Top Nigerian celebrities, Innocent Idibia, also known as Tubaba, Yemi Alade, actor Yul Edochie and other entertainers have all reacted to their names being included in the list of #EndSARS promoters by lawyer, activist Kenechukwu Okeke, who filed criminal complaints against them. The Abuja-based Okeke had filed the suit at an Abuja Chief Magistrate’s Court
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A Magistrate Court in Wuse, Abuja, on Wednesday, granted bail to six #EndSARS protesters that was arrested by police last week in front of the National Assembly complex, Abuja. The protesters —Oluwatosin Adeniyi, Paul Akinwumi, Davo Chomo, Abdulsalam Zuberu, Kabiru Gasali, and Yasiru Bashir —were arraigned shortly after they were arrested by police in front
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A lecturer with the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, Dr Justin Nwankwo on Tuesday, told the State Panel of Enquiry on Police Brutality, Extra-Judicial Killings and Other Related Matters that the defunct SARS ruptured his scrotum in the process of torturing him in 2013. He requested for compensation for being unjustly branded a kidnapper and
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The Assistant Inspector General of Police Zone-13; Danmallam Mohammed has solicited for support of the traditional ruler of Nnewi, His Royal Majesty, Igwe (Dr) Kenneth Orizu and other stakeholders to the ongoing rebuild of the Police stations burnt during the #EndSARS protest. He said the efforts would ensure Policing took its shape and to give
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Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr Vincent Okpala has warned residents of the state to be wary of a likely resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Okpala said the #EndSARS protest was triggered the virus spread. Speaking during the 2nd year anniversary of the state Media Crew nicknamed, I-Witness, Okpala said more persons
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253 EndSARS protester’s hope gets high as Lagos State government declared them released. The EndSARS protesters were arrested by police over their alleged roles in the choas caused in the state. The state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), who gave the directive in a statement issued by the Director of Public
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The Federal Government, on Saturday, said social media massacre took place during the End SARS protest. Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, says no single Nigerian was killed at the Lekki Toll Gate when soldiers shot at the protesters who were demonstrating against the excesses of police under the aegis of #EndSARS. Prof. Ibrahim Gambari,
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Bishops of the Anglican Communion, Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger on Saturday applauded the Nigeria youths for the courage they demonstrated during the recent #EndSARS protest. They described the protest as timely andwelcome development, urging the Federal government to treat their demands with urgency. Speaking during the 7th edition of the Anglican Prayer Rally of
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A magistrate court sitting in Abuja has remanded six persons, who participated in the #ENDSARS protest in front of the National Assembly in Abuja at a correctional center until January 25, 2021. It was gathered that some ENDSARS protesters arrested on Friday in Abuja was denied bail by the magistrate. Recall that on Friday, Omoyele
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Reactions continue to trail the shooting of unarmed EndSARS protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos State. In a latest development, Ministers from the South-West part of Nigeria have urged the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency probe the role of soldiers in the shooting of the protesters which happened on Tuesday, October
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Some legal practitioners in Onitsha, Anambra state have called for the decentralization of the Police Service Commission (PSC) as a regulatory body for effective service delivery. The lawyers who said the call followed recent protests by the Nigerian youths against the defunct Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS), canvased for the establishment of the Commission in
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Resident doctors at the Ondo State University Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTHC), Akure, have embarked on a three-day warning strike over non-payment of their salaries. The health workers who began the strike on Monday. According to them the state government owed them four months’ salary arrears. Recall, there was a protest initially, their spokesperson, Taiwo
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The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said on Monday evening that Egypt would deport seven Nigerians for protesting without permit.The seven Nigerians were arrested by the Egyptian police last month for participating in the #EndSARS protest in the North African country. Dabiri-Erewa, who disclosed this on her Twitter handle, said the
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Not fewer than 20 youths in Abuja have taken to the streets again to protest against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police force unit over alleged killings of innocent Nigerians. A group of #EndSARS protesters were seen demonstrating against police brutality on Sunday. It was gathered that youths about 20 visited the Nnamdi
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…Compensate Police, victims of protest A rights group, Human Rights, Liberty Access and Peace Defenders’ Foundation (HURIDE), has appealed to state Governors to grant amnesty to the hoodlums who carted arms like AK-47 Raffles belonging to the Police during the recent #EndSARS protest but decided to return them within 14 days. It also asked the
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