Lagos Police Issues Strong Warning As Second #ENDSARS Protest Looms
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Hakeem Odumosu, on Monday, warned against any planned protest in the state. A statement signed by the State Police Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, revealed that the command had received information of a planned protest to mark one year of the #EndSARS protest. Ajisebutu warned that the police would not hesitate to use all...
Dissatisfied Victim Fumes As #EndSARS Panel Awards N7.5m Compensation
The Lagos State Judicial Panel probing police brutality yesterday awarded N7.5million to a trader, Ndukwe Ekekwe, whose spine was broken after being thrown off a two-storey building at Alaba International Market in Ojo Local Government Area (LGA) by police officers in 2018. But an angry Ekekwe, 34, described the amount as too inadequate to compensate for his ordeal. In his petition,...
More Protesters Arrive At Lekki Tollgate, Arrested
About 15 new protesters have arrived at the Lekki tollgate to express their dissatisfaction with the ruling of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry on the reopening of the toll gate. Soldiers had on October 20, 2020, fired live ammunition at #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll plaza, leaving many injured. ABN TV gathered that over 30 protesters have so far...
“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...
Ugwuanyi Commences Fixing Of Infrastructure Damaged During #EndSARS Protest
Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has commenced restoration of Trans-Ekulu damaged infrastructures affected during the #EndSARS protest last year. Earlier than the protest, the Ugwuanyi administration had through constructed Traffic and beautification infrastructure that was destroyed during the violent protest. The state had shortly after the protest last year commenced rebuilding aspects of the capital city infrastructure such as the 241...
Reps Blame NIN Demand For SIM Registration On #ENDSARS
THE House of Representatives on Wednesday said it was forced to summon the National Communications Commission, NCC when strange persons were calling and messaging public officeholders during the recent #EndSARS protests. The House stated that the identities of the owners of the telephone lines could not be ascertained as the Subscriber Identification Module cards used were not registered. The NCC had...
#EndSARS: DJ Switch To Speak At International Criminal Court Today
DJ Switch has announced that she will speak at the International Criminal Court today. She made the announcement on her Instagram page on Wednesday. According to her; Tomorrow 17th of December 2020, I will be speaking at the 19th assembly of states parties to the International Criminal Court. I know we are all experiencing hardship one way or the other, I know it seems...
#EndSARS: Despite Losing About N50m, We’re Committed To Making Enyimba Mall Reality — MD [VIDEO]
Business owners are still nursing the numerous losses encountered during the #EndSARS protest as some of them had their properties destroyed and goods looted. One of such is the magnificent Enyimba Mall Outlet, an edifice located at Ngwa Road by East Aba that was partly destroyed by hoodlums who infiltrated the #EndSARS protesters to unleash mayhem on citizens. Building materials...
Amnesty International Blackmailing Nigerian Military – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters has accused Amnesty International (AI) of blackmailing the Nigerian military in its recent report, which accused the military of crimes against older people in the Northeast. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, said this in a statement on Wednesday, adding that there were contractions in the report. Part of the statement read: “The attention of the...
#EndSARS: I’m Disgusted With CNN, BBC’s Coverage, Says Buhari
Since the second week of October, youths across the country led the #EndSARS protests which were peaceful gatherings to protest against police brutality and bad governance until October 20, 2020, when the Nigerian Army dispersed #EndSARS protesters with gunshots at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said the foreign press coverage of the recent #EndSARS...
