The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday welcomed the dissolution of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the police and called on. President Muhammadu Buhari to take immediate steps to overhaul and restructure the entire police architecture. The party, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja, said the overhaul was necessary to engender professionalism, adherence to rule of law and respect for the fundamental rights of Nigerians. Ologbondiyan...

Prominent Nigerian lawyer, Chief Niyi Akintola, SAN, has offered to join other legal practitioners in the democratic wing of Egbe Amofin Oodua in providing free legal representation to individuals arrested during the EndSARS campaign in some parts of the country. He made the offer in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Monday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some Nigerians who took part in the EndSARS...

By Chukwujama Augustina  ONITSHA — Youths in Anambra state, Monday, took to the streets of Onitsha to stage a peaceful march in solidarity with the #EndSARS protests rocking the country. The youth disregarded the statement of the Anambra youth wing of Ohaneze Ndigbo, the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, which, on Sunday, called for a cancellation of the planned protest. The Ohaneze youth wing said its decision followed the announcement of the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has criticised the violent attack on policemen and damage to police operational vehicles and other assets by #EndSARS protesters in Ughelli, Delta State. In a statement, the minister ordered a probe into the incident which resulted in the death of Corporal Etaga Stanley attached to ‘A’ Division, Ughelli. One Sergeant Patrick Okuone was reported to have sustained gunshot injuries during the attack. “The IGP has directed the Commissioner of...

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has granted state pardon to Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele-Bello, and her husband, Abdulrasheed, and approved the release of 56 inmates from various correctional centres in the state. Akindele-Bello and her husband were both non-custodial convicts for offences related to the disobedience of the COVID-19 lockdown regulations. This was made known in a statement signed by the State Attorney-General (A-G) and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), and...