President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed the reason he didn’t talk about the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos by soldiers. Recall that Buhari left many Nigerians disappointed after his speech on Thursday night when he failed to recognise protesters who have died at the hands of security operatives. However, in…
Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, on Monday said his group has identified the barracks where the soldiers who shot End SARS protesters at Lekki toll gate came from. Some soldiers had shot and killed some unarmed End SARS protesters seated at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos State. Following the outcry that greeted the incident,…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned the fines imposed on Channels TV, AIT and Arise TV. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Monday said the stations broadcasted online photos and videos of the End SARS protests. The government suggested that their actions fuelled violence across Nigeria. Acting NBC Director-General, Armstrong Idachaba, at…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has since the EndSARS demonstrations started, held several meetings to address the underlying concerns and members have aligned themselves with the call for justice leading to the setting up of judicial panels in the States of the Federation against Police brutality. The NGF regrets the loss of lives and property…
Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has appealed to state governors still ‘hoarding’ COVID-19 palliatives at different warehouses in the country to distribute the relief items to citizens immediately. The rights lawyer described as crime against humanity, the alleged ‘hoarding’ of the food items donated to states by the Private Sector Coalition Against Covid-19 also…
A staff of of Tuns Farms Nigeria, in Osogbo, Osun State, Abdul Rasheed Olawale Aderogba was killed by hoodlums who invaded and looted properties of the compan on Saturday October 26, under the pretext of EndSARS protest. The hoodlums armed with knives, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons stormed the popular farm belonging to a renowned…
There is a heavy detachment of security operatives at the Agu Awka area of Awka, the capital of Anambra State. A visit to the area showed that heavily armed men of the mobile police unit and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps were mobilized to keep watch in the area. Their presence, however, is…
Few days after calm and order returned to Ondo State following days of violent protest occasioned by the End SARS campaign, four government agencies have been gutted by fire. The government agencies affected are situated in Oke-Eda/Alagbaka axis of Akure, the state capital. The affected government agencies are the Ondo State Scholarship Board; Ondo State…
Sea robbers have attacked a passenger boat in the Bille Kingdom, Degema Local Government Area killing one person. It was gathered that the boat conveying the passengers to Port Harcourt, the state capital, came under attack on Sunday afternoon. Most of the passengers were said to have fled into the creeks while one of them…
Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State has erupted in violence once again as gunshots rent the air. The violence which began over an hour ago caused panic in the city as residents ran in all directions. It was not clear where the gunshots were coming from or who was firing but reports monitored online said…