NewsBriefRecall @5pm 3-11

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Uploaded: 2025-11-03T21:47:53+00:00
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00:00Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has declared the founder and publisher of Sahara

00:05Reporter's news media, Omiele Sawari wanted for organizing protest in Lagos State, which,

00:12the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mishu Jimosen Sawari has allegedly committed the

00:17offense of breach of public peace, and the police commissioner thereafter confirmed the arrest of

00:2213 persons he described as vagabonds and miscreants as group of people came out on Monday morning to

00:28protest against the demolition of their settlements after their houses at the Koka and Odulari areas

00:34of a Warren Shockey community in Kasofay local government area of Lagos State were brought down

00:40at midnight on Saturday, hours after the state government announced that it had compensated

00:46about 80 property owners on Friday, forcing some concerned citizens to condemn the government for

00:52displacing families without a clear plan for relocation and reintegration into the housing

00:57system. This, Omiele Sawari in an on-the-spot video statement made on Monday at the scene of

01:03the protest, said, he could not come down from the vehicle because he had a privileged information

01:09that there was plans to kill him if he comes out openly during the protest, according to Sawari,

01:15the action of the police explained why President Donald Trump of the United States, US is considering

01:21military action in Nigeria because the US president has seen weak leadership and leaders do not mean

01:27well for the people. According to the Lagos State Police Commissioner, I hereby as the Commissioner of

01:33Police, Lagos State Police Command, declare Sawari wanted. I declare him wanted for causing disturbance

01:40of public peace and an act to commit a felony by planning and putting all the plans in motion to block the

01:46third mainland bridge to cause hardship for Lagosians and other Nigerians, more especially visitors,

01:52who are transients through this end. We will not allow that. We are closing in on him. Anywhere he is,

02:00he should know that we are closing in on him. We learned that he was in a bus and being videoed.

02:06Why didn't he come down? He came down in Abuja. He should come down, wherever he is,

02:12he should report himself to the nearest police station. We are going to arrest him, investigate

02:18him and prosecute him. The Commissioner of Police said massive deployment of police personnel had

02:24been made, not just to the third mainland bridge but also to other parts of the state,

02:29where coordinated protests are likely to hold. The police boss stressed that, this location is vital

02:36to the city's economy and the well-being of commuters. We will not allow any action, peaceful or

02:42otherwise, that seeks to block the bridge and disrupt livelihoods. Any attempt to obstruct

02:47the third mainland bridge is a direct threat to public safety and national infrastructure.

02:53Anyone attempting to disturb public peace will be arrested, investigated and prosecuted.

02:59Lagos is the heartbeat of Nigeria's economy, and we cannot afford chaos here. We have arrested 13 suspects,

03:07who are vagabonds and miscreants who wanted to cause mayhem in Lagos state.

03:12Sawari in a statement with a video attachment, said, I recorded this video at the scene of the attack

03:18on peaceful protesters by Nigeria police force in Lagos during today's Awaransaki anti-demolition protest,

03:25which they handled in the usual despicable and unconscionable manner. The Ogun state-born princess,

03:32Ola Tarira Majeko Dunmianiru has reacted over the description of Nigeria as a

03:37disgraced country, by President Donald Trump of the United States, U.S., saying,

03:43the greatest contribution the United States and its allies can make at this pivotal moment is to

03:48support the genuine democratic emergence of visionary, credible, and people-centered Nigerian leaders,

03:55not the preservation of a kleptocratic status quo that has entrenched poverty, division and despair,

04:01calling on the international community for the urgent need to uphold democracy and human dignity

04:06amid President Trump's plans to begin U.S. military actions in Nigeria to end the killing

04:12of Christians in Nigeria. While reacting to the recent remarks by President Donald Trump portraying

04:18Nigeria as a disgraced country, Princess Ola Tarira acknowledged the deep governance challenges

04:24confronting Africa's most populous nation but emphasized that Nigeria's struggle is not one

04:30of Christian targeted conflict, but one of governance, justice, and humanity itself.

04:36The greatest contribution the United States and its allies can make at this pivotal moment is to

04:41support the genuine democratic emergence of visionary, credible, and people-centered Nigerian leaders,

04:48not the preservation of a kleptocratic status quo that has entrenched poverty, division and despair.

04:54True partnership must empower integrity and merit, not those who have rigged themselves into power

05:00through corruption and coercion. Princess Ola Tarira called for global collaboration to restore

05:06faith in governance and strengthen democratic institutions, noting that Nigeria's stability and

05:12progress are critical not only for its citizens but for Africa and the world at large. Only through

05:18principled engagement and unwavering support for democracy can Nigeria's citizens rebuild their nation

05:24in peace and dignity, free from the devastation of renewed conflict. I look forward to continued

05:30dialogue, progressive cooperation, and a shared vision for humanity," she concluded.

05:36We have reported that President Donald Trump of the United States of America has placed U.S.

05:42soldiers on red alert for possible war in Nigeria. According to President Trump, the U.S.

05:47Department of War should prepare U.S. troops for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian

05:54government continued to allow the killing of Christians. The U.S. troops may very well go into

06:00that now disgraced country, guns a-blazing, to completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists who are

06:05committing these horrible atrocities. This, President Trump issued on Saturday evening in line with Greenwich

06:12Meridian Time after President Bola Ahmed Tanubu personally signed a statement rejecting Trump

06:18earlier claim on Friday that Christians are being targeted and killed in Nigeria, although President

06:24Bola Ahmed Tanubu disagreed with Trump who had described the high level of insecurity in Nigeria as

06:31a religious war by Islamic terrorists against Christians. But, some Nigerians quickly took to the

06:38comment section of President Bola Ahmed Tanubu post on X social media platform, and pasted a screenshot of

06:45a tweet published by President Bola Ahmed Tanubu on January 29, 2014, wherein, President Bola Ahmed Tanubu

06:54apparently had long accepted and agreed that the insecurity in Nigeria is possibly- President Donald

07:01Trump of the United States of America has placed U.S. soldiers on red alert for possible war in Nigeria,

07:07according to President Trump, the U.S. Department of War should prepare U.S. troops for possible

07:13military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government continued to allow the killing of Christians.

07:19The U.S. troops may very well go into that now disgraced country, guns a-blazing, to completely wipe

07:26out the Islamic terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities. This, President Trump issued on

07:32Saturday evening in line with Greenwich Meridian Time after President Bola Ahmed Tanubu personally signed

07:39a statement rejecting Trump earlier claim on Friday that Christians are being targeted and killed in

07:45Nigeria, although President Bola Ahmed Tanubu disagreed with Trump who had described the high level of

07:51insecurity in Nigeria as a religious war by Islamic terrorists against Christians. But, some Nigerians

07:59quickly took to the comments section of President Bola Ahmed Tanubu's post on ex-social media platform,

08:06and pasted a screenshot of a tweet published by President Bola Ahmed Tanubu on January 29, 2014,

08:14wherein, President Bola Ahmed Tanubu apparently had long accepted and agreed that the insecurity in

08:20Nigeria is possibly a religious war against Christians in the West Africa country, verbatim, in the tweet,

08:28Tanubu said, the slaughtering of Christian worshippers is strongly condemnable,

08:32it calls to question the competence of Jonathan, then President of Nigeria, to protect Nigerians.

08:38This old statement by President Bola Ahmed Tanubu indicated that President Donald Trump of the United

08:44States of America may not be the first person to describe the insecurity in Nigeria as a religious

08:50war against Christian communities in the West Africa country. President Trump in his latest policy

08:57statement via his truth social media platform on Saturday evening, said and in quotes that,

09:03if the Nigerian government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the USA will immediately

09:08stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country,

09:14guns a-blazing, to completely wipe out the Islamic terrorists who are committing these horrible

09:19atrocities. I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack,

09:27it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our cherished Christians.

09:34Warning! The Nigerian government better move fast. According to President Bola Ahmed Tanubu,

09:40Nigeria stands firmly as a democracy governed by constitutional guarantees of religious liberty.

09:47Since 2023, our administration has maintained an open and active engagement with Christian and Muslim

09:54leaders alike and continues to address security challenges which affect citizens across faiths and

09:59regions. The characterization of Nigeria as religiously intolerant does not reflect our national reality,

10:06nor does it take into consideration the consistent and sincere efforts of the government to safeguard

10:12freedom of religion and beliefs for all Nigerians. Religious freedom and tolerance have been a

10:18core tenet of our collective identity and shall always remain so. Nigeria opposes religious persecution

10:25and does not encourage it. Nigeria is a country with constitutional guarantees.

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