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Fuel Scarcity: Police Officer Fatally Sh∞ts Man Who Tried To Stop Him From Jumping Queue At A Filling Station In Lagos.

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12 months ago

May 4, 2024

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The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that one of its officers sh%t and k+lled a young man at a filling station belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited at Obalende area of the state on Wednesday evening, May 1.

The deceased, identified as Toheeb Eniasa, was sh%t d£@d for trying to stop the officer and his colleague from jumping the queue at the filling station.

According to Vanguard, an eyewitness Idowu, trouble started when two police officers drove into the station to buy petrol while many others were on the queue to buy the scarce product.

Explaining further, Idowu said: “The actions of the armed officers were met with stiff resistance from people who had been waiting in the queue for over five hours. The deceased Toheeb Eniasa was one of the people who spoke loudly against the officers asking them to join the queue like everyone else.

Quickly the verbal confrontation degenerated into a fisticuff. One of the men sh%t the young man and immediately fled the incident scene leaving the area in disarray.”

According to another eyewitness, a food vendor Funmi Aina said: “That is what they always do. It was not Toheeb’s turn yet but he confronted them, asking them to join the queue or be polite about the way they went about the purchase.

“One of them was so impatient. He sl@pped Toheeb and he retaliated with more words. Before we could know it, we heard g¥nshots and Toheeb fell to the ground.

Livid by the incident, an irate mob in the community went on rampage b¥rning two security vans in the process.”

It will be recalled that in the past one week commuters, motorists and residents have been struggling to purchase fuel because of the scarcity. The scarcity has led to an increase in transport fares and queues at various filling stations selling the product.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said: “I can confirm that somebody was sh%t d£ad. I can confirm that the body has been deposited in the morgue.”

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CNN interrupts Pope funeral coverage for Trump and Zelensky bombshell

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3 days ago

April 26, 2025

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Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky had a meeting ahead of Pope Francis funeral (Image: Getty)

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The broadcaster issued an update on the Ukraine war shortly after covering Trump and Zelensky meeting in Rome.

Broadcaster CNN praised the meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis, shortly before revealing a huge bombshell for Zelensky and Ukraine. The brief face-to-face meeting between the pair was caught on camera. It has been reported that the US and Ukrainian Presidents are to meet again after the service.

Clarissa Ward from CNN described the moment between the pair as, “a fitting tribute to the legacy of Pope Francis, who was so passionate about peace.” However the channel subsequently reported Russian President Vladimir Putin claims his country has regained control of Kursk, the border region where Ukraine launched a surprise offensive last year, though Ukraine’s army told them fighting continues.

Commenting on the meeting, Anderson Cooper spoke over footage of the funeral and images of the pair facing each other as they sat in chairs in St Peter’s Basilica. “The White House describes the meeting as, quote, a very productive discussion. We don’t know many details about… what the tone and tenor of it was… Zelensky had previously expressed he would be willing to meet with President Trump when both leaders would be in Italy,” he said.

This meeting marks the first time the two leaders have come face to face since that February Oval Office meeting where Trump berated Zelensky for not demonstrating enough gratitude for American support in their Ukraine war.

Clarissa Ward interjected: “Sitting on these chairs in the Basilica…what a what a fitting tribute to the legacy of Pope Francis, who was so passionate about peace, about ending conflict.

“Given the fractious nature of the relationship between President Trump and President Zelensky over the course of the last few months, to see them sitting there together… (is) very much in spirit with the message of Pope Francis.”

While Trump and Zelensky had their discussion Putin boasted of a huge victory in the war. “The Kyiv regime’s adventure has completely failed,” he said. He congratulated the Russian forces he said defeated the Ukrainian military in the region in what would be a symbolic boost for Moscow at a crucial point in the war.

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Pope Francis’ funeral: Zelensky meets Trump in Rome

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April 26, 2025

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has met his US counterpart, Donald Trump in Rome, the Italian capital, where both leaders were attending the funeral of Pope Francis.

According to a spokesman for Zelensky, no details were provided of the meeting, but it comes at a critical time in negotiations aimed at bringing an end to fighting between Ukraine and Russia.

On Friday, Trump, who has been pressing both sides to agree a ceasefire, said that there had been productive talks between his envoy and the Russian leadership, and called for a high-level meeting between Kyiv and Moscow to close a deal.

The Republican had previously warned both sides that his administration would walk away from its efforts to achieve a peace if the two sides do not agree a deal soon.

Ekwutosblog reports that the meeting in Rome is the first face-to-face encounter between Trump and Zelensky since an Oval Office meeting in February that turned into a shouting match.

After that meeting, the United States cut off intelligence cooperation with Ukraine, which is critical to its efforts to stave off Russian attacks, though this was later restored.