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EndSARS’ 3rd anniversary: Declare Oct 20 National Freedom Day, Okiro urges Tinubu

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By Tunde Opalana As young Nigerians marked the 3rd anniversary of the anti- police brutality protest code named ‘EndSARS’, former Inspector General of Police, Sir (Dr) Mike Okiro, rtd, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to declare October 20 as National Freedom Day in

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ENDSARS PROTEST: Remembering Victims Who Made Sacrifices

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2023 0

As the Nation especially young Nigerians commemorate the third year Anniversary of the EndSars Protests that rocked the entire Country in October 2020, the incident that follows the protest sent shivers down the spine of young Nigerians who were part of the march for a better and improved Country. That Peaceful protest remains one of […]

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Which Way Nigeria: Two Years After the EndSARS Protests, the Truth Remains Elusive

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By Ralph Leonard Two years have elapsed since the historic EndSARS protests significantly impacted Nigeria. The movement originated as a Twitter campaign in 2017, advocating for the disbandment of the infamous Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and an end to police brutality. The protests gained substantial traction in October 2020, culminating in a critical investigation

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ENDSARS: Lagos releases White Paper, faults panel’s report on Lekki Toll Gate killings

Ihesiulo Grace 1 December 2021 0

*Says ‘massacre’ claim based on speculations, assumptions *Partially accepts recommendations on police operation, welfare Benjamin Omoike After weeks of expectation, the Lagos State Government finally has released its much-publicised White Paper on the report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on General Police Brutality Cases and Lekki Incident Investigation,

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EndSARS: Burnt police stations in Lagos undergoing renovation – CP

Ihesiulo Grace 14 November 2021 0

Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has said that all the police stations burnt in the state during last year’s EndSARS protests are now undergoing renovation. Odumosu, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, stressed that some of the police stations had been completed and were now ready […]

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Mr. Macaroni, 24 others arrested at #OccupyLekki protest

Ihesiulo Grace 13 February 2021 0

By Joy Joseph Popular Comedian, Debo Adebayo, alias Mr. Macaroni, and 25 other suspected #OccupyLekki protesters were arrested on Saturday morning by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command. The protesters who had come out to protest the reopening of Lekki Toll Gate, where the October 20, 2020 shooting happened, were stopped by armed policemen […]

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EndSARS: Youth Representative Withdraws From Panel

Ihesiulo Grace 13 February 2021 0

Rinu Oduala, one of the leaders of the EndSARS demonstrations, removed her participation from the Lagos judicial review panel on police brutality. Oduala was named as a youth representative on the panel set up to investigate cases of police violations of rights following last October’s mass youth protest. In the notice of withdrawal, Oduala cited […]

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‘APC registration exercise gives opportunity for youths to lead’

Ihesiulo Grace 9 February 2021 0

STEPHEN GBADAMOSI, IBADAN The ongoing membership registration exercise of the All Progressives Congress (APC) offers a unique opportunity for the Nigerian youths to achieve all the positive things they set to achieve with the #EndSARS protests, if they are prepared to end the passivity of quality youths in active politics. The chairman of Media and […]

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#EndSARS: petitioners narrate how officers threaten them to implicate Saraki

Ihesiulo Grace 6 January 2021 0

KEHINDE AKINPELU, ILORIN Two petitioners before the Kwara state judicial panel of inquiry on #endSARS protest, in Ilorin on Wednesday, narrated how they were tortured and humiliated by men of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The petitioners, Alhaji Kehinde Gobir and Alhaji Shuaib Jawando, who accused the SARS officers of alleged high depth of […]

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Call northern elders to order – Ohaneze to FG

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2020 0

On Wednesday the Ohanaeze Ndigbo calls the Federal government to call the Abdullahi-led group to order, for what it called “incendiary, unsubstantiated and inflammatory statement, credited  to  him on the role of the Igbo during the October #EndSARS protests in Rivers State. saying its comment were “capable of setting the country ablaze” Daily Times

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EndSARS: Northern elders disown Ango Abdullahi over statement against Igbo

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2020 0

Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The Northern elders have disowned Professor Ango Abdullahi, over his recent statement that many people from the Northern part of the country were killed in the South East during the #EndSARS protests. In a statement made available to journalists on Friday, the northern elders strongly condemned the statement and urged Nigerians to […]

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A second wave of the End SARS protest has begun in Osun

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2020 0

The  protest against the brutality and extrajudicial killings by police unit SARS has resurfaced. On Monday, youths hit the streets again in Osogbo, capital of Osun State. The second wave of the End SARS protest commenced in Lagos, Oyo and Osun States. Daily Times reports that demonstrators have returned to Lekki toll plaza, the scene of […]

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EndSARS: Nigerians react as police, LASTMA officers storm Lekki toll gate

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2020 0

Nigerians on social media have reacted to the heavy presence of the Nigerian police, Lagos state traffic management authority (LASTMA) officers at the Lekki toll gate this morning, Daily Times gathered. This is coming barely two months after the Army was alleged to have fired at peaceful protesters at Lekki, the assumed capital of the […]

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Fresh #EndSARS protest dangerous, premature, Yahaya Bello warns

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2020 0

The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has described the move to embark on another round of #EndSARS protests as premature, dangerous and counterproductive, Daily Times gathered. The governor, therefore, called on Nigerian youths to shelve the plan. The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday warned against any planned protest or gathering in the state. […]

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People who knew me would speak in my defense – Gowon

Ihesiulo Grace 26 November 2020 0

General Yakubu Gowon former military Head of State has report that the claims levelled against him by Tom Tugendhat a United Kingdom parliament member that he stole half of Nigeria’s money stocked in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Daily Times report. On Tuesday, a vote for the UK’s government to sanction some Nigerian government officials […]

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EndSARS: South-East governors to create fund to support victims of violence- Onyeama

Ihesiulo Grace 25 November 2020 0

—Says FG engages UK parliament on threat to sanction top Nigerian officials ROTIMI FADEYI, ABUJA Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama on Wednesday disclosed that South-East governors are committed to creating fund to compensate and help victims of violence. The Minister disclosed this on Wednesday during a press briefing shortly after the Federal Executive Council

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#ENDSARS: How persecution is driving vibrant activists into exile –Odion Ighodola

Ihesiulo Grace 20 November 2020 0

EndSARS, a social movement and mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria started in 2017 as a Twitter Campaign using the hashtag ENDSARS. This Campaign amongst others demanded the disbanding of the Special Anti-Rubbery Squad (SARS), a notorious unit of the Nigeria Police with a long record of abuses. The movement experienced a revitalization in […]

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EndSARS: Lagos govt, judicial panel drag to court over Lekki shooting

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2020 0

By Doosuur Iwambe Some Nigerians identified as Adekunle Augustine, Semion Akogwu has dragged the Lagos State government and the judicial panel of inquiry and restitution for victims of SARS related abuses in Lagos state and lekki tollgate incident before the Lagos state High Court. Augustine and Akogwu in a suit instituted by their Samuel Adama […]