The Independent Investigation Panel on Allegations of Human Rights Violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other units of the Nigeria Police Force will resume sitting on Monday, the National Human Rights Commission has said. The Deputy Director, Corporate…
June 12: Twitter CEO tweets Nigerian flag
Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, on Saturday, tweeted the green-white-green Nigerian flag as the West African country marked its 2021 Democracy Day. Dorsey’s tweet, which was posted hours to the ongoing nationwide protests in Nigeria, has since attracted…
#AfricaSoftPowerSeries explores how creative power, social media changed activism like #EndSARs, #BLM
The #AfricaSoftPowerSeries will hold another powerful virtual session today. Join @africasoftpower at 5:00pm WAT | 12:00pm EST for: ‘Collective Threads – Digital Connectivity, Creative Power & Global Black Activism’ featuring a unique group of progressive and vibrant voices. The speakers…
#ENDSARS: Lawyer who filed case against Falz, Davido is fake – NBA
A legal practitioner, Kenechukwu Okeke, who filed a criminal suit over the actions of 50 persons, including celebrities during the October 2020 EndSARS protest, before an Abuja Magistrate Court, has been confirmed to be a fake lawyer and never called…
*We don’t know how much is made per month at Lekki tollgate – LCC MD (Punch)*Teenager in court for allegedly damaging Lagos government bus (Vanguard)
We don’t know how much is made per month at Lekki tollgate – LCC MD (Punch) The Managing Director of the Lekki Concession Company, Yomi Omomuwasan, says he does not know how much is made at the Lekki Toll Gate…
*Landlady’s daughter beats tenant to death over electricity bill (Vanguard)*NDLEA arraigns 20-year-old man for allegedly dealing in Indian Hemp (Independent)
Landlady’s daughter beats tenant to death over electricity bill (Vanguard) An argument over electricity bills which ensued between a landlady’s daughter, Ms Tina Essi, and her tenant, has allegedly led to the tenant’s death in Ikorodu area of Lagos. Until…
*#EndSARS: How clergyman lost fiancee, tooth to police brutality (Nation)*Resumption date for civil servants now February 1 – Sanwo-Olu (Guardian)
#EndSARS: How clergyman lost fiancee, tooth to police brutality (Nation) There were shocking revelations at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS and Related Abuses on Saturday. A deacon with the Apostolic Church, David…
#EndSARS: Counsel accuses police of delaying autopsy on slain cops
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on restitution for victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters resumed sitting Friday 15th January by looking into 8 petitions. In the first petition of the day involving Ndukwe Ekekwe vs the Federal special Anti…