Tag: shootings
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Police to quiz Burna Boy over Cubana night club shootings
Nigerian artiste Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy has got questions to answer from the Nigeria police over shootings that occurred from security operatives attached to him at club cubana on Wednesday night. The NewsGuru.com reports that Lagos State Police Commissioner’s Special Squad has detained five policemen attached to the singer for attempted murder…
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![[Video] Mayhem in Idi-Araba as Lagos task force clash with Okada riders; chaos extends to LUTH](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/police-itire-okada-riders.jpg)
[Video] Mayhem in Idi-Araba as Lagos task force clash with Okada riders; chaos extends to LUTH
There was pandemonium in Idi-Araba area of Lagos State on Thrusday after scores of commercial motorcyclists popularly called ‘Okada’ riders clashed with officials of Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, also known as Task Force, who were on a routine enforcement of the state traffic rules. The chaos, TheNewsGuru (TNG) gathered from a…
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#EndSARS: ‘Who ordered the shootings at Lekki Toll Gate?’, Nigerians ask five months after incident
Young Nigerians have again taken to their social media accounts to demand answers to the perpetrators of the ugly incident at the Lekki Toll Gate five months after. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG recalls that protesters who were demanding an end to police brutality and good governance in the country had converged at the toll gate before being…
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SAD! Eight killed in Georgia shootings
Eight people, six of whom were Asian women, were killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of Georgia Tuesday, with a 21-year-old man in custody on suspicion of staging all three attacks, police said. The shootings came with many Asian-Americans already on edge following a recent spike in hate crimes against…
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![Lekki Shootings: CCTV captured Nigerian soldiers firing at unarmed protestors, Sanwo-Olu tells CNN [VIDEO]](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sanwo-Olu-700x375-1.jpg)
Lekki Shootings: CCTV captured Nigerian soldiers firing at unarmed protestors, Sanwo-Olu tells CNN [VIDEO]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has revealed that footage obtained from the CCTV cameras installed at the Lekki toll gate showed that indeed Nigerian soldiers were at the scene of the shooting of unarmed protesters. Sanwo-Olu revealed this when he appeared on CNN’s “Connect the World with Becky Anderson programme” on Monday. “From the footage…
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![[Video] 11 Lekki shooting victims moved to Reddington hospital for treatment](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Eky1yeBXYAc7JEC.jpg)
[Video] 11 Lekki shooting victims moved to Reddington hospital for treatment
Not less that eleven victims (EndSARs protesters) of the mindless shootings at Lekki Toll Gate have been reportedly moved to Reddington hospital in Lagos for treatment. Earlier TheNewsGuru had reported how the unarmed protesters were shot at by the military at the Lekki toll gate, holdout for the #EndSars protest. Watch video:
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LAGOS IS BLEEDING: Deaths, injuries as policemen, soldiers rain bullets on #ENDSARS protesters in Lekki
Policemen and soldiers out to enforce a 24 hour curfew at Lekki Toll Gate shot at #EndSARS protesters Tuesday night. Reports reaching TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) indicates that some persons have been feared killed while several others were injured. The shooting led to the dispersal of the protesters, who had remained at the Plaza, hours after the…
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JUST IN: Shooting in Akure between APC, PDP supporters
Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ondo State exchanged gun fire in Akure, the capital Sunday morning. The shooting on Oba Adesida Road was reported to be an escalation of the clash on Saturday, during which an APC supporter was killed. One person was reported killed today and many…
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#EdoDecides2020: ‘INEC raises alarm over shootings, hijack of electoral materials, vote buying…’
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has confirmed a shooting incident in Orhionmwon local government area of Edo state, saying it was working with the police and other security agencies to ensure the peaceful conduct of the ongoing governorship election. INEC also said it was in receipt of images showing the alleged hijack of electoral…
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Aisha Buhari’s actions informed by love for Nigeria – Spokesman
The activities of the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, have been informed by her love for Nigeria, her spokesman, Aliyu Abdullahi, has said. Abdullahi, who spoke on the current affairs programme of the Channels Television, Politics Today on Sunday, also said the First Lady had taken a leave from speaking freely about public issues because she…