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FearlessInOctober: Eagle Square sealed off as security forces crush protest in Abuja
By Francesca Hangeior.
The Nigerian security forces, on Tuesday, sealed off Eagle Square, a revered national venue, and dispersed a protest by the #FearlessInOctober demonstrators, escalating tensions between protesters and the government in the nation’s capital, Abuja.
The crackdown, involving police and military personnel, blocked access to the square, a strategic location near the National Assembly and Presidential Villa that symbolizes Nigeria’s seat of power.
Tuesday’s protest aimed to highlight Nigeria’s economic crisis, with demonstrators demanding an end to poverty, hardship, and poor governance.
The #FearlessInOctober movement seeks to pressure the government to address skyrocketing food prices, rising fuel costs, and widespread poverty.
Previous protests held between August 1 and 10 were met with resistance from security operatives, setting the stage for Tuesday’s confrontation.
The government’s decision to seal off Eagle Square, despite it not being used for Independence Day celebrations, has raised concerns among protesters about their freedom of assembly and expression.
As of the time of this report, security agencies continue to patrol Abuja, searching for protesters.
Eagle Square’s significance lies in its role as the venue for presidential inaugurations, independence celebrations, and historic gatherings.
Famous American actor, Denzel Washington has revealed he has Nigerian ancestry.
The ‘Gladiator II’ actor disclosed that his heritage test shows that he is 90 per cent Irish and 10 per cent Nigerian.
Washington spoke in a recent interview with British-Nigerian media personality, Ada Enechi.
“I am 10 per cent Nigerian and 90 per cent Irish,” he stated.
Meanwhile, Denzel Washington has hinted at retirement.
The 69-year-old thespian disclosed during a press tour of his latest movie ‘Gladiator II’ in Australia that ‘Black Panther 3’ is one of his last films before retirement.
He said he would be retiring after shooting ‘Black Panther 3’, ‘Othello 2’ and ‘King Lear.’
About 20 suspected criminals arrested for various crimes across Osun State, including three suspected highway armed robbers, were on Friday paraded by the state police command.
Presenting the suspects to journalists, the spokesperson for the police, Yemisi Opalola, said the armed robbery suspects, Olajide Kareem (28), Mike Emmanuel (33), and Godwin Emmanuel (23) were arrested along Osu/Ilesa road.
Opalola said the suspects, during their operations robbed many people of their jewelries, phones cash, and other valuables.
She added that during one of the robbery incidents, a bus driver was shot in the leg, while a female passenger was raped by one of the suspects.
Also paraded was Emmanuel Anthony, accused of using military uniforms to rob passengers along Ekiti road, where he forced a victim from Esa Oke, to transfer a sum of N3m to his account.
Anthony was also accused of robbing other people of their mobile phones valued at N1.25m.
Seven other suspects arrested for conspiracy, armed robbery and receipt of stolen vehicles, were also paraded.
Four northern states of Gombe, Bauchi, Benue and Plateau have been thrown into darkness, due to a fault on the 330kV double circuit transmission lines of Ugwuji-Makurdi-Jos.
The states are among the franchise area of Jos Electricity Distribution Company.
According to the Head of Corporate Communications, JEDC, Friday Elijah, the tripping of the lines occurred in the afternoon on Friday, resulting in the loss of power supply on all the 33KV feeders.”
He disclosed that the Transmission Company of Nigeria engineers were working to rectify the fault.
“We hope to restore normal power supply to our esteemed customers as soon as the fault is rectified and power supply is restored back to normalcy,” said Elijah.
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Four northern states in darkness as transmission lines trip
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