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United Nations says that the “Secretary-General is following recent developments in Nigeria and calls for an end to reported police brutality and abuses. He condemns the violent escalation on 20 October in Lagos which resulted in multiple deaths and caused many injuries. He expresses his condolences to the bereaved families and wishes a speedy recovery […]
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Violence has escalated in the Apo Mechanic Area of Abuja between traders and local people opposed to the #EndSARS protests. There is fear that the crisis might assume an ethnic dimension between the Igbo traders and the locals and Hausa communities. The renewed clashes, which began this morning, is a fallout of Monday’s mayhem in […]
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Youths calling for a total overhaul of the Nigeria Police Force have launched an online radio, Soro Soke. The channel, through effective and timely communication, is expected to aid the coordination of #EndSARS protests nationwide. When correspondents tuned in to the station around 1pm on Sunday, programmes and live reports of missing and found #EndSARS […]
Continue ReadingLagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appealed to #EndSARS protesters demonstrating against police brutality and extrajudicial killings to leave the roads and embrace dialogue. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘Leave The Road And Let’s Dialogue, Sanwo-Olu Appeals To Protesters’, on Monday, by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile. The #EndSARS protests rocking […]
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#EndSARS protesters have taken their grievances to a whole new level at the Ijebu Ode area of Ogun state as they were seen preparing grilled cow for themselves along the Sagamu-Benin expressway. READ ALSO: DSTV, GOtv official breaks silence over reported hacking of their platforms See photos:
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Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Saturday said the ongoing #EndSARS protests by youths across the country is unnecessary as the Federal Government has met the demands and has even done more than what was asked. He also said the Federal government can’t go higher than what it has done in meeting the demands […]
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Some Nigerians protesting against police brutality in their home country were arrested in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday. However, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri, denied the Nigerian government involvement in the Nigerians’ arrest. She also explained that the Nigerians were not arrested at the Nigerian Embassy but at another location. In a video that […]
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The Nigerian Army has clarified that “Operation Crocodile Smile” is not targeted at #EndSARS protesters. Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Sagir Musa, made this known in a press statement on Sunday. The Nigerian Army had on Saturday announced that its Operation Crocodile Smile would hold between October 20 and December 31 nationwide. The announcement […]
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Kufre Carter one of the protest organizer went back to get the money the uyo protesters rejected, this is to show nigerians that uyo people are united in the fight against police brutality, that its just 4 to 5 people ensnared in this and not the whole uyo protest ring. Read also: Anambra youths decry […]
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The Federal Government may deploy soldiers to check further breakdown of law and order by suspected hoodlums who have infiltrated ongoing #ENDSARS protests, The Nation has learnt. It was reliably gathered all the General Officers Commanding the various Divisions have been briefed and waiting for orders to deploy combatant officers and soldiers to quell the […]
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Nigerian-born lawyer and Minister of Justice in Alberta, a Canadian province, Kelechi Madu, has endorsed protests against police brutality in Nigeria, his country of birth. The protests broke out last week to demand an end to high-handedness and brutality of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police. Madu, in a series of tweets on […]
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Angry Nigerians protesting the high-handedness of the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday in Abuja chased away some lawmakers, who had come to address them and insisted on seeing the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, instead. The protesters, succeeded in gaining entry into the main gate of the complex, booed and asked to go back.All efforts to […]
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Sunday Dare, Minister of Youths and Sports, has been attacked. He and others including the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi, were stoned on Sunday. The incident occurred at a meeting at the monarch’s palace. Read also: Showmax Pro: Bridging gap between sports and entertainment Dare gave a brief of the incident on Twitter. The minister […]
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