BACKGROUND The press briefing and one-year ENDSARS2020 memorial anniversary symposium organised by members of the Action Group on Free Civic Space (AGFCS) in Enugu State was scheduled to hold on October 20, 2021. The date perfectly tallied with the proposed plans of the AGFCS to replicate the same event in four other states in Nigeria […]
The Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML) has commenced a terrorist financing assessment of non-profit organizations (NPOs) in Nigeria. This exercise is a key requirement in fulfilling Recommendation 8 of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards. The scheduled risk assessment is considered as a major response to the longstanding advocacy and pushback by […]
A young man, Dare Williams, and his friend are currently detained at the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison after they were arrested by the Nigeria Police Force in December 2020 over their participation in the #EndSARS protest. A source told SaharaReporters that Williams operated WhatsApp TV and Twitter accounts where he shared videos of events surrounding […]
Hakeem Odumosu, Lagos commissioner of police, says the command will deploy “legitimate means” to stop the planned protest to commemorate the first anniversary of #EndSARS. In October 2020, Nigerian youths took to the streets in some parts of the country to protest against the now-disbanded special anti-robbery squad (SARS), a unit of the Nigeria Police […]
The candlelight procession billed for 6 pm in Abuja did not hold. The procession was meant to honor those who lost their lives during the #EndSARS protest that erupted in many parts of the country last year. The protesters had dispersed to reconvene in the evening for the procession but the event was shelved. One […]
‘He died in my arms.’ Twelve months on, a mother’s agonizing wait to find out why her son died at Lekki toll gate Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)When Adesola heard about the shooting at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos on October 20, 2020, she immediately thought of her son who had earlier left home to join […]