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17 Oct 2020
About 37 former members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad have been listed for dismissal from the Nigeria Police while 24 others are recommended for prosecution.
17 Oct 2020
Some notable Nollywood celebrities have lent their support to the ongoing #EndPoliceBrutality protest that is sweeping through some parts of Nigeria.
17 Oct 2020
Last Wednesday, Falz the Bahd Guy, aka Folarin Falana, roared at the government. He was live on Instagram. Hair dyed pink. Beard. Black T-shirt. Brisk.
17 Oct 2020
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has said that corruption is the major obstacle to having a safe and secured country, which could facilitate development in other sectors of Nigeria.
17 Oct 2020
It was a marriage between demand for reform and entertainment yesterday at the venue of the ongoing #EndSars in Alausa...
16 Oct 2020
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has marked 37 operatives of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) for dismissal. PSC spokesman Ikechukwu Ani said in a statement that a presidential panel set up on the reform of SARS made the recommendation. He said the panel had investigated allegations of human rights violations and abuse of office against…
16 Oct 2020
A glitch hit the website of Nigeria's central bank Friday in an apparent cyberattack, which made it go on and off intermittently. Hackers collective Anonymous claimed responsibility for the attack in the continuation of the takedown of Nigerian Government-owned social media accounts and websites. The hackers said the series of attacks on government-owned websites were to…
16 Oct 2020
Motorists on Friday groaned over gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as a result of protest against the disbanded Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARs). The protesters carried placards with different inscriptions as they blocked the expressway, causing gridlock. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who monitored the situation reports that the gridlock affected…
16 Oct 2020
As the agitation against police brutality, extortion, harassment and extrajudicial killing of Nigerians continues, hip-hop rapper Folarin Falana known as Falz and public policy expert Dr Joe Abah has backed out of a town hall meeting set up by the government. The town hall meeting, organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, was to…
16 Oct 2020
NAN reports that the #End SARS protests started in Lagos State on Monday by youths that are against the human rights’ violations of innocent Nigerians by SARS operatives, a unit of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF).
16 Oct 2020
Tiwa Savage has called on American music icon Beyonce to lend her voice to the ongoing #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. Savage, in an Instagram live session, spoke about the state of the nation and the ongoing agitation for an end to police brutality. "Nigeria is bad," she began in a pensive mood. Then she went…
16 Oct 2020
An activist, Mr Jacob Pwakim, has advised Nigerians protesting against the existence of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit of the Nigerian Police Force, to be civil