Former Inspector General of Police, Sunday Ehindero, has said that the disbanded Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) is not a bad outfit in itself but that it is bad eggs employed into the unit that destroyed it. Ehindero said this while speaking at the presentation of “Reminiscences: My Journey Through Life”, a memoir of Sunday Akintan,…
Some thugs involved in the disruption of the ongoing #EndSARs protest in Berger Abuja have been nabbed by youths protesting. After a series of questioning, the thugs confessed to accepting a sum of 1500 naira each to disrupt the peaceful protest whose goal is to challenge police brutality and harassment in the country. The hoodlums…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has pleaded with the Inspector General of Police to assist with redeploying disbanded members of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) to Borno State to fight Boko Haram. He made the plea in Maiduguri when he received Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Argebesola, who who was in the state…
2 people died on the spot and many other injured during an #ENDSARS protest at Alagbado, area of Lagos State, after a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) ran into a crowd. Footage from the viral video showed two lifeless bodies being carried away by some youths while a volunteer of medical corps was deployed, especially around…
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami has announced that the National Identity Number will be made compulsory soon. The Minister who said this while receiving the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) management team in his office in Abuja, asked the agency to raise its monthly digital identity enrolment of Nigerians from the current…
122 primary school teachers have been sacked by the Plateau state government for allegedly securing employment with fake certificates. Chairman of Plateau State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Prof. Mathew Sule made the announcement on Wednesday October 14. Sule said they uncovered this during a screening programme. He said; “In line with the directives by…
The wife of the Sun Correspondent in Cross River State, Mrs. Uduak Judex Okoro has been kidnapped. Mrs. Okoro was kidnapped on Tuesday by 8.30 pm around Big Qua town in Calabar Municipal local government area of the state The husband, Mr. Judex Okoro who is the Chairman of the Correspondent’s Chapel confirmed the ugly…
Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered police officers to stop checking citizens’ phones. For years, operatives had insisted on searching phones of Nigerians youths at checkpoints or any location. During such encounters at roadblocks or patrols, policemen, in most cases, forcefully snatch phones belonging to innocent citizens. They search through e-mails, text messages, as…
Activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has alleged that some persons have become billionaires from negotiating on how they can put an end to the #EndSARS protests nationwide. Omoyele said this in a tweet posted today Wednesday, October 14, while reacting to reports that business leaders and some social media influencers have entered into negotiations on…
In the wake of the #EndSARS protest against police brutality in the country, Nigerian youths have come together to form a new political party called Youth Democratic Party of Nigeria. The new hashtag #YouthDemocraticParty is currently trending on Twitter and is also accelerating to the top to show how serious the youths are. According to…