Month: November 2020
The police have restricted movement in and out of the Afrika Shrine to prevent a meeting on #EndSARS from taking place there. Seun, one of the sons of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Afro Beats maestro, had earlier sent out flyers announcing a meeting on the lessons from #EndSARS protests. But the police later wrote to the Anikulapo […]
It is a tortuous journey for Eromosele Adene, an #EndSARS protester, as he will be arraigned before a Chief Magistrate in Lagos on Tuesday. The embattled youth was arrested in Lagos on November 7 by the police and whisked to Abuja, the nation’s capital days later. Eromosele is charged with allegations of aiding the #EndSARS […]
In what appeared to be an attempt to clampdown on #EndSARs promoters, the Corporate Affairs Commission has deregistered a company, Enough is Enough, in error. The deregistered company, which was registered as a general-purpose firm, bears a similar name to a Civil Society Organisation, Enough is Enough Nigeria, which is actually registered as EiE Project […]
The Federal Government was able to freeze the accounts of 20 #EndSARS campaigners after telling a Federal High Court in Abuja that the funds in their accounts might have been linked to terrorist activities. This is according to a written address in support of a motion ex parte filed by the Central Bank of Nigeria. […]
Eromosele Adene, one of the #EndSARS protesters, has been allegedly arrested and detained by the police in Lagos, according to relatives. He was reportedly picked up from his Allen Avenue, Lagos home at the weekend for his involvement in the protests, sources added. In a series of tweets, Eromosele claimed that he was whisked away […]
Kenechukwu, who filed a motion on notice at the Federal Capital Territory Magistrate Court, Abuja, alleged that the involvement of the celebrities in the protest led to violence across the country, which resulted in the destruction of properties and loss of lives. An acclaimed human rights activist sponsored by the Nigerian Government, Kenechukwu Okeke, has […]
#EndSARS activist, Racheal Oduala, has said that the Federal government is trying to silence her by freezing her bank account. Vanguard had reported how the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, had through the order of court obtained by the Department of the State Services, DSS, froze the account of 19 individuals and a public affairs […]
The minister stated this while responding to questions when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values to defend the 2021 budget proposal. He said the biggest challenge facing the country is the issue of fake news and misinformation, warning that the next war that will be fought […]
Justice Abdulrazak Eneye of the Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja on Saturday met with representatives of the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, at his private residence before signing a detention order to illegally keep peaceful #ENDSARS protesters at Suleja Prison till January 25, 2021. SaharaReporters recall that the police had on Friday arraigned six persons, […]
Celebrity disk jockey, DJ Switch has allegedly go into hiding after receiving numerous death threats. Recall that DJ Switch is the heroine of the Lekki tollgate shooting that occurred on the 20th of October, 2020. She had streamed live on her Instagram page the shooting as well as walking bravely to the soldiers. DJ Switch […]
Multiple sources familiar with the development said the DSS Director-General, Yusuf Magaji, who had been covertly monitoring the #EndSARS protests, advised the Presidency to immediately accede to the demands of the protesters because it got real-time intelligence that some unidentified persons had infiltrated them and wanted to use the protests to instigate the removal of […]
