…invites youths for Peace Walk to herald ‘healing of Lagos’ Lagos State deserves true healing after the disturbances that trailed last year’s protests against police brutality, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Tuesday. He said only sustenance of harmony can guarantee the realisation of aspirations of all residents. Sanwo-Olu spoke in a live broadcast held at the State House, Alausa, on the ...
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#EndSARS Report: SERAP Sues Buhari, Wants Court To Order Arrest Of Suspects
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 116 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to “direct and compel President Muhammadu Buhari to take immediate steps to ensure the arrest of soldiers and police officers indicted by the Lagos #EndSARS panel report for the shooting of peaceful protesters at the Lekki toll-gate, and police ...
Read More »Buhari Is Repressing Human Rights – And Getting Away With It
By Kolawole Olaniyan President Muhammadu Buhari is failing to live up to his promises to ensure respect for human rights, obey the rule of law, and tackle corruption. Since assuming office in May 2015, Mr Buhari’s government has consistently flouted constitutionally and internationally guaranteed human rights. The growing crackdown on peaceful dissent, and the signing into law of the Companies ...
Read More »Oyigbo Killings: Over 60 Now killed, 100 Injured – Intersociety Alleges
The Int’l Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law says it deeply sad, worried and dismayed over the alleged continuation of Army massacre operations in Oyigbo also known as Obigbo and global silence trailing same. “With our latest updates, the number of slain defenseless Igbo citizens of Obigbo residency and environs in Rivers State has now risen to at ...
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