi and Wale Oyewale , Ibadan)

Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped the Chairman , Iganna Local Council Development Area of Oyo State , Mr Olayiwola Adeleke.

 Our correspondent gathered that Adeleke was kidnapped together with his driver on Sunday night. The council boss was said to be travelling along the Okeho -Ado Awaye road on his way to Ibadan for a meeting scheduled to hold with Governor Seyi Makinde when the gunmen abducted him. 

The details of the incident were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report . The Police Public Relations Officer , Oyo State Command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, who confirmed the incident,

 said , “ Information reaching me reveals that he was kidnapped along the Ado Aw aye - Iseyin Road.” 

“ Efforts are being intensified to get him released and arrest the culprits. ” Also, the Chairman , Oodua Peoples Congress in Oyo State,

 Mr Rotimi Olumo, when contacted, said the council chairman was kidnapped along Iseyi -Okeho area . He said, 

“ I have called my people and they said they had started combing the forests in the area in search of him. 

” Details later …

One dead in Lagos gas tanker accident

 One dead in Lagos gas tanker accident

A 28 -year - old man, Sanusi Moruff , lost his life in a gas tanker accident that occurred in Lagos State. The Lagos State Emergency Agency made this known , saying that the accident happened at the Fadeyo area of Lagos State. 

In a series of tweets on Monday, the agency said the corpse of the deceased had been handed over to members of his family. LASEMA said, 

“ Upon the arrival of the Cobra Squad at the scene of the accident that involved an empty tanker, 

Journalist shot in Lokoja

Journalist shot in Lokoja

 A journalist with the Sun Newspaper , Emmanuel Adeyemi, has been shot. Adeyemi was on his way to the Nigerian Union of Journalists Secretariat when he was shot. The drive -by shooters also shot another passerby , whose identity could not be immediately ascertained .

The passerby was said to have just arrived from Benue and caught up in the middle of the mayhem . The gunshots in Lokoja,

 the Kogi state capital followed the resumption of looting in another warehouse in Zone 8 area . 

A similar incident was recorded overnight when the ADP warehouse was invaded and bags of fertilizer carted away