EndSars

  • Aishat Babatunde, Ihuoma Ilo

    #EndSARS: Despite Evidence, Nigerian Govt Says No Massacre, Faults Panel’s Report

    Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, has dismissed the leaked report of a judicial panel that investigated the Oct. 2020 military shooting of anti-police brutality protesters at Lekki Tollgate, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, as false. Mohammed said the report was riddled with discrepancies to “embarrass the Federal Government and its agencies without foolproof evidence,” […]

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  • Aishat Babatunde

    #EndSARS: 4-person Committee To Look Into Panel’s Report Confirming Lekki Toll Gate Massacre

    Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State Governor, Southwest Nigeria has inaugurated a four-member committee to look into the reports of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for victims of police brutality and the Lekki tollgate shooting incident. In a 309-page report submitted on Monday, Nov. 15, the judicial panel said Nigerian soldiers and police intentionally shot […]

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  • Aftermath of jailbreak at Abolongo Correctional Centre, Oyo, Oyo State. Source: Oyo State Governor's Official Facebook Page
    Adebayo Abdul Rahman

    The Number Of Jailbreaks In Nigeria Is Rising

    Around 9:30 p.m. WAT on Friday, Oct. 22, heavily armed men invaded the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo, Oyo State. Armed with dynamites, they overpowered officials on duty, before gaining entrance to release hundreds of inmates. According to a statement by the Nigeria Correctional Service, Oyo State Command, 837 inmates, who were still awaiting trial, […]

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  • Kunle Adebajo

    Names Of Lekki Toll Gate Massacre Victims We Have So Far

    At a quarter to 7 p.m. on Oct. 20, 2020, officers of the Nigerian Army started shooting at a group of Nigerians protesting police brutality at a toll gate in Lekki, Lagos State. Footage of the incident and witness accounts show that they did not stop until about half-past 8 p.m. Hours later, police officers […]

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  • Adejumo Kabir

    #EndSARS Survivors Sue Nigerian Government At ECOWAS Court

    Three survivors of the Oct. 20, 2020 shootings at Lekki Toll Gate, the epicenter of #EndSARS protests in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have filed an action before the ECOWAS Court. The survivors who asked to remain anonymous because of victimisation are seeking the enforcement of their fundamental rights. They told the court that they are suffering […]

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  • Adejumo Kabir

    #EndSARSMemorial: Nigerians Protest Injustice, Meet More Police Brutality

    What happened across Nigeria on Oct. 20, 2021, the memorial of the #EndSARS protest against police brutality, showed that the end to injustice in the country is not near. Yesterday, most crowds were forcefully dispersed with Tear Gas and there were also records of illegal arrests and mishandling of protesters and journalists covering the events. […]

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  • Ihuoma Ilo

    #EndSARSMemorial: Lagos Police Commissioner Apologises, Orders Release Of Arrested Protesters

    Hakeem Odumosu, the Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, has ordered the release of protesters arrested earlier at the Lekki toll-gate plaza during the #EndSARS memorial protest. While speaking to journalists, Odumosu apologised to the journalists and anyone who was brutalised and wrongfully arrested by security operatives during the protests. The Commissioner, after a […]

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  • Chigozie Victor

    #EndSarsMemorial: Nigerian Gov’t Wants Apology From CNN, Amnesty International Over Lekki Shootings

    The Nigerian government has demanded an apology from Amnesty international, CNN and Obianuju Udeh, popularly known as DJ Switch, over their alleged role in “misleading Nigerians” about the #EndSARS protests of 2020. Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture disclosed the government’s stance while speaking at a conference held in Abuja on Wednesday, Oct. […]

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  • Zubaida Baba Ibrahim, Adebowale Oluwaseun

    #EndSARSMemorial: Pro-government Protesters Demonstrate In Abuja As Government Describes Oct. 20 ‘Phantom Massacre’

    Nigerian youths who trooped out on Wednesday, Oct. 20, in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital to mark the one year anniversary of the military shooting at the Lekki Toll Gate Plaza during the #EndSARS protest, were countered by another set of protesters who were supporting the government. Banners reading “Lekki shooting was a Hoax. Nobody Died!! One […]

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  • Adejumo Kabir

    #EndSARSMemorial: Police Arrest Journalist Covering Protest In Southwest Nigeria

    A correspondent of Daily Post Newspaper in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria, Sikiru Obarayese, has been arrested by police while covering #EndSARSMemorial rally. Sikiru was arrested while discharging his duty on Wednesday, Oct. 20 in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. The incident occurred five minutes after he spoke with our reporter on the highhandedness of the […]

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  • Chigozie Victor

    #EndSarsMemorial: Police Brutalises Uber Driver In Lagos

    Operatives of the Nigeria Police in Lagos have on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021 brutalised an Uber driver at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria. In a video shown on Arise TV, the victim who identified himself as Adedotun Clement could be seen pleading with operatives of the Police as they physically assaulted him. […]

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  • Ihuoma Ilo

    #EndSARSMemorial: Social Media Users React As Police Descend On Protesters

    Nigerians have reacted to the arrests and harassments of protesters on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2020 by security operatives during the #EndSARS memorial march in some parts of the country, lamenting that nothing has changed, one year after youths demanded an end to police brutality in the country. Their reactions on social media follow videos and […]

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