#DefendLagos Group Suspends Counter Protest

Supporters of the #DefendLagos demonstration have withdrawn from the protest at Lekki tollgate. The group which was formed as a counter against the #OccupyLekkiTollGate rally scheduled for Saturday indicated that its decision to withdraw during a virtual press conference. Alabi Oladimeji, the convener of #DefendLagos said that the government has assured that no protest will be allowed to hold at the toll gate. “No protest from #DefendLagos on Saturday. We are simultaneously respecting the state...

Mr Macaroni, Others Arrested Over #OccupyLekkiTollGate Protest

Debo Adebayo, Nigerian comedian better known as Mr. Macaroni along with other youths have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos state police command over the ongoing #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest. On Saturday morning, the comedian took to his Instagram page to stream a live video of his arrest at the Lekki tollgate axis alongside other protesters. “I’m being arrested. I’m being arrested ooo Nigerians you can see,” he said in a video clip. In another clip,...

University Student, 5 Others To Die By Hanging

A High Court in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, has sentenced six youths to death by hanging for armed robbery. The convicts were found guilty of mounting illegal roadblocks and robbed passengers in 2015 along Lafiya-Numan highway. Those convicted are Munbe Bala, student of the Department of Mathematics and Education of  Modibbo Adama University Yola, Afu Stephen former staff of Nigeria Communications Satellite (NiComSat), Abuja, Peter Eli, Hassan Yusuf, Bobi Mabudi, and Emmanuel Kenneth. Justice...

272 Community Policing Officers Inaugurated In Enugu State, The CPOs to Complement The Police Says The CP

The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu has charged the Community Police Officers, CPOs, to be professional in information gathering and apprehending of criminals and other law offenders in their various localities. The CP made this call during the inauguration of the 272 Special Constables recruited and trained at Oji River Police College, for Community Policing in the state; 16 persons were recruited from each of the 17 Local Government Area in the...

No Protest Will Be Allowed in Lagos — Police

The Lagos police command has vowed to avert the #OccupyLekkiTollGate demonstration scheduled for Saturday on the grounds that the force has gathered that some “hidden agents” are secretly planning to incite violence. On Monday, Nigerians on social media planned another protest to express their displeasure over the decision of the Lagos State Judicial Panel to allow Lekki Concession Company to reopen the Lekki tollgate. The tollgate has not been operational since October 20 when armed...

Why CBN is yet to Unfreeze Accounts Linked to #EndSARS Protesters – Malami

The Attorney General of the federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has divulged the reasons behind FG’s refusal to unfreeze the bank accounts linked to 20 #EndSARS demonstrator as against court order. On Wednesday, the federal high court in Abuja had ordered the CBN to unfreeze the account of the protesters targeted by the apex bank following the anti-police brutality demonstration. Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has in October 2020 directed banks...

PROTEST: FG Prohibits #OccupyLekkiTollGate# Protest Over Security Report

ABUJA — The Federal Government has prohibited the #Occupy Lekki Toll Gate protest scheduled for Saturday over intelligence report that it will be hijacked and used to destabilise the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced this on Thursday in Abuja at a media briefing to address issues on the proposed protest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some #EndSars protest proponents have given notice of their plan to...

FIDA Intensifies Advocacy On Ending Harmful Traditional Practices, GBV

ABUJA — The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) says it has intensified advocacy toward ending harmful traditional practices and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in all local government areas of the country. Harmful traditional practices are forms of violence committed against women and girls for so long that they are considered or presented by perpetrators as part of accepted cultural practice. The National President of FIDA, Rhoda Tyoden, told the News Agency of...

Like Hongkong Like Lagos – A Comparative Perspective to Protest in Two Cities

Although the objective of the ongoing protest in Hongkong, the commercial city of China is quite different from the #EndSARS protest in Nigeria. However, the #EndSARS protest in Nigeria has certain features that can be linked to that of the Hongkong protest. This really interpreted that although humans might be different in color but the illustrated narrative of the quest for freedom is a universal clamor as the act of oppression is embedded in humans,...

POLICE: Minister Explains Why Buhari Extend IGP’s Tenure by Three Months

Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammad Dingyadi, on Thursday, explained why President Muhammadu Buhari decided to extend the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, for three months. He said it was “to allow for a robust and efficient process of appointing a new IGP.” The minister said this in an interview with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Remember that the tenure of Adamu should have expired on Monday when he...

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