SARS Update

#EndSARS: Clergyman demands N250m from police over brother’s death

#EndSARS: Clergyman demands N250m from police over brother’s death

A clergyman, Henry Sanni, on Friday demanded N250 million from the police for the alleged extra-judicial killing of his brother. Sanni, made the allegation in a petition before the Independent Investigative Panel on allegations of human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the Nigeria police. Sanni told the […]
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#EndSARS: Sporadic shootings in Abuja as soldiers disperse protesters

#EndSARS: Sporadic shootings in Abuja as soldiers disperse protesters

By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja There was tension in some parts of Sokale and FO1 areas of Kubwa on Tuesday morning following an invasion by soldiers who fired sporadically into the air to disperse some #EndSARS protesters who had gathered to begin the day’s protest. While passers-by scampered to safety, residents who were still in […]

Call off protests, allow govt meet your demands, Tinubu begs #EndSARS protesters

Call off protests, allow govt meet your demands, Tinubu begs #EndSARS protesters

National leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has appealed  to #EndSARS protesters across the country to call off their protests and allow the federal government attend to their demands. Tinubu in a statement, titled “#EndSARS Protests The Remedy for National Maladies is more, not less Democracy”, also asked his party to utilize […]

CNG begs youths to stop #EndSARS protests

CNG begs youths to stop #EndSARS protests

…condemns jail break in Benin By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has called on  youths to  suspend all protests forthwith. The group said it was disturbed by trending reports of vandalization of private and public properties culminating with the raid of the Benin Central Prisons and release of inmates allegedly in the […]

Meet #EndSARS protesters’ demand, or we attack ― N’Delta militants threaten FG

Meet #EndSARS protesters’ demand, or we attack ― N’Delta militants threaten FG

By Emma Amaize – Warri A coalition of nine renegade militant groups in the Niger-Delta region has declared support for the raging EndSARS protests across the country, saying they were ready to resume hostilities, attack oil and gas facilities if Federal Government did not meet the demands of protesting Nigerian youths. The militant groups under […]

Northern Elders ask youths to end #EndSARS protests

Northern Elders ask youths to end #EndSARS protests

… Say other interests have taken over the protests, could compound collective security . By Luminous Jannamike Northern Elders Forum, on Monday night advised the anti-SARS protesters to end their agitations on the streets. Youths had, since October 6, begun non-stop protests against and extra-judicial killings by operatives of the now disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, […]