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Wed, 20 Oct 2021 20:38:56 +0000
Cold World
When the Kaduna Riot erupted in February 2000, the late Chibuike Ikeagwuchi was still in his mother’s womb. The riot, which led to over 200 deaths and many properties destroyed, later extended to Kano, where Chibuike’s parents lived at t...

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 19:09:10 +0000
#EndSARS: Memorialization or Fanfarization? By Adebayo Raphael
Adebayo Raphael speaking at a public function. It is only human to acknowledge, first, the unfortunateness of those whose lives suffered untimely dispatch a year ago in Nigeria. These were indeed unfortunate deaths, and the burden of life in ...

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 19:04:42 +0000
Nigeria: No Justice For Victims Of Police Brutality One Year After #EndSARS Protests
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 20 October 2021   • Despite promises of reform police impunity goes on • Investigation panels dashing victims’ hope of getting justice • Pro-government mobs used to instigate violence   O...

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:59:55 +0000
#EndSARS: Might Becomes Right, By Cheta Nwanze
A year ago today, at least 44 people were killed in nine separate incidents around the country, most infamously at least nine killed at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos. One year on and justice still eludes the peaceful protesters who were bruta...

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:46:27 +0000
One Killed As Cult Members Invade Secondary School In Delta
File photo used to illustrate story. A female student of Ogume Grammar School, Ogume in the Ndokwa West Council Area of Delta State has been killed by hoodlums who invaded the school. Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed by the h...

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:44:17 +0000
Two Nigerians Shot In 2020 By Lawless Policemen Join #EndSARS Memorial In Edo
Hundreds of youths took to major streets in Benin, the Edo State capital, to mark the first anniversary of the EndSARS protests on Wednesday. They converged at the Oba Ovonramwen Square, popularly called Ring Road, with placards bearing vari...

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:42:55 +0000
FBI, South Africa Arrest Eight Nigerian Black Axe Cult Members For Internet Scam, Money Laundering
FBI Agents Seven leaders of the Cape Town zone of the Neo Black Movement of Africa, also known as “Black Axe,” and an eighth man who conspired with a Black Axe leader, were charged with multiple federal crimes relating to Internet scams t...

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:49:05 +0000
Lawless Policemen Disrupt #EndSARS Symposium In Enugu, Destroy Materials
The police in Enugu State, on Wednesday, swooped on participants at an #EndSARS one-year anniversary symposium. According to Nigerian Tribune, the police, who came in several vans, entered the Centre for Monument on Awgu Street, Independence...

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:45:20 +0000
#EndSARS: Yoruba Nation Agitators, Others Protest At UN Headquarters In New York
Nigeria’s self-determination groups resumed their protest at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Wednesday.  The protesters, who are agitating for the independence of Yoruba and Biafran nations, chanted anti-oppression song...

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 15:56:57 +0000
#EndSARS: Lawless Policemen Arrest Another Journalist In Osun During Memorial Protest
File Photo Operatives of the Osun State Police Command on Wednesday reportedly arrested a journalist with Daily Post, Sikiru Obarayese, during the #EndSARS memorial protest. The journalist was arrested while covering the protests which took p...



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