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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday asked Nigerian youths to end their two-week-long protest and engage with the government to find soluins to the issues they raised. He  warned that the government’s quick response to the five demands initially made by the protesters was misconstrued for weakness.   In a 12-minute nation-wide broadcast, the President noted […]

…as ICC says it’s monitoring developments   The United Nations and the United States government have asked the Nigerian government to hold those responsible for the Lekki Tollgate massacre accountable.   In separate statements issued on the issue, they declared that Nigerians have the inalienable right to protest, which must not be denied them.   […]

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the socio-cultural group of the Ibos, has disassociated the tribe from statements credited to the leader of Indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu on the destruction of Yoruba assets in Lagos in the ongoing protests against police brutality.   Kanu had in a message claimed that he authorized the actions being taken […]

  Security cameras captured the shootings of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State Governor,  has clarified.   The footage would be submitted to the judicial panel on police brutality, extra-judicial killings, and extortion set up by the state earlier this week, the governor assured.   The governor said this on […]

….as Adeboye calls for investigation   Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to act fast in handling the ongoing protests against police brutality, before it is too late.   The former president spoke in a statement he issued Wednesday against the background of the shooting of the unarmed protesters on Tuesday by […]

The House of Representatives has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria to review all currently frozen accounts in Nigeria within 48 hours.   The House also asked the regulator to remove the freeze order on accounts unconstitutionally frozen, after one week.   The resolution followed the passage of a motion brought under urgent national importance […]

  A twenty-four-hour curfew imposed by governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State late Tuesday has failed to douse the tension and rage of the ongoing #EndSARS protest in the state. The governor on Wednesday extended the curfew to 72 hours.   Rather, the commercial city has been engulfed by fire and fury, as angry youths […]

  The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Monday, received a list of 35 operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, who have been recommended for prosecution and outright dismissal from the Nigeria Police Force.   The list of the indicted SARS operatives, drawn from 12 States […]

   Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state effective 4pm on Tuesday (today).   He said, “I have watched with shock how what began as a peaceful #EndSARS protest has degenerated into a monster that is threatening the well-being of our society. Lives and limbs have been lost as […]

Ekiti State deployed soldiers to #EndSARS protest locations in the state to protect the youths demonstrating against police brutality and extrajudicial killings, the government has clarified.   The clarification came from Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Akin Omole, who said that the measure was taken to prevent hoodlums from hijacking the peaceful protests in […]

At least fives state governments on Monday inaugurated panels to probe cases of human rights abuses against the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).   They are Lagos, Ogun, Ekiti, Abia, Delta, Edo and Plateau states.   Edo announced a 12-member committee, while Lagos set up an eight-member panel.   Secretary to Edo State Government, Osarodion […]

Two State governments Edo and Lagos, on Monday set up Judicial Panels of Inquiry into circumstances surrounding the #EndSARS protests in their states.   Edo announced a 12-member committee, while Lagos set up an eight-member panel.   Secretary to Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., in a statement, said that the Panel was been given […]