*Ex-policeman bags life jail for killing football fan (Punch)*LAWMA refrains from shutting down Ladipo market, vows to monitor waste disposal (Guardian)

Ex-policeman bags life jail for killing football fan (Punch) Justice Adenike Coker of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, on Thursday, sentenced a dismissed cop, Olalekan Ogunyemi, to life imprisonment for killing a football fan, Kolade Johnson. Ogunyemi, who was attached…

*Wife exposes pastor who staged own kidnap to extort brother (Nation)*Lagos #EndSARS panel awards N10m to Kolade Johnson’s family (Punch)

Wife exposes pastor who staged own kidnap to extort brother (Nation) A self-proclaimed pastor resident in Maraba, Nasarawa State has been arrested for arranging his own abduction in order to extort money from his wealthy family. Forty-seven-year-old Richard Onyekachukwu said…

Nigeria, a president, his glory and violent policing – Magnus Onyibe

The practice of democracy in Nigeria just received a boost as the government now fears the people, as opposed to the people being afraid of government. The assertion above is underscored and illustrated by the fact that following persistent demonstrations…

*Late Kolade Johnson suffered six gunshot injuries – pathologist (Nation) *Coronavirus: Nigerian who returned from France in isolation – Lagos govt (Tribune)

Late Kolade Johnson suffered six gunshot injuries – pathologist (Nation) A pathologist, Dr Oluwaseun Williams, on Thursday testified before an Ikeja High Court that Kolade Johnson, a 35-year-old football fan allegedly killed by a policeman at the Mangoro area of…

Johnson’s Killing: Is tattoo, dreadlock strange to Nigeria’s culture?

“Tattoo and dreadlock dey strange to our culture, especially for Nigeria,” says DSP Bala Elkana, a spokesperson for the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) while reacting to the extra-judicial killing of Kolade Johnson, a young Nigerian. Kolade, a father of one,…

*Kolade Johnson: Dismissed police officer arraigned in court (Guardian) * Presidency keeps mum over Onnoghen’s resignation (Punch)

Kolade Johnson: Dismissed police officer arraigned in court (Guardian) Lagos State Police Command on Friday said the officer who shot Kolade Johnson to death on Sunday has been arraigned in court. “Today 5th April 2019 … our Criminal Investigation Department,…

Kolade not killed by stray bullets, family insists, demands justice (Guardian)

Since Sunday evening when the story broke, palpable gloom has descended on the homes of the Johnsons, who are left to grieve over the brutal killing of the only son of the family, Kolade, a 36-year-old father of one and…

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