We Must Stop Funding Corrupt Nigerian Security Agencies – UK Lawmaker
Kate Osamor, a member of the United Kingdom parliament, has asked the country to reconsider funding for some Nigerian security agencies she described as “corrupt”. Speaking at the parliament’s debate on the #EndSARS crisis, the MP said the government should instead focus on poverty alleviation programmes. She specifically kicked against the UK-funded training for former operatives of the disbanded special anti-robbery squad...
#EndSARS: Ikpeazu Inaugurates Judicial Panel Of Inquiry
.....distributes palliatives to displaced families Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has inaugurated a 17-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry to investigate allegations of extrajudicial killings and brutality by security agents in the State. Chairman of the panel is Justice Sunday Imo, a retired Chief Judge of the State. Inaugurating the panel at Government House, Umuahia, Governor Ikpeazu said that the...
“Amnesty International Has No Respect For Our Judicial System” — Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government of Nigeria says Amnesty International (AI) has no regard for the nation’s judicial system or it would have appeared before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the Lekki Toll Gate incident to prove that protesters were killed there as it claimed. FG stated this while accusing the group of orchestrating a deliberate plot to destabilise...
#LekkiShooting: Army Lied Against Sanwo-Olu – Nnamdi Kanu
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday, faulted claims by the Army that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State invited them to Lekki toll gate, amid the End SARS protest. Kanu claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the soldiers to kill the protesters, not Sanwo-Olu. Recall that gunmen in military uniform had last week Tuesday stormed...
Most #EndSARS Protesters Are Unaware Of FG’s Intervention Programmes – Youth Minister
Sunday Dare, minister of youth and sports development, says many people who participated in the nationwide #EndSARS protests are not aware of the federal government’s youth intervention programmes. Nigerians had taken to the streets in October to demonstrate against police brutality and bad governance under the #EndSARS campaign. Speaking in Niger state on Thursday at a meeting with youth leaders of...
Udensi Says SARS Synonymous With Rot, Degeneration, Exits In All Sectors
The lead Interpol Systems Consultant in Nigeria, Sir Chikwe Udensi has said the recent #EndSARS protest connotes many things wrong with Nigerian society. ABN TV reports that Udensi said the disbanded Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) a unit of the Nigerian police was known for corruption, extra-judicial killings and other rots, saying SARS operatives exist in many sectors of our...
Human Rights Activist Sues Davido, Falz, Burna Boy, 47 Other Celebrities To Court Over #EndSARS Protests
Kenechukwu Okeke, a human rights activist, has filed criminal proceedings before a magistrate court in Abuja against 50 persons for “promoting” the #EndSARS protests. Kanu Nwankwo, popular Nigerian footballer; Innocent Idibia, Nigerian singer and songwriter popularly known as 2face; David Adeleke, Nigerian Afropop singer better known as Davido, are among persons listed in the suit. Thousands of Nigerians under the #EndSARS campaign,...
Plateau State Lost N75 Billion To Looters – Governor Lalong
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State on Friday disclosed that about N75 billion worth of properties were looted and destroyed during the recent looting spree orchestrated by hoodlums in the state. The governor also said the destruction meted on 32 public and private properties during the looting had nothing to do with the End SARS protests, “but a clear act...
Nigeria Has Lost N700 Billion In 12 Days Of #ENDSARS Protest – LCCI
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) says the Nigerian economy has lost N700 billion in 12 days due to the ongoing #EndSARS protests. There have been protests nationwide against the brutality of the special anti-robbery squad(SARS) of the police force. In a statement on Monday, Toki Mabogunje (pictured), LCCI president, said the protests have crippled economic activities in the...
#EndSARS: No Jailbreak In Ikoyi, Fire Contained – Officials
The fire that broke out in a part of the Ikoyi Correctional Centre has been controlled, the service has said. It also dismissed fears there was a jailbreak in the facility, insisting that the fire only affected a part of the centre and did not involve inmates. Spokesman for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) in Lagos, Rotimi Oladokun said there was...