Tag Archives: #ENDSARS

•Committee to submit Report in Two weeks •Okuwobi: Panel treated 235 petitions, awarded a total of N410 million to 70 victims Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday set up a four-member committee led by Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) to raise a White Paper on the reports submitted by the Judicial Panel ...

…‘I’ve directed release of those detained in Wednesday memorial protest’ – Gov As the final report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution is being awaited, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the Government would be making full disclosure of the report to the public. Sanwo-Olu said the State Government would not make an attempt to cover up ...

A Nigerian human rights and international law expert, Mr. Adeola Oyinlade, says he has read the argument of some senior police officers that there cannot be a lawful protest without permission from the Nigeria Police Force. “These Senior Police officers are relying on the Public Order Act of 1979 thereby justifying clamping down on protesters across the country; this position ...

One year after the #EndSARS protests that took Nigeria to the brink, there is tension in the polity as youths have vowed to commemorate the anniversary, today, with the Police in Lagos and Osun states declaring there would be no street protest. Indeed, stakeholders lamented, yesterday, that little or nothing has changed, 365 days after the sad episode, with the ...

…State Govt, Lagos youths broker reconciliation; pledge commitment to conflict resolution Drawing lessons from the aftermath of the string of violence that trailed the youth-led nationwide protests against police brutality last year, Lagos State Government has brokered a reconciliation with youths in the State. Youngsters across the State, on Tuesday, defied the national holiday and came together to participate in ...

In receipt of reports from judicial panels regarding EndSARS protests set up in 28 States across the country and in the FCT, the National Economic Council has resolved that payment of compensation to victims should proceed with each State, in collaboration with the Federal Government, establishing the modalities for the settlement of all monetary compensations awarded by the panels. Equally, ...

As judicial panels set up by State Governors to resolve issues of police brutality and related concerns across the country round off their assignments, the National Economic Council (NEC) is set to convene a special session to review reports of the panels that have now started coming to the Council. This is among resolutions and conclusions reached Thursday at the ...

Nigerians in diaspora on the platform of the Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria (GCSDN) has launched a project to raise $500,000 to fully support victims of the EndSARS protest who were allegedly attacked by government sponsored thugs and security agencies in October 2020. During a broadcast published on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y2OKOnckaU&t=30s), the Global Coordinator of the Coalition, Frederick ...

•Governor Urges Citizens To Take Responsibility As COVID-19 Cases Rise Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday sought collaboration from the Federal Government in rebuilding Lagos State following the aftermath of last year’s #EndSARS protests, hijacked by hoodlums, which led to the destruction of public and private properties and businesses in the state. Governor Sanwo-Olu said the goal of ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka Former leader of Buhari Youth Organisation, BYO, Beijing Chapter Onyekwulunne Malvinho Chuka, is said to be presently on the run. He was declared wanted by Department of State Security, DSS, in Anambra state for complicity in #EndSARS protest. According to a reliable source, Mr Onyekwulunne who hails from Oraukwu in Idemili-North local government area of Anambra state ...