Police under fire for asking court to stop judicial panels

The Nigeria Police Force have come under attack for filing a suit to stop judicial panels set up by state governors to probe allegations of police brutality by men of disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The NPF in the suit filed through their lawyer, Mr. O. M. Atoyebi at the Federal High Court in Abuja, […]

We will not allow our traditional institution to be destroyed – Lagos Council of Obas

The Council of Obas in Lagos State has condemned in strong terms the attack on the Palace of Oba of Lagos, HRM, Oba Rilwan Akiolu at Iga Iduganran, Lagos, by hoodlums in the wake of the #EndSARS protests. The Council of Obas expressed their dismay during a condolence visit to the Palace at Iga Idunganran. […]

#EndSARS Protests, indication of the people’s angst

Prior to the nationwide #EndSARS protests that enveloped Nigeria few weeks back, not a few Nigerians doubted the potency and efficacy of protest as a tool to effect positive changes. The magnitude as well as the impact of the protests surprised several Nigerians. Youths led by iconic musicians and thespians trooped to the streets to […]

Tell Police to provide my husband’s corpse, property, widow of SARS victim urges Anambra panel

It was an emotional session today at a sitting of the Anambra Investigative Panel of Inquiry into the allegations of extrajudicial killings against defunct SARS and police brutality, as a widow, Chidinma Edozieuno Johnson asked the Awkuzu office of the defunct Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) to provide the corpse of her husband who died […]

Policewoman, Catherine Ugorji Boosts Image Of Nigeria Police, Gets UN Award

Despite the poor image the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) gave to the Nigeria Police, there are still scores of other operatives who are portraying the police in good light. One of such operatives is Catherine Ugorji, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). She […]

IPOB Strikes Again, Hits Buhari As Flames Drill Akwa Ibom Skyline

The fiery separatist movement in Nigeria, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), galvanised by Nnamdi Kanu, is not relenting in their quest to get the Republic of Biafra created out of Nigeria. While the EndSARS inferno was sweeping through some strategic cities in Nigeria, a country that is perennial bucked down by its problematic national question, […]

The Right Of Assembly And Peaceful Protest: Constitutionally Guaranteed Rights Loathed By Nigeria’s Successive Governments

The ongoing #EndSARS protests have necessitated this article. Nigerians from all walks of life, especially youths have been protesting for several days against police brutality and calling for the scrapping of the (Federal) Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS), the unit of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) that has been given the mandate to combat the crimes […]

APC forum cautions #EndSARS protesters on agitations

A political pressure group, APC Professionals Forum, has cautioned organisers of the #EndSARS protests in the country to exercise restraint while pushing for better policing and good governance. The forum gave the advice in a statement issued by Mr Gerald Ekwunife, its Publicity Secretary. Ekwunife said that though the conduct of some officers of the […]

Witness Narrates How Surulere #EndSARS Protest Victim Was Killed

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday, visited the widow of the driver hit by a stray bullet during the last Monday demonstration by youths in Surulere for the dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). It would be recalled that the protest ended bloody when the police attempted to disperse some of the protesters […]

Obiano releases 3 inmates unlawfully detained in Anambra SARS office

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state on Saturday, granted unconditional release to three detainees being held at the defunct Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS office in Akwuzu. Governor Obiano granted the detainees bail, during his visit to all the SARS facilities in the state, to ensure that they comply with the directive given to them. […]