The Public Defender and Citizens’ Rights Commission (PDCRC) on Friday submitted its report of the #EndSARS protests in Kogi State to Governor Yahaya Bello. #EndSARS is a decentralised social movement and series of mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria. The slogan calls for the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a notorious unit of the Nigerian Police with a long record of abuse of Nigerian citizens. The protests were held across the country...

The Indigenous People of Biara (IPOB) has suspended its earlier announced May 26 sit-at-home. According to the group, the cancellation followed the postponement of the court case of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, which was scheduled for Thursday. The group made this known in a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, on Wednesday. It called on the people to maintained restraint and “keep their eyes on the ball”. Powerful said the announcement...

By Emmanuel Chigbata, Staff Reporter AWKA — Archbishop Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger and Bishop, Diocese of Awka, Anambra State, Most Revd. Alexander Ibezim, on Saturday, declared that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will be released next month. He said God would touch the leadership of the country to release the IPOB leader in order to end the growing calamity in the southern region of the country....