#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 […]
#EndSARS: Gov Ugwuanyi addresses protesters
Calls for a minute silence for departed souls Thanks them for peaceful conduct Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Friday, addressed youths of the state who visited him at the Government House, Enugu, to press further their demand for the #EndPoliceBrutality in Nigeria, lending his support to the state government’s position as earlier presented […]
PHOTOS: #ENDSARS protests ongoing at Lekki tollgate
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Anti-SARS protests rock Ekiti, paralyze commercial activities
By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti Commercial and sundry activities were paralyzed in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Friday as youths protesting for an end to Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) and police brutality in the country, occupied the major streets for several hours. The #EndSARS protesters who converged at the popular Fajuyi Park in the state […]
PHOTOS: Man describes encounter with thugs who disrupted #ENDSARS protest
A photographer described his encounter with the armed thugs who disrupted Thursday’s #ENDSARS protest, in Alausa, Lagos state. He took to Twitter on his handle @danscottvisual to narrate his brief but scary encounter. He said: “I had just arrived at the #EndSWAT #EndSARS #EndPoliceBrutality Peaceful Protest @ Alausa, barely 10minutes before the Hooligans arrived. ALSO […]
#ENDSARS protesters return to Ughelli streets
Perez Brisibe, Ughelli A week after a policeman and an unidentified civilian were killed during the violent ENDSARS protest in Ughelli, Delta State, the protesters have returned to the streets in solidarity with other protesters across the country. The protesters who started their walk from the Otovwodo axis of Ughelli, took their protest through the […]
#EndSARS: Man narrates harrowing experience in Awkuzu SARS cell
A twitter user Chijioke Eruchalu, with the handle @mr cjayerus, yesterday penned down a nerve-racking experience his friend Bonaventure Chokwebundu Mokwe, had with the operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, in Anambra State. In not less than a twenty-five paragraph story, Chijoke chronologically suffused Mokwe’s experience at SARS cell in Awkuzu on his twitter […]
PHOTOS: #EndSARS protests cause gridlock at Magboro
#EndSARS protest on-going in the front of Punch Newspapers office at Magboro, Lagos Ibadan expressway with both sides of the expressway blocked. Videos and photos by Lamidi Bamidele ALSO READ: Politicising #EndSARS protests irresponsible — Lagos APC to PDP Vanguard
BREAKING: NBC confirms Twitter account hack
Victor Ogunyinka The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has confirmed that its Twitter account has been hacked, stating that they are working on the retrieval. This happened barely 48 hours after viral audio released by an ‘anonymous’ supported the #EndSARS protest, thereby giving the government 72 hours or risked hacking. The NBC official Twitter account tweeted […]
Politicising #EndSARS protests irresponsible — Lagos APC to PDP
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday decried the alleged politicisation of #EndSARS protests by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing it as “irresponsible.” The Lagos APC expressed this concern in a statement by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Mr Seye Oladejo. “Our attention has been drawn to the needless and irresponsible politicising of the #EndSARS […]
