#EndSARS: Ikpeazu Inaugurates Committee To Ascertain Level Of Destruction
...calls on Abia youth to submit business proposals for possible government sponsorship Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has officially inaugurated a 12-man committee to ascertain the level of damage to private and public infrastructure arising from the recent protests by Nigerian youths in the State. The committee has the Commissioner for Special Duties, Chief Chimaobi Ebisike, as Chairman. Inaugurating the committee at Government House,...
#LekkiShooting: Nothing Wrong Asking Army For Help ― Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State government led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says there is nothing wrong with inviting the Nigerian Army to quell riots if it sees the need for such. Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, Gboyega Akosile, made this comment in reaction to claims made by the Nigerian Army that the decision to deploy its men to Lekki Toll Gate...
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...
We’ll Ensure Timely Release Of Protesters – Falz
Nigerian singer, Folarin Falana, aka Falz, has said that he and his team will ensure the timely release of everyone arrested during the End SARS memorial protest at Lekki tollgate. Falz and the rest of the protesters chose to remain in their cars as they drove around the tollgate. Unfortunately, some lone protesters, a cab driver, and a journalist were arrested...
We Won’t Disclose Identity Of Personnel Deployed To Lekki Tollgate – Army
The Nigerian Army says it will not disclose the identities of its men who were sent to Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020. Soldiers had dispersed #EndSARS protesters who prevented vehicular movement along that axis for two weeks. The incident had triggered different reactions, within and outside the country, as the military and the federal government were accused of human rights...
Police Ask Court To Stop Probe Of Police Brutality By Judicial Panels
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order to stop the judicial panels of inquiry set up by state governors to probe allegations of police brutality and human rights abuses of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other police tactical units. The NPF, through their lawyer, Mr O. M....
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...
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...
BREAKING: IGP Adamu Orders Withdrawal Of Policemen Attached To VIPs
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the withdrawal of all police officers attached to Very Important Persons across the country with immediate effect. The IGP, however, exempted those attached to Government Houses, the Senate President and the Speaker House of Representatives, from the order. This is coming 10 days after the police authorities disbanded the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, following...
#EndSARS: Your Speech, Insensitive And Useless — Apostle Suleman Blasts Buhari
Presiding General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari over his insensitive speech on the #EndSARS protest. Suleman described Buhari’s speech as insensitive and useless. He also went further to question the president’s failure to address the Lekki Toll Gate shooting in Lagos State. Taking to his Twitter, the clergyman asserted that the broadcast was...
