#EndSars

Former Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has stated that soldiers deployed to the Lekki Tollgate during the October 2020 EndSARS protests were issued blank bullets, insisting no massacre took place at the site. Speaking Monday on…

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Inspector-General of Police and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to pay ₦10 million in damages to some #EndSARS protesters for the violation of their fundamental rights.…

Two Lagos-based human rights activists – Dabiraoluwa Oni-Ayoku and Ifeanyi Okoye – have blamed the government of Muhammadu Buhari for the violence that trailed the 2020 #EndSARS protests in some parts of the country. They argued that if…

The Government of Osun on Thursday presented cheques of N53,290,000.00 as compensation to victims of police brutality in the State. The State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, affirmed that the motive was a deliberate quest to redress the…

Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has condemned the alleged killing of an unarmed truck driver by a policeman in Ota Efun area of Osogbo, on Friday. In a statement by his Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, the Governor also called for the…

“For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hid, that shall not be known and come abroad”, says the Holy Bible in Luke 8 v 17. This Biblical truth has completely played out in the case against Nigerian…

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…

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters has heard petitions on police brutality and has also investigated the contentious Lekki tollgate incident. Finally, on Monday,…

As youths across the country commemorate the one-year anniversary of the EndSARS protest today, stakeholders in Osun have commended youths in the State for embracing dialogue to drive their agitations. They gave the commendation at a…

There is a small town in Bayelsa State, predominantly occupied by the Ijaw people; the town is called Odi in Kolokuma/Opokuma LG of the state. On the 20th of November, 1999, the Nigerian military attacked Odi and leveled the entire…