#ENDSARS protest

Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry has on Saturday reportedly been presented with photos of 99 bodies of #EndSARS protesters in the state. According to PeopleGazette, chief pathologist, John Obafunwa who carried out an autopsy on the bodies…

Usman Alkali Baba, acting inspector-general of police, has said the disbandment of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has created a vacuum in Nigeria’s Police effort at fighting insecurity. Baba said this at the weekly Ministerial…

Lagos State Judicial Panel on restitution for victims of SARS-related abuses has on Tuesday awarded the sum of ₦13.5m to 3 victims of police brutality. A 34-year-old trader, Ndukwe Ekekwe was awarded the sum of ₦7.5m for the harrowing…

Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that yellow buses popularly known as ‘danfo’ will not be scrapped as earlier suggested, but would rather be remodeled to meet modern standards. Back in February, the state Commissioner…

An activist, Oluwatosin Adeniji, has accused Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, of pocketing a grant which she claimed Sowore applied for on her behalf in 2020. Adeniji, a known associate of Sowore and a member of his…

A former member of dissolved Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of Nigeria Police Force has been denied refugee status in Canada on the grounds that he may have committed crimes against humanity. Olushola Wazzi Popoola was a member of the…

Lagos State Police Command has dismissed and prosecuted one Seargent Eze Aiwansoba attached to the Special Protection Unit, Base 16, Ikeja, for firing and attempting to kill his lady friend, Joy Ndubueze. The State Police Public…

Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammad Dingyadi, has confirmed the deployment of new Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) operatives to state commands. Dingyadi disclosed this while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’…

Lagos state police command have arrested a man for allegedly stealing a motorcycle from a police post in Mushin during last October’s #EndSARS protests. Yusuf Saliu, the suspect, was arrested on Monday based on an intelligence report,…

Panel investigating alleged human rights violations committed by the police has awarded a fine of N575.8 million against the force. The panel was set up by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in October 2020 to investigate…

Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing allegations of human rights abuses against the disbanded police Special Anti-Robbery Squad has on Friday awarded N7.5m to a 40-year-old man, Marc Nwadi, who was unduly incarcerated for six years…

Feminist Coalition has reacted to allegations of ‘secretly’ transferring $51,000 (N23m) worth of bitcoin from donations received during #EndSARS protest that rocked Nigeria last October, into another wallet. Since the early hours of…

Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has revealed that a total of $2 million (about N800 million) and N17 million were stolen from his palace during the #EndSARS protest that rocked the nation in October 2020. Speaking at the commissioning of…