News

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

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Lagos #EndSARS panel was illegal – Keyamo

Ihesiulo Grace 29 November 2021 0

*Says states can’t probe military, police Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, says the Lagos State judicial panel on police brutality was “illegal and a waste of time”. Keyamo made the comment on Sunday during an interview on Channels Television. The minister said the Lagos State government, which set up the […]

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Buhari breaks silence on #EndSARS panels’ reports

Ihesiulo Grace 19 November 2021 0

*Says state govts will have to act on reports of their panels before FG will act on the recommendations *US expects responses that address grievances of victims – Blinken *Govt agents attacking Lagos panel members, Adegboruwa raises alarm For the first time since the panels set up by various state governments to probe cases of […]

Opinion

Lessons from George Floyd: A clarion call to action

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2020 0

On the 25th of May, 2020, the whole world reeled in shock following the breaking news of an American citizen who was brutally murdered by a Minneapolis police officer for allegedly buying cigarettes with a phony $20 bill. With the subsequent release of a video clip of the incident which eventually went viral, the whole […]

News

NHRC sets panel to look alleged police brutality

Ihesiulo Grace 9 February 2020 0

Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Tony Ojukwu has said the commission will set up a special investigation panel on the alleged police brutality of a staff of the Women Aid Collectives (WACOL), a non -governmental organisation based in Enugu.  Receiving a petition from WACOL Founding Director, Prof. Joy Ezeilo on the alleged police

Politics

Wike leads Rivers people on protest march against alleged police brutality

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2016 0

…demands immediate transfer of Steven Hasso and Akin Fakorede  Apparently dissatisfied with the performance of security operatives in the Saturday December 10 rerun election in Rivers state, Governor Nyesom Wike, Thursday, took to the streets of Port Harcourt, leading thousands of Rivers people on a protest march against the alleged mass killings and brutality by