Following the sanction threats from the Nigerian Government over its investigative report on the shootings at Lekki toll plaza during the #EndSARS protests, CNN has released another indicting report on the incident. Remember, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, last week described CNN’s report on the Lekki shootings as poor journalism, adding that…
United Kingdom (UK) Parliament has reportedly seek to sanction selected top Nigerian officials and military officers that are involved in human rights violation during the #ENDSARS Protest. In its outright condemnation of police brutality and killing of unarmed protesters, members of the U.K Parliament on Monday unanimously called for selected sanctions against Nigerian government officials…
The Nigerian Police Force on Monday announced the promotion for 16 police officers killed in the recent #EndSARS protest across the country. Also, the Police Inspector General, Mohammed Adamu in a press statement made available to journalists announced promotion of 82,779 junior officers. Read details in the statement below… In reply please quoteRef No. CZ.5300/FPRD/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.3/42…
A research-based rights group, the International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law (Intersociety), has released names and photos of some of the alleged victims of the October 20, 2020 shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate in Lagos. In a two-page statement issued on Sunday in Onitsha, the group accused both the Government…
The newly founded police unit, Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT) that was introduced to replace the banned Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) is set to be launched its operation on Tuesday. The popular and controversial investigative journalist and social media influencer, Kemi Olunloyo stated this via her tweet early hour of Monday. Remember the Nigerian…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila on Saturday, visited the family of the slain newspaper vendor, Ifeanyi Okereke, who was shot dead by his security aide. The speaker while paying the visit with his entourage, the spokesperson of the house, Benjamin Kalu, and some aides, condoled with the wife and…
The Chairman Technical Committee on Boundary and Communal Disputes across the Local Government Areas in Oyo State, Surveyor. Alaba Abiodun has urged the present Administration in the state to put all machineries in motion to tackle boundary disputes in the state such as inter State, Intra -Local Government and Communal Boundary disputes. Surveyor Alaba made…
The Federal Government has made a U-turn, debunking the report that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has been exempted from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, platform. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige on Saturday told Sunday Vanguard that government was quoted out of context on the matter, saying,…
IFEANYI OKEREKE’S DEATH: HON. AKINREMI JAGABAN CONDOLES HIS FAMILY; SOLIDARIZES WITH RT. HON. FEMI GBAJABIAMILA. Two days ago, a heartbreaking incident which resulted in the death of a young man in Abuja occurred, with the circumstances surrounding the incident leaving the public, as well as leaders at the helm of affairs distraught. Following a friendly…
The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has spoken on reported death of newspaper vendor who was killed by his security aide. According to Gbajabiamila, shooting the newspaper vendor was not deliberate by his security aide as he said his real intention was to disperse the crowd from his convoy. Read…
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