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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 […]

Despite stiff opposition from protesters and the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), the fact that the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit, which was established to replace the recently disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), began training at the Police Mobile Force (PMF) Training School, Ila Oragun, Osun State and the PMF Training School, Ende Hills, Nasarawa […]

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 […]

The Lagos State Government has ordered the closure of public and private schools in the state indefinitely.   This was announced in a press statement on Monday by Kayode Abayomi, the state’s Head of Public Affairs, Ministry of Education.   The statement quoted the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, as saying that the schools […]

For the 12th day running on Sunday, youths protesting police brutality especially by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), continued their activities across the country, The Nation newspaper reported.   Hundreds of them gathered at Alausa and Lekki in Lagos from the morning.   As at 11pm, the crowd of protesters at Lekki was huge – […]

The Edo State Government on Monday declared a 24-hour curfew across the state till further notice.   This was declared in a statement issued by Osarodion Ogie, the Secretary to the State government.   The curfew is to take effect from 4pm, October 19, 2020, Ogie said.   “This decision has become necessary because of […]

Nigerian youths who have been campaigning for a total overhaul of the Nigeria Police Force have launched an online radio, Soro Soke.   The online  station is reachable at  , https://s4.radio.co/s99d55c85b/listen   On Monday, the station was broadcasting updates on the protest and giving live reports of missing and found #EndSARS protesters . One of such […]

The Nigerian government has once against been warned to desist from its clandestine plan to use soldiers to disperse the ongoing #EndSARS protest against police brutality in the country.   This time, the warning came from the Alliance for Survival of COVID-19 and Beyond, a grouping of labour and civil society organisations led by radical […]

Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that its CEO, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan has been honoured with membership of Bretton Woods Committee (BWC).  FirstBank has also joined Bretton Woods Committee as an Organisational Supporter in line with the commitment to demonstrate cooperation and foster global well-being.    […]