…implementation of EndSARS Panel report is piriority project that deserves urgent and immediate government attention Victims of EndSARS protest in Anambra State have demanded implementation of the panel’s report. The victims recalled that two years after the panel’s report, the State is yet to implement it, urging Governor Chukwuma Soludo to come to their rescue
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‘The Panel received over 300 petitions and made recommendations in a report submitted to the State Government’ Anambra Civil Society Network (ACSONET) a foremost platform for Citizens and Non State Actors stakeholders has urged Anambra State Government under Gov. Charles Soludo to act upon the EndSars Judicial Panel of inquiry report submitted in March ,
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‘Court held that Obi’s supporters must not stop at the Lekki Toll Gate but could pass through the venue to access Falomo Bridge and other areas’ A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the Labour Party and its supporters not to converge at the Lekki Toll Gate for its “#Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally”
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Lagos State Government, yesterday, disclosed that not less than $2.47 million (N939.98 million) has been expended to support businesses affected during the EndSARS’ protest. Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Yetunde Arobieke, made the disclosure at the ministerial press briefing to commemorate the second year of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration. Arobieke said with the disbursement of the fund, not less
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The Police Command in Anambra says it has recovered one pump action rifle allegedly stolen from 3-3 Police Station during the #EndSARS protests in the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Haruna Mohammed, who disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Awka, said that the rifle was recovered from
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The Vice President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), South-South, Bishop Simeon Okah, on Saturday, expressed displeasure over the increase in insecurity across the country, saying that it is “disturbing and assuming an alarming rate.” Okah said this during a media chat on the state of the nation, in Warri, the Delta State Capital
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Emmanuel Adebisi, known as one of the coordinators of the #EndSARS Movement in Osun State, is being held by the Department of State Services for alleged impersonation. Adebisi had on Monday led a group of protesters to Osun State House of Assembly and demanded the disbandment of the panel probing police brutality in the state,
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Following the alleged plan to carry out another round of #EndSARS protest, armed policemen and soldiers have been deployed at the Lekki toll plaza, Lagos. Several motorists informed The PUNCH that the security operatives were deployed around midnight. The Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, did not respond to calls on Monday morning. However, both
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The Federal Government on Monday has petitioned the Cable News Network (CNN), for its coverage of the #EndSARS protest in Lekki area of Lagos, demanding “immediate and exhaustive investigation into its report on the Lekki Toll Gate incident to determine its authenticity and conformity to basic standards of journalism. In the petition addressed to Mr.
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The management of Access Bank Plc has sympathised with #EndSARS protesters for freezing their accounts, this is following an online campaign for customers to boycott bank. Recall that Access Bank had frozen accounts of about eight persons suspected to be involved in the #EndSARS campaign. It was however gathered that the bank acted based on
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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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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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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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The governor of Cross River state, Ben Ayade has directed that the prevailing curfew in Calabar metropolis be relaxed to now take effect from 10.00pm to 6.00am from Sunday, November 8, 2020. A statement signed by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Christain Ita and made available to newsmen on Saturday said the
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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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