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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

Lekki: Sanwo-Olu Yet To Hand Over Camera Found By Fashola To #EndSARS Panel, Says Adegboruwa

Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN)
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and representative of civil society on the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at theRead More

Lagos Police Outlaw Rally, Procession Over Fear Of #EndSARS Protest

EndSARS protesters on the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos
There is palpable tension in Lagos State over the threat by some individuals to resume the #ENDSARS protest in the state and other states across Nigeria with effect from Monday,Read More

Lai Mohammed Mocks CNN Over Clarification Of Its EndSARS Massacre Tweet

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed
Says news network exhibiting panic by seeking to clarify its tweet 35 days after Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has excoriated Cable News Network (CNN) for exhibitingRead More

UK Parliamentarians Propose Sanctions Against Violators Of Protesters’ Rights

The UK parliamentarians recommend sanctions against government officials and security agents who abused the #EndSARS protesters' rights.
Denounce fine on ARISE NEWS Channel, AIT, Channels TV broadcast stations FG writes CNN, demands retraction of Lekki shooting broadcast The United Kingdom parliamentarians yesterday recommended sanctions against government officialsRead More

Army Insists No Live Bullet Fired At Lekki Tollgate Protesters

Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo
The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army yesterday reiterated its stance that soldiers shot blank bullets into the air and not live bullets, even though they had both in theirRead More

Army Went To Lekki With Blank, Live Ammunition, General Tells Panel

Brigadier-General Ahmed Taiwo
Brigadier-General Ahmed Taiwo, commander of the 81 Division, Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, told the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the Lekki Tollgate incident that the army went toRead More

FG, CNN Trade Words Over Lekki Shootings

The Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, Brig.- Gen. Ahmed Taiwo during the Army’s defence at the venue of the probe into the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers on the night of October 20 at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos
The Federal Government Thursday attributed the reports of a massacre during the Lekki shootings by security operatives to those it described as “purveyors of fake news.” The Minister of InformationRead More

NUJ, NGE Kick As FG Insists On Social Media Regulation

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed to regulate social media
Govt threatens sanction against CNN The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) yesterday cautioned the Federal Government against its insistence on regulating the socialRead More

#EndSARS: Only Buhari Can Order Military Deployment, Says Army General

Brigadier General Ahmed Ibrahim Taiwo of the 81 Division, Intelligence Brigade
Insists Lagos govt didn’t communicate change in curfew time Only President Muhammadu Buhari, in his capacity as the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, could have authorised the deployment of soldiersRead More