#EndSARS: FG Insists No Protester Was Shot At Lekki Tollgate, Demands Apology From CNN
The Federal Government has insisted that protesters were not shot at Lekki Tollgate in Lagos on October 20, 2020. EndSARS protesters, who were demonstrating against police brutality, were forcefully dispersed by security operatives exactly a year ago. While the protest organizers had insisted that some protesters were killed, the Federal Government had dismissed reports of the killings. At a press briefing in...
#EndSARS: Many Celebrities Will Be Arrested Before The Week Is Over — Kemi Olunloyo Advises Them To Flee Nigeria
Celebrity journalist and acclaimed investigative reporter, Kemi Olunloyo has advised Nigerian celebrities to flee the country as the Army and DSS are going to arrest most of them. According to her, most of the Nigerian celebrities will be arrested by the end of the week over the #EndSARS protest and the Lekki tollgate shootings. Adding that most people thought he was...
Desist From Further Demonstrations – Police Warn Protesters
The Lagos government has asked #EndSARS protesters in the state to heed the warning of the police and desist from a further demonstration. In a statement on Friday, Gbenga Omotoso, commissioner for information, urged anyone who has a grievance against the police to approach the judicial panel of inquiry. After #EndSARS protesters were forcefully dispersed following incidents of violence, some of...
I’m In Full Support Of Social Media Regulation – Uzodinma
Hope Uzodinma, governor of Imo state, has expressed support for the move to regulate social media. Many Nigerians have kicked against the planned regulation of social media, describing it as a breach of their rights to expression. Already, a bill on the regulation is before the national assembly and has scaled second reading at the senate. Speaking when he received Mohammed Adamu,...
#ENDSARS: We Await Reports From State Govts – Buhari Tells Blinken
President Muhammadu Buhari says the Federal Government will allow the system to exhaust itself, and will, therefore, wait for pronouncements from state governments that set up panels to probe police brutality in the country. The president spoke Thursday at State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience Mr Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State. “So many state governments are involved, and...
Restructure Nigeria Now Before It’s Too Late – Afenifere
Afenifere, Yoruba socio-political organisation, has asked the federal government to restructure the country immediately. The group made the call in reaction to the ongoing protests against police brutality. The protests which have entered the 13th day have also been held outside Nigeria — with international figures joining the call for the reform of the police. In a statement on Monday, Reuben Fasoranti,...
Lekki Shooting: Amnesty International Doesn’t Run This Country — Femi Adesina
The Presidency has said Amnesty International does not run the country and was wrong in its report on the movement of military men from the barracks to Lekki Tollgate, where peaceful #EndSARS protesters were shot at on Tuesday, October 20. Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media & Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, said this on Channels TV, Thursday morning...
#EndSARS Panel: Lagos Government To Make Public White Paper Report — Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the government will release its White Paper on the report submitted by the EndSARS Judicial Panel of Inquiry. The governor in a speech on Tuesday on the Lekki shootings of October 20, 2020, said, “As an administration, are determined that the next steps that will be taken in this process of coming to terms...
SERAP Drags FG, Military To ICC Over Shooting Of #EndSARS Protesters
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a petition to Mrs Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), urging her to “promptly investigate reports that Nigerian authorities, military, and some politicians have used/ and are using thugs, soldiers and security agents to intimidate, harass, attack and kill #EndSARS peaceful protesters in several parts of Nigeria, including Abuja, Lagos,...
We’re Not Aware That CBN Froze Bank Accounts Of #ENDSARS Promoters – Senate
THE Senate said Monday that it is not aware of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Freezing the bank accounts of some leaders of the #EndSARS protesters. According to the Senate, the governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele never wrote to it prior to the taking of such a decision. This came up yesterday when the Minister of Justice and Attorney General...
