This is following the extrajudicial killing of #EndSARS protesters across the country.
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It was learnt that the attack was due to the fact that the newspaper’s platform is linked to the former governor of Lagos, Bola Tinubu – who has been accused of deploying security operatives to kill demonstrators.
A reporter with the newspaper told newsmen that the Police and the fire service have been called to salvage the situation.
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Reporters and some other staff of the firm are however said to be trapped in the burning building.
It would be recalled that, earlier on Wednesday, Television Continental (TVC), which belongs to Tinubu, was also set on fire by hoodlums.
See video;
The Nation Newspaper Headquarters is on fire.#EndSars #LekkiMassacrepic.twitter.com/6IEbFn5aaA
— Lailasnews.com (@Lailasnews_com) October 21, 2020
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