Month: October 2021
The Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML) has commenced a terrorist financing assessment of non-profit organizations (NPOs) in Nigeria. This exercise is a key requirement in fulfilling Recommendation 8 of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards. The scheduled risk assessment is considered as a major response to the longstanding advocacy and pushback by […]
A young man, Dare Williams, and his friend are currently detained at the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison after they were arrested by the Nigeria Police Force in December 2020 over their participation in the #EndSARS protest. A source told SaharaReporters that Williams operated WhatsApp TV and Twitter accounts where he shared videos of events surrounding […]
Hakeem Odumosu, Lagos commissioner of police, says the command will deploy “legitimate means” to stop the planned protest to commemorate the first anniversary of #EndSARS. In October 2020, Nigerian youths took to the streets in some parts of the country to protest against the now-disbanded special anti-robbery squad (SARS), a unit of the Nigeria Police […]
The candlelight procession billed for 6 pm in Abuja did not hold. The procession was meant to honor those who lost their lives during the #EndSARS protest that erupted in many parts of the country last year. The protesters had dispersed to reconvene in the evening for the procession but the event was shelved. One […]
‘He died in my arms.’ Twelve months on, a mother’s agonizing wait to find out why her son died at Lekki toll gate Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)When Adesola heard about the shooting at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos on October 20, 2020, she immediately thought of her son who had earlier left home to join […]
#ENDSARS PROTESTS 2020: ONE YEAR AFTER October 20, 2021 The Action Group on Free Civic Space (AGFCS) once again condemns in very strong terms the brutal attacks launched on thousands of unarmed young protestors demonstrating against police brutality during the October 2020 #ENDSARS protests, particularly at the Lekki Tollgate Plaza in Lagos on the dreadful […]
Lagos, Nigeria – It was 1 pm on October 20 – just hours before the now-infamous deadly Lekki tollgate shooting – when another police shooting took place in Mushin, a bustling, lower-income neighborhood some 20km (12.4 miles) away. That morning, protesters in Mushin had joined nationwide calls demanding an end to the rogue police unit, the […]
The National Economic Council, NEC, has appealed to those planning to stage a protest to mark the first anniversary of the #EndSARS protests to consider other lawful alternative means of engagement. NEC argued that with the current security situation across the country, there was the possibility of such protests being hijacked by armed hoodlums and […]
A video has surfaced showing the moment a Nigerian army commander ordered his troops to kill anyone seen in Izombe, Oguta LGA of Imo State. The shocking video has sparked outrage on social media. The video shared by Voiceoftheeast captured the moment an army commander during a recent raid in Oguta LGA, Imo State ordered […]
A Rwandan court on Thursday sentenced a prominent YouTube commentator and genocide survivor to 15 years in prison for “inciting violence” after she hit out at President Paul Kagame on her channel. Yvonne Idamange is one of a number of people who have fallen foul of the authorities after turning to the video-sharing platform to […]
The police in Lagos State on Monday warned against planned protests in commemoration of last year’s #EndSARS protests. The #EndSARS protests were held across the country last year as a campaign against police brutality but came to a halting end after Nigerian security officials allegedly shot at unarmed protesters at the Lekki toll gate on […]
On October 22, 2020, Robert Kpanou, a Beninese who worked as a tile layer in Lagos State, Nigeria, was returning to his home when he was stopped by officers attached to Maroko Police Station for a search during the 2020 nationwide #EndSARS protest. Kpanou was arrested that evening after the police found in his possession […]