Category: General News
Twenty-eight months after the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria against police brutality, civil society organizations and movements around the world are still drawing important lessons for supporting activism and peaceful assemblies on digital spaces. Spaces for Change|S4C shared some of these lessons at a recent webinar hosted by the European Centre for Non-profit Law (ECNL) in […]
The Lagos government has released the report of the state’s judicial panel on police brutality. On October 19, 2020, as part of recommendations put forward during the #EndSARS protests, the Lagos government inaugurated the judicial panel to investigate petitions on police brutality in the state. On November 15, the panel submitted two reports- one on […]
The Lagos government has released the report of the state’s judicial panel on police brutality. On October 19, 2020, as part of recommendations put forward during the #EndSARS protests, the Lagos government inaugurated the judicial panel to investigate petitions on police brutality in the state. On November 15, the panel submitted two reports- one on […]
Prince Adenigbagbe, who supported the #EndSARS protests and encouraged witnesses to testify at the Lagos Judicial Panel, has been declared missing. An eyewitness, who spoke with Reference Daily News on the condition of anonymity, narrated how masked gunmen suspected to be operatives of the Department of State Services invaded the Lagos home of Adenigbagbe. The […]
The Lagos State Government has released the White Paper on the report issued by the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the Lekki Tollgate shooting in the state, turning down one of the 32 recommendations that stipulated it erect a cenotaph in honour of the nine deceased protesters that died during military attacks at the facility. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]