*10 lawmakers, Covid – 19 palliative targeted *Enough is enough, IGP warns *One killed in Edo, curfew continues in Osun, Delta, Plateau, Kaduna *Ekiti hoodlums loot poisonous food items *Daylight robbers terrorise Onitsha On the 18th day of the #EndSARS protests in some parts of the country, it was looting spree, yesterday, as suspected hoodlums […]

…Says illiterates dominate the police By Charles Kumolu, Deputy Editor Human rights activist and member, Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on activities of disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ebun Adegboruwa, SAN, in this interview, speaks on how judicial panels of inquiry on human rights abuses set up by states can achieve results. He also […]

Police have arrested two hundred and twenty-nine (229) suspects, for various criminal offences ranging from arson, murder, stealing, destruction of properties, others, two days after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered Nigerian Youths to stop protests. A statement by the Director, Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Kayode Oyekanmi, said the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions, […]

  By Vincent Ujumadu – Awka IT was a harrowing experience for a driver with Vanguard Newspapers, Mr Lawrence Ofiong, as some hoodlums who allegedly attacked some police stations in Anambra State forced him to carry their two dead colleagues to a mortuary located in a remote village in the state where the dead bodies […]

Around 500 demonstrators took to the streets of London on Saturday in support of youths’ #EndSARS protests in Nigeria that have spiralled into widespread unrest. President Muhammadu Buhari was the focus of the anger for his handling of anti-police brutality protests against the loathed Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Black-clad demonstrators, mostly part of Britain’s large […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun State Government has re-imposed the 24-hour curfew earlier suspended on the state indefinitely. Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, during a statewide broadcast on Saturday afternoon expressed disappointment with the manner the suspension of the curfew, which was imposed to curtail violence and social disorder, was abused. He regretted that criminals took advantage […]

Destroy APC, NLC Secretariat, set INEC office ablaze By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar Despite the 24 hours curfew declared by the Cross River governnent on Friday, what began as invasion of state-owned warehouses has degenerated into looting spree as hoodlums looted various establisments, malls, confectionery amongst others. The rampage took a different dimension from arson […]

Ekiti State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mr. Akin Omole, and his Agriculture and Food Security counterpart, Dr. Olabode Adetoyi, have raised the alarm over looting of poisonous items mistaken for Covid-19 palliatives in the state.

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar Despite the 24 hours curfew declared by the Cross River government on Friday, what began as an invasion of state-owned warehouses has degenerated into looting spree as hoodlums looted various establishments, malls, confectionery amongst others. The rampage which took a different dimension from arson to attack on houses of prominent […]

On Saturday morning, Lagos woke up to peaceful #EndSARS protesters placing banners with poignant messages directed at the Police in Oworonshoki area of Lagos.

Mr Temitope Adewale, a Lagos lawmaker, says he has earmarked N10 million emergency relief fund for victims of the EndSARS clash at Fagba area of the state. Adewale, representing Ifako-Ijaye Constituency 1 in Lagos House of Assembly, made this known to newsmen in Lagos on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that there […]

By Adeola Badru Men of the Oyo State joint security task force, Operation Burst, Saturday, arrested 7 people in connection with invasion and carting away of empowerment materials worth N200 million naira at the residence of former Senate Leader, Teslim Folarin. Vanguard gathered that the suspected hoodlums hiding under the #EndSARS protests, invaded the Oluyole […]

By Omeiza Ajayi & Ndahi Marama Like the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome SARS – a contagious and sometimes fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus (today we have the deadlier SARS-COV2)- Nigeria’s now disbanded rogue police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad SARS was a deadly virus which grew into a Frankenstein Monster, often leaving in […]

By Evelyn Usman The EndSARS protest has led to a seeming anarchy especially in the southern parts of Nigeria, unfortunately, the same areas that suffered most the police brutality that has brought shame to Nigeria. The protest was sparked up by  a video  that went viral on social media last month , where some policemen […]

…Kill protesters, policemen, set ablaze Police stations, prisons, courts …Loot Malls, banks, shops, warehouses By Dennis Agbo, Enugu;  Ibrahim HassanWuyo, Kaduna;  Abdulmumin Murtala, Kano;  Jimitota Onoyume, Delta;  Ozioruva Aliu, Edo;  Marie-Therese Nanlong, Plateau;  Dayo Johnson,  Akure; Shina Abubakar,  Osogbo; Ola Ajayi, Ibadan; Vincent Ujumadu, Awka; Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ekiti; Samuel Oyadongha, Bayelsa; Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo; Ndahi […]