Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday claimed the #EndSARS protests against police brutality that took place in the country last October were aimed at ousting him from office. The president made the claim during an interview with Arise TV. Buhari blamed the protests on the dwindling inflow of foreign direct investment to the country. He insisted…

With the negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic and EndSARs protest, Lagos State must continue to build residents’ resilience to enable them cope with the challenges of a mega city

Nigeria's attorney general Abubakar Malami Saturday said the country will prosecute those who flout the government order to deactivate operations of twitter in the West African nation. Nigeria announced on Friday that it has suspended Twitter from operating in the country after a face-off between the authorities and the social media giant escalated earlier in…

Young Nigerians are finding a way around the banning of Twitter in the West African country after a spat between the social media giant and authorities escalated this week. Announcing the ban on Friday via the Twitter handle of Nigeria's ministry of information and culture, a spokesman for Minister Lai Mohammed cited the "persistent use…

The Commissioner of Police in Osun, Mr Olawale Olokode, on Tuesday said the EndSARS protest in 2020 had emboldened hoodlums to attack police formations and officers across the country

• Records Surge In Human Capacity Development Amid COVID-19  Lagos State government has revealed that following the unfortunate EndSARS protest and destruction of public and private property, the state suffered colossus damage to critical public property with 20 parastatals’ assets, either stolen or destroyed.   Special Adviser to the Governor, Parastatals Monitoring Office (PMO), Afolabi…

At the entrance to the 47-year-old premises of Cross River State government-owned newspaper, The Nigerian Chronicle, a host of workers sit like refugees or internally displaced persons

Lagos State Government said property at Osborne Foreshore Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, for the relocation of Igbosere High Court, will be ready by end of May 2021. Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, made the disclosure at the Ministry of Justice 2021 ministerial press briefing in Alausa, Ikeja. Onigbanjo explained that this…

The audience at the Christopher Awubra panel of inquiry on police brutality in Taraba state was told on Monday how the men of the defunct Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) killed four siblings in February 2014. According to a representative of the victims' family, Kabiru Jibril Abdullahi, the deceased were aged between 17 and 19…

The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) has said that insurance companies in the country paid N4 billion as claims arising from over 2,000 businesses affected by the #EndSARS protests.

The scars and relics of the October 2020 #EndSARS protests are still alive in the family of a police officer who was attacked in Ibadan, Yakubu Enemali, as his wife, Tosin, has cried out that after seven months of the unfortunate incident, her husband is yet to talk and behave normal.

The Lagos State Government says it supported a total of 1,835 businesses affected by the EndSARS protest mayhem with the sum of N939.98 million.