*As wife of Police victim begs for justice ANDREW OROLUA, ABUJA The Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations by the defunct SARS, on Friday, expressed displeasure and anger over the refusal of the Nigeria police to respond to its orders to testify over one John Emeka Alozie that its personnel arrested in 2017 and […]
The Nigeria Police Force has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja asking it to stop the ongoing judicial panels of inquiry set up to look into cases of alleged police brutality, Daily Times gathered. The judicial panels of inquiry were set up in most states of the country by governors to […]
Cable News Network (CNN) has released a second investigative report on the shooting of armless protesters at the Lekki toll plaza during the #EndSARS protest, Daily Times gathered. This second report released on Tuesday follows a series of threat issued to CNN by the Nigerian government. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had last […]
The Yaba Magistrates Court, Lagos, on Tuesday, granted bail in the sum of N1m to Eromosele Adene, a detained #EndSARS protester. The magistrate ruled against an application filed by the policemen attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department seeking to remand Adene for an extra 30 days. Eromosele’s lawyer, Tunde Jinadu, told The PUNCH on Tuesday that […]
Malam Lawal Gusau, an Islamic scholar and security expert has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate the role a group popularly known as Feminist Coalition played in the #EndSARS protests, Daily Times gathered. A complaint was also lodged against a member of the coalition, Fikhirriya Hashim, who is based in the […]
Amina Mohammed, the United Nations, UN, Deputy Secretary-General, has attributed the End SARS protests to COVID-19 and unemployment. The former Minister of Environment in Nigeria insists the compounding effects of COVID-19 pandemic was responsible for the protests. She stated this during her meeting with the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo at the State House. According to […]
The federal government has released the illegally seized passport of End SARS advocate, Modupe (Moe) Odele. Immigration officials blocked the activist from boarding an international flight on November 1. Two days later, the legal practitioner went to retrieve her passport but was told she is under investigation. On Monday, Modele announced that her official document has […]
The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation has said there is no sufficient evidence to prosecute the 33 operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad indicted in last year’s report of a Presidential Investigative Panel, Daily Times has learnt. The AGF’s office has therefore asked the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, to set up “a […]
According to strong indications on Tuesday, the Federal Government has launched surveillance on promoters of #EndSARS protests by freezing their bank accounts, Daily Times gathered. Some #EndSARS promoters, who spoke separately to The PUNCH, said their banks informed them that the Central Bank of Nigeria had directed that their accounts should be frozen. Last months, youths calling […]
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has blamed Arise, AIT and Channels TV for escalating the violence that followed the #EndSARS protest. They also lauded the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for sanctioning three broadcast media stations for their coverage of End SARS protests, Daily Times gathered. A statement on Friday by the Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju and the Secretary, […]
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says the looting of warehouses and shops by hoodlums cannot be traced to poverty in Nigeria but by the pandemonium that accompanied the #EndSARS protests, Daily Times gathered. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme, on Thursday, Adesina said attributing the looting to […]
The National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.), has accused protesters of using social media to disseminate misleading content to incite violence during the #EndSARS protests which rocked the country recently, Daily Times gathered. Monguno, who spoke at the multi-stakeholders workshop for the validation of the draft national cybersecurity policy and strategy 2020, organized […]
By Doosuur Iwambe A few weeks after the #EndSARS protests hit various states in Nigeria, the aftermath of the demonstrations has started biting hard on Nigerians who are already spending long hours in queues at gas stations, Daily Times gathered. A visit at some filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday revealed that […]
Prof Tunji Olaopa It’s sad that strategic intelligence option outside of force played out in the EndSARS crisis. Nigeria must learn to raise its game in national resilience and crisis management. Recent killing was avoidable with better strategic thinking and tactical intelligence. Protest is a fundamental part of any democratic experiment. Indeed, protest represents the […]
By Dakuku Peterside The drama, arson, destruction, looting and death witnessed in the past two weeks are unfortunate. The resultant loss in GDP and adverse effect on the common man and the economy as many states impose curfews and restrictions to stem the orgy of violence is very regrettable. There have been attempts by some […]
By Promise Adiele Tina Turner, the ageless American – Swiss-born singer electrified global music scene in 1984 with her hit song “What’s Love Got to Do with It”. The title of the song provides the creative impulse for the title of my essay this week. My analysis of the song and subsequent deployment as a […]
A man who claimed to be a victim of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Mr. Okoliagu Abunike, has relived his harrowing experience. It was at the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry for Restitution for Victims of SARS-related Abuses to seek redress. Abunike, a father of five, made the allegations during the inaugural sitting of […]
By Ray Ekpu For thirteen days the youths of Nigeria took to the social media and the streets to ventilate their anger against a notoriously callous wing of the Nigeria Police called Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). They piled the complaints with eye witness accounts, victims’ accounts and accounts of their relations concerning extortion and violence […]
By Tunde Opalana A senator representing Imo West senatorial district, His Excellency, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has blamed selfishness of the ruling elite class for the ugly violence anarchy and civil unrest with many people losing their lives that greeted the #EndSARS protest across the nation, Daily Times gathered. As he described the situation as very […]
By Tunde Opalana Proffering a solution to the degenerating trend of the ongoing #EndSARS protests, the Senate on Tuesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency address the protesters and by extension, the nation, Daily Times gathered. While calling on all tiers of government to put in place and sustain policies and […]