Stakeholders Decry Effect of EndSARS Protest On Education

Stakeholders in the education sector say they are worried about the effect of the #EndSARS protest on the sector, coming a few weeks after schools started resuming following months of inactivity. Some of them, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, expressed worry that the children were back home shortly after resumption from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) era. They said that the incessant closure of schools was hindering progress in...

#EndSARS Demands: Anglican Archbishop Urges Youths to Give Government Time to Respond

The Anglican Archbishop of Owerri, Imo, Most Rev. Dr David Onuoha, has urged Nigerian youths to shun violence and give the government time to respond to their demands that necessitated the #EndSARS protests. Onuoha made the call on Sunday on the heels of protest by some Nigerians demanding an end to police brutality and the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). He said that the protest presented Nigerian youths as resourceful and intelligent with...

Police In Adamawa Commences Prosecution Of Looters, Arraign 66

Adamawa state Police Command Friday arraigned 66 of the 238 persons arrested in connection with looting, stealing and vandalizing government and public properties across the state this week. Among the suspects, four were women including a nursing mother and underage children. Twenty two of the suspects were arraigned at the Magistrate court Four Yola, while the remaining were arraigned at the Magistrate Court Two Yola. None documentation of the case files stalled the hearing, but...

We Have the Footage of the Oct. 20 Lekki Shooting Incident, LCC Tells Lagos Judicial Panel

The Management of the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) on Friday told the Lagos State Judicial Judicial Panel of Inquiry for Restitution for Victims of SARS and related abuses and Other Matters that the footage of the Oct. 20 shootings of the #EndSARS protesters by the Nigerian Army is available. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Gbolahan Agboluwaje, the Head of the Legal Department of LCC, made the revelation after Mr Abayomi Omomuwa,...

Rivers CP Warns IPOB Members to Relocate or Be Treated as Terrorists

The Commissioner of Police of Rivers State, Joseph Mukan, has warned members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra to relocate from the state or risk being treated as terrorists. In a statement signed by the spokesperson of the command, Nnamdi Omoni, the state police commissioner gave the warning following his meeting with Division of Police Officers and heads of departments of the tactical units in the command on Thursday. The CP also declared war...

#EndSARS: Oyo Sets Up N500m Compensation Fund for Victims of Police Brutality

The Oyo State government has set up a 500-million-naira compensation fund for the victims of police brutality in the state. Seyi Makinde, the state governor disclosed this yesterday at a stakeholder meeting by in Ibadan, the capital city. “Let me also state that we have set up an initial Five Hundred Million Naira Compensation Fund for victims of injustice,” he said. The governor encouraged residents of the state that have suffered any form of injustice...

Reps Warn FG Against Clamping Down on Free Speech and Press Freedom

The House of Representative Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values, has warned the Federal Government against clamping down on free speech and press freedom. This warning is coming after the FG insistence on the regulation of the social media in the country, arguing that Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder if the issue of fake news is not urgently addressed. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, while appearing...

Barracks of Soldiers Responsible For Lekki Massacre Identified — Falana

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, 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. He disclosed this during an interview with ARISE TV on Monday. Falana, who is chairman of ASCAB, said the group has been able to trace the barracks where the soldiers came from. “We have already identified the barracks where the soldiers left for...

We Will Not Support Any Willful Destruction – Afenifere and Ohanaeze

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere and Ohanaeze Ndigbo, had frowned at the attempt to explore the fallout of the Lekki tollgate killings, which had led to the looting spree in Lagos, to divide the Yoruba and Igbo. The statement which was released on Saturday was titled, ‘Afenifere and Ohanaeze say no to willful destruction’, was signed by Afenifere Leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti and Ohanaeze President General, Chief John Nwodo. The statement read, “The leaders of...

#EndSARS: Action Aide Praises Youths’ Resilience Despite Violence

An international Civil Society Organization (CSO), ActionAid Nigeria (AAN), on Saturday, praised the Nigerian youths for their demonstration to sustain the momentum of the #EndSARS protest despite attack and violence meted out on them. The praise was made by the AAN Country Director, Ene Obi, as she condemned the destruction of private and public property, attacks and killings, and the hijack of the protest by politicians and hoodlums. She praises the youth for making their...

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