Category: General News
Lagos, Nigeria – It was 1 pm on October 20 – just hours before the now-infamous deadly Lekki tollgate shooting – when another police shooting took place in Mushin, a bustling, lower-income neighborhood some 20km (12.4 miles) away. That morning, protesters in Mushin had joined nationwide calls demanding an end to the rogue police unit, the […]
The National Economic Council, NEC, has appealed to those planning to stage a protest to mark the first anniversary of the #EndSARS protests to consider other lawful alternative means of engagement. NEC argued that with the current security situation across the country, there was the possibility of such protests being hijacked by armed hoodlums and […]
A video has surfaced showing the moment a Nigerian army commander ordered his troops to kill anyone seen in Izombe, Oguta LGA of Imo State. The shocking video has sparked outrage on social media. The video shared by Voiceoftheeast captured the moment an army commander during a recent raid in Oguta LGA, Imo State ordered […]
The police in Lagos State on Monday warned against planned protests in commemoration of last year’s #EndSARS protests. The #EndSARS protests were held across the country last year as a campaign against police brutality but came to a halting end after Nigerian security officials allegedly shot at unarmed protesters at the Lekki toll gate on […]
On October 22, 2020, Robert Kpanou, a Beninese who worked as a tile layer in Lagos State, Nigeria, was returning to his home when he was stopped by officers attached to Maroko Police Station for a search during the 2020 nationwide #EndSARS protest. Kpanou was arrested that evening after the police found in his possession […]
Operatives of the Osun State Police Command and other Tactical units have said they received a marching order to stop the one-year remembrance of the EndSARS protest being planned by youths in the state. The state’s Commissioner of police, Olawale Olokode, said the police warned individuals or groups of individuals that were planning such in […]
A source has revealed how operatives of the Nigerian Police Force killed Chigozie Nwaiwu, a 23-year-old welder in Imo State and allegedly branded him a member of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to justify their action. Chigozie was said to have visited Uchenna Chukwuanyanwu, who is said to be his childhood friend, at his […]
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has raised an alarm over the investigations into the October 20, 2020 shooting at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos State. He alleged that there was an attempt to frustrate the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters, from reaching […]
The Lagos State Judicial Panel Of Inquiry set up to address the issue of police brutality has suspended its sitting until further notice. The Chairperson of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi (retired), announced this on Saturday. The panel was expected to conclude its sitting on October 19. This is coming hours after a member of […]
The request, granted by Justice Ahmed Mohammed, was filed by the CBN on October 20. Some of the affected individuals include Bolatito Racheal Oduala, Chima David Ibebunjoh, Mary Doose Kpengwa, Saadat Temitope Bibi, Bassey Victor Israel, Wisdom Busaosowo Obi, Nicholas Ikhalea Osazele, Ebere Idibie, Akintomide Lanre Yusuf, Uhuo Ezenwanyi Promise and Mosopefoluwa Odeseye. Others are: […]