The Center for Human and Socio-economic Rights (CHSR) on Saturday condemned the arrest of some #OccupyLekki protesters by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force. At least 10 protesters expressing their misgivings over the proposed reopening of the Lekki toll plaza in Lagos were arrested by police on Saturday morning and taken to various detention centres
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Popular comedian Debo Adebayo, also known as Mr Macaroni, has been arraigned before a mobile court. Spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Muyiwa Adejobi. “He (Mr Macaroni) and others have been arraigned before a mobile court. I will release a statement on it shortly,” he said in a phone interview. Mr Macaroni was arrested
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EndSARS protesters in Enugu State, on Monday, announced that they would embark on candle light procession on Tuesday and Wednesday night in honour of those killed before and during the protest against police brutality, extrajudicial killings and extortion. The protesters who addressed journalists at the Michael Okpara Square, Enugu during commencement of the Monday’s protest,
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One of the celebrity pioneers of the EndSARs protest, Folarin ‘Falz’ Falana, has condemned extracurricular activities on protest grounds. The EndSARs protest against police brutality in the country is starting to take a new direction as protesters have been reported to party, drink, and take illegal substances on protest grounds. Other celebrities have appealed to
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At least five students of Holy Ghost Secondary School, Pave Chanchji, in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State have been killed by a special force of the Nigerian Army stationed in the community. It was gathered that one Mr Matthew, a teacher in the school, got married to one of his students named Ngufa
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Senate President Ahmed Lawan and Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday promised that the National Assembly would push the Federal Government to implement the demands of End SARS protesters. Lawan and Gbajabiamila spoke on a day protesters ignored the directive of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Malam Muhammad Bello prohibiting protests and demonstrations in
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EndSARS protesters on Thursday pushed out the convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, from one of their rallies in Lagos. In a video that has gone viral on social media, Sowore, who is standing trial for alleged treason at the Federal High Court, Abuja, was pushed out by the protesters who asked him to
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Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State on Thursday promised that all illegal detainees in the cells of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the state would be released from Friday. The governor made the promise while addressing #ENDSARS protesters at the Government House in Awka. The governor also disclosed that a former Commander of
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Vehicular movement was on Wednesday grounded following protests by scores of #EndSARS protesters in Awka, the Anambra State capital. Motorists and commuters were kept for hours by the protesters who also paralyzed socioeconomic activities in the area. The protesters moved to major streets in the city later converged on the Aroma junction by the Onitsha
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The Presidency has said the Presidential Panel on the Reform of the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has approved the five-point demand of Nigerians, who have been protesting across the country since last week. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday signed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser of Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.
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The Rivers State Government has placed a ban on all forms of protests in the State. The Governor, Nyesom Wike in a statement issued through his Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim advised parents and guardians to ensure their children or wards did not violate the order. He said the decision followed the scrapping
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As Nigeria marks its 60 Independence, protesters numbering about two hundred, (200), Thursday stormed the streets of Lagos, demanding the end to bad governance and leadership in the country. They told newsmen that they were members of #RevolutionNow protesters. Recall that the federal had last year arrested some members of this group. The organizer, Omoyele
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British protesters tore down the statue of a renowned slave trader and threw it in the harbour on the second day of weekend protests against George Floyd’s death. Footage shot by a witness showed a few dozen people tie a rope around the neck of Edward Colston’s statue and bring it to the ground in
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