Month: November 2021

Nov 17
LAGOS STATE JUDICIAL PANEL OF INQUIRY ON RESTITUTION FOR VICTIMS OF SARS RELATED ABUSES AND OTHER MATTER

Following the incidents of Police brutality which resulted in the #EndSARS Protest, the Powers conferred on the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola SanwoOlu (Mr. Governor) by Section 1 of the Tribunal of Inquiry Law, Cap T7, Laws of Lagos State,2015, Mr. Governor constituted The Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of […]

Nov 07
#ENDSARS MEMORIAL: AGFCS DECRIES BACKSLIDING DEMOCRATIC FREEDOMS ONE YEAR AFTER THE PROTESTS

At a string of symposia held on October 20, 2021, across five states in Nigeria namely; Lagos, Rivers, Abia, Enugu states, and the FCT Abuja, members of the Action Group on Free Civic Space (AGFCS) gathered to commemorate the first anniversary of the #ENDSARS2020 protests against police brutality in Nigeria. At the meetings hosted by […]

Nov 05
#ENDSARS: HOW THE POLICE BOTCHED ONE-YEAR MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM IN ENUGU STATE

BACKGROUND The press briefing and one-year ENDSARS2020 memorial anniversary symposium organised by members of the Action Group on Free Civic Space (AGFCS) in Enugu State was scheduled to hold on October 20, 2021. The date perfectly tallied with the proposed plans of the AGFCS to replicate the same event in four other states in Nigeria […]