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Anambra #EndSARS Panel Recommends N699.5million Compensation For 170 Petitioners, Families Of Dead Victims

#EndSARS protesters
The Anambra State panel investigating police brutality following the #EndSARS protest headed by retired Justice Veronica Ume, has recommended between N5million and N10million as compensation to the families of deadRead More

Lagos AG: White Paper Complied with Law on #EndSARS Report

Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN)
Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), yesterday, justified the government’s White Paper on the Judicial Panel of Inquiry (JPI) report on the October 2020Read More

FG Rejects Lagos #EndSARS Panel’s Report Over Inconsistencies, Innuendoes

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed
Maintains stance on Lekki incident Panel concocted ‘massacre in context,’ Lai Mohammed insists The federal government yesterday officially reacted to the report of the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry (JPI)Read More

Buhari: We Won’t Preempt States Over Decisions On #EndSARS

President Muhammadu Buhari with United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken,in Abuja
US seeks proper accountability of findings Govt’s lawyer disputes panel’s leaked report, doubts casualty figures Identifies 40 discrepancies in document, N800m spent on panel’s 13 months sitting President Muhammadu Buhari,Read More

#EndSARS: It’s Time For Healing, Say UN, US, As CDS Cautions Against Denigrating Army

Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS and the Lekki Tollgate Incident
Peterside flays lies Falana calls for implementation of report The just-released report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry (JPI) on the Lagos #EndSARS protests last year has continued to generateRead More

In Damning Report, Lagos #EndSARS Panel Says 11 Killed At Lekki Tollgate

Massacre of peaceful #EndSARS protesters at Lekki tollgate on Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Reveals 24 injured, 15 assaulted, 96 corpses found across states Says Army refused to allow medical help for the wounded Recommends various sanctions for accused officers Indicts LCC for manipulationRead More

Lagos CP: Uber Driver Did Not Report Assault

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; scene of the incident and Lagos CP, Hakeem Odumosu
Four days after an Uber driver, Adedotun Clement, was tortured by some policemen and officials of the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps, the police authorities have yet to begin disciplinary proceduresRead More

FG: Twitter, Founder Vicariously Liable For #EndSARS Losses

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed to regulate social media
US restates condemnation of suspension The Federal Government has stated that Twitter and its founder, Mr. Jack Dorsey, are vicariously liable for the losses the country suffered during the #EndSARSRead More

Tension as Organisers Insist On Today’s Protest At Lekki Tollgate

Police in show of force, tighten security around Lekki
Police in show of force, tighten security around Lekki There are anxieties over today’s planned protest by youths under the aegis of the EndSARS movement at the Lekki-Ajah Tollgate inRead More

Borders Will Be Reopened Soon, Says President

President Muhammadu Buhari
Urges governors to work with traditional rulers on security Promises procurement of more military platforms President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday signalled Nigeria’s readiness to reopen its land borders shut in AugustRead More