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HILLARY ESSIEN

Hillary Essien is a reporter with Peoples Gazette focusing on special reports and critical national news. She is a lawyer with 2 years of writing and reporting. Prior to working with The Gazette, Hillary served as an administrative assistant at a non-profit organisation focused on food security for children of low income households.She is on Twitter @Hillary_essien
October 10, 2020

LIVE: Voting, news analysis and results as Akeredolu, Ajayi, Jegede enter #OndoDecides

The Gazette reporters provide real-time updates as Akeredolu, Ajayi and Jegede romp home to a dramatic election showdown.

Akeredolu, Ajayi, Jegede enter #OndoDecides
October 9, 2020

#EndSARS: Notorious hacker collective Anonymous cautions Buhari

“Listen to the people @MBuhari,” the group said in a tweet Friday. “The world is watching. #EndSARS.”

Notorious hacker collective Anonymous speaking on #EndSARS. [CREDIT: ABC News]
October 9, 2020

‘They shot at us’ – One protester describes police crackdown on #EndSARS in Abuja

Nigerians have been protesting in different cities this week to demand #EndSARS, but police have tried to suppress the movement.

Protesters at Abia House, Abuja
October 9, 2020

#EndSARS: Lady shot in mouth by police corporal fights for life at Lagos hospital

Lagosians who took to the street to demand dissolution of the brutal SARS unit were met with police intimidation and deadly force.

Joy Ndubueze
October 8, 2020

#EndSARS: Lagos CP leads officers to attack overnight protesters

Hakeem Odumosu led his men to break makeshift tents and confiscate vehicles as protests to end the brutal squad continue in Lagos.

Police
October 8, 2020

Court freezes naira, dollar accounts run by Lagos Speaker Obasa

The freeze comes as anti-graft EFCC calls in Mudashiru Obasa for questioning amidst multi-billion naira fraud allegations.

Mudashiru Obasa
October 8, 2020

FULL SPEECH: Buhari presents N13 trillion 2021 budget to National Assembly

The proposal is benchmarked against $40/barrel crude price and N379 per dollar exchange rate.

President Muhammadu Buhari
October 8, 2020

Five killed in another Lagos gas explosion

Reports say the explosion broke from a gas station generator that was running while the LPG tanker was discharging.

Photo of an explosion used to illustrate this story (credit: Twitter)
October 7, 2020

Buhari approves N654 million to jam Radio Biafra, other stations in South-East

The administration says illegal frequencies constitute a major national security threat.

Nnamdi_Kanu, IPOB Leader (Credit: Wikipedia)
October 7, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Army plans major Boko Haram offensive to reclaim Nigerian territories

On-tour troops have been ordered to remain at base; while passes have been revoked for those away on leave or other official permissions.

Nigerians Soldiers