ENDSARS
The Lagos State government discredited the reports on social media on Sunday to conduct mass burial for persons who lost their lives during the #EndSARS protest in 2020. In a statement by the state Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health Dr. Olusegun Ogboye stated that the rumours were the handiwork of mischief makers as there […]
In another development to mark the second anniversary of the #EndSARS shooting on October 20, 2020, a memorial procession is ongoing as announced by Nigerian rapper, Folarin Falana, also known as Falz. According to a shared flier, the procession cars will pass through the toll gate, waving the Nigerian flags and chanting #EndSARS. An […]
Human rights organization, Amnesty International, Nigeria has faulted the claims of the Minister of Information, Mr Lai Mohammed over the Lagos #ENDSARS report. The Minister of Information and Culture at a press conference in Abuja had described the leaked report as one laced with discrepancies and inconsistencies, and was unverified fake news. He insisted […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has described the leaked report of the Lagos State panel as fake. Mohammed said this at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday. The nine-member panel had in its leaked report alleged that at least nine persons were killed at the Lekki toll plaza when soldiers […]
A member of the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the investigation of the Lekki toll gate incident, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has raised alarm over the persecution of panel members since the report of its findings was submitted to the state government. Mr Adegboruwa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said in his statement on Thursday […]
The Federal Government has told a Federal High Court in Lagos that it has not stopped Nigerians from using social media platform, Twitter, adding that many Nigerians are still using it every day. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Federal Government said this in a counter-affidavit they deposed to in response […]
The Bayelsa Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and other Related Offences has awarded N21 billion to victims of extra-judicial killings perpetrated by the police and other security operatives. Chairman of the Panel, rtd. Justice Young Ogola, disclosed this while submitting the report to Gov. Douye Diri in Yenagoa. Justice Ogola said […]
Social media users have expressed their opposition to the reopening of the Lekki Tollgate as decided by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses. The panel had on Saturday granted the prayers of the Lekki Concession Company to reopen the toll plaza. The decision had generated lots […]
Reddington Hospital has told the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters that it treated an overwhelming number of persons with gunshots or other wounds from the Lekki Toll Gate on the night of last October 20. It said the number of persons brought to […]
Almost three months after police officer, Corporal Etaga Stanley of the Delta State command, attached to Ughelli division was brutally murdered during the EndSars protest, the family have accused the Delta State government of not showing empathy as it has neither paid a condolence visit nor called to commiserate with the family. It will be […]
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