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  Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, says the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 And Beyond (ASCAB) has identified the barracks of the soldiers who opened fire on protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos. Last Tuesday, soldiers opened fire on the protesters who blocked the toll gate while demanding an end to police brutality. The issue […]

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has ordered military commanders and troops to go after looters and hoodlums raiding warehouses and vandalizing property across the country. Addressing Principal Staff Officers, General Officers Commanding, and Field Commanders at a meeting held at the Nigerian Army headquarters, Abuja on Monday, the Chief of Army […]

Senate President Ahmed Lawan on Monday assured the National Assembly would ensure justice for all victims of the disbanded Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) police outfit. Lawan, in a statement personally signed by him in Abuja, called on security agencies to stop the orgy of looting and vandalism now prevalent across major cities in the […]

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Arise Television, Channels Television and African Independent Television N3m each over their “unprofessional coverage” of the EndSARS protests and the crisis that followed it. The acting Director of NBC General Prof Armstrong Idachaba announced that sanction at a press conference in Abuja on Monday. The NBC had earlier […]

  President Muhammadu Buhari has again condemned hate messages and eviction notices to ethnic and religious groups as a result of the consequences of the EndSARS protests in some parts of the country. The president, in a statement issued by his Spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, , saying that Nigerians must be their brothers’ keepers and […]

The police on Sunday ordered their officers and men to go after those who were looting private and government establishments under the guise of #EndSARS protests. Already, no fewer than 483 suspected looters have been arrested in Lagos,  Akwa Ibom, Osun, Anambra, Kano and Plateau states. Peaceful protests by youths calling for the scrapping of […]

  National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed the ongoing Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) indefinitely following the crisis in the country over the #EndSARS protests. The development was announced in a statement by Azeez Sani, NECO’s spokesperson, in Minna, capital of Niger state, on Sunday. According to the statement, the decision was reached by the […]

  PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has given a marching order to members of his cabinet to relocate to their home states for the purpose of dousing the tension created by the #EndSARS protests and the destruction of property by hoodlums hiding under the protest. The directive to the Ministers was given at last Wednesday’s Federal Executive […]

The Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday visited the local governments secretariats, police stations and other facilities burnt by hoodlums. The governor and his team visited the Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government, Ajeromi Divisional Police Headquarters, Layeni, and Amukoko Police Stations, Lagos State Public Works Office at Ojodu and Ojodu Bus Rapid Transit terminal. According […]