By Ayininuola Oluwaseyifunmi The green and white flag waving since 1960 was once a beacon of hope, a symbol of strength and resilience, a nation with so much potential, destined to be one of the world’s greatest. Sixty years and twenty days later, bullets were fired at her children by those who swore to protect, […]
Popular comedian and activist, Adebowale Adedayo, better known as Mr Macaroni, has called for the release of #EndSARS protesters who are still languishing in detention three years after the mass protests. Mr Macaroni spoke in Lagos on Friday while leading a peace walk to commemorate the third anniversary of the Lekki shooting, the tragic event […]
A clothing brand has sparked outrage after making a men’s collection out of the bloodied #EndSARS stained Nigerian flag. Naija News recalls that on the 20th of October 2020, the Nigerian Army allegedly opened fire at unarmed protesters who had stormed the Lekki tollgate to press their demands against police brutality. The question on who […]
Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the federal high court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to unfreeze the accounts linked with some promoters of the #EndSARS protest that took place across the country last year. The judge in his ruling on Wednesday set aside the order it made […]
Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), and nine others have been dragged before a Federal High Court in Abuja, over the set up of an independent panel to probe killings during the #EndSARS protests that rocked the country for three weeks in October last year. The plaintiff, Lucky Odigie through his […]
Mr. Gabriel Eretchabor, who runs a Mr Biggs franchise in Gbagada, Lagos, seeking for assistance from the Lagos state government over the vandalizing of business premises by hoodlums who hijacked the #EndSARS protest. Leaving him tormented by the pain of that devastating experience as the hoodlums vandalized and looted his business premises, leaving his once […]
The Nigerian Army did not appear at the Lagos State judicial panel of inquiry into alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki because it was not petitioned. The Legal Team representing Nigerian Army at the panel said that the army was only summoned by the panel as part of their fact finding inquiry to unravel […]
By Felix Oboagwina Nigeria is not cursed with hurricanes and tornadoes. But October’s #EndSARS protests finally cut across the country like a devastating Tsunami that shook the entire landscape and left sorrows, tears and blood in its trail. It all started like a gentle ocean breeze after the country turned 60 on October 1. Tons […]
Nigerians have reacted to the untimely death of a 20-year-old journalist, Pelumi Onifade who filmed the #EndSARS protest at Abule Egba, Lagos state. In a series of tweets on Wednesday, the Onifade, who works for Gboah TV, had filmed how the president of the President-General of Yoruba Youth Forum (YYF), Abiodun Bolarinwa was caught on […]
By Mutiat Alli With roars of the Nigerian youths across the nation to end the brutality melted upon some few by the members of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) which led to the national wide protest tagged #ENDSARS; one of many Nigerians in diaspora who supported the movement was Nigerian-American rapper, Joel LivingGod popular known […]
By Ebere Onwudiwe In the #EndSARS protests, we have just had a glimpse of our youth’s possibilities for nation-building; the determination to create a functional country out of a dysfunctional one. When the politicians of a country become divided continuously in terms of how to move their country forward (by amending the Constitution or restructuring), […]
By Dakuku Peterside As life gradually returns to normal after a tumultuous week of looting, arson, wanton destruction and death that followed the #EndSARS protests, many Nigerians are counting their losses. In Lagos, hoodlums attacked public and private facilities two weeks ago and burnt Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) buses in their terminals in Oyingbo and […]
By Wole Soyinka (Opinion) While the formal fact-finding panels pursue their assignment, and bewildered minds attempt to absorb the turn of events, reflect upon, and engage in informal caucuses on ‘what really happened’ during, and following the authentic #ENDSARS campaign, both in the Lekki arena and in horrifying dimensions across the nation, I believe that […]
In the light of the recent national upheaval in the form of #ENDSARS protest spearheaded by the youths of this country, it is apposite for us as a people to interrogate their function and place in our quest for true nationhood. A young, active population has the potential to unleash energies which are crucial to […]
By Tunde Shorunke The real impact of the #EndSARS protest as ranges from losses of billion US dollars across sectors along with several implicit costs from curfews arising to restriction of movement and reputational risk. Experts have highlighted that impacts of the #EndSARS protest on investment is unquantifiable looking from the range of a loss […]
The Edo State Command of the Nigerian Police has announced the arrest 50 hoodlums involved in the October 20th #ENDSARS protest including one Lucky Oghosa Sunday over his involvement in the Indecent act of gay practice with another male Osagie Edosa who is presently at large. Lucky Oghosa Sunday, according to a police statement made […]
Philip Clement, Abuja The federal government have been urged to listen to the #EndSARS protesters, and ensure that peace and justice prevail and act on their demands. The group called #FixPolitics intiative, which is a research-based citizens collective, made up of Nigerians across various demographic groups and professional endeavours, also called on the federal and […]
A coalition of nine renegade militant groups in the Niger-Delta region is planning to embark on attack to resume hostilities, attack oil and gas facilities if Federal Government did not meet the demands of protesting Nigerian youths. The militant groups under the aegis of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, which held an emergency meeting […]
The Adekunle section of Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State has been blocked by youths protesting against police brutality and bad governance in Nigeria. The protesters only allowed vehicles on emergency services to pass the third mainland bridge. According to the Punch, the protesters had earlier marched to Panti and Adekunle Police Station in a […]
Edo Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew across the state till further notice. Secretary to Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie, in a statement said the curfew takes effect from 4pm on Monday, Daily Times gathered. He said: “This decision has become necessary because of the very disturbing incidents of vandalism and attacks on private individuals […]