An Ikeja Special Offences Court presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada sentenced a 32-year-old vulcaniser, Chidozie Onyinchiz to death by hanging on Tuesday for robbing a nurse of N57,000. Justice Dada held that the prosecution had proved the three-count-charge of…
Anxiety as #EndSARS memorial procession holds at Lekki tollgate Thursday
There is palpable tension over plans by some groups and activists to commemorate the second anniversary of 2020 #EndSARS nationwide protests in Lagos State, The Nation has learnt. The activists are planning to gather at Lekki tollgate, Lagos on Thursday…
Compensate police brutality victims from serving, ex-cops benefits, ex-judge tells FG
A retired judge in Osun State, Akin Oladimeji, has suggested to the Federal Government to estimate compensation due to victims of police brutality and deduct the amount from the salaries and pensions of the operatives. Oladimeji, who chaired the panel…
#EndSARS: Lagos panel ends sitting, compensates 25 victims
The Lagos Judicial Panel probing cases of the dissolved Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) abuses and other related matters in the state ended its sitting yesterday. It ended its sitting compensating not lesser than 25 victims of police brutality with cheques…
#EndSARS: Abuja panel resumes sitting Monday
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…
*#EndSARS anniversary: Police have no right to threaten protesters – Adegboruwa (Nation)*Court remands unemployed man for illegal possession of gun (Vanguard)
#EndSARS anniversary: Police have no right to threaten protesters – Adegboruwa (Nation) A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa on Tuesday condemned a statement credited to the Police allegedly threatening to suppress a rally planned by youths to mark…
“Obi did not secure any injunction to stop probe of SARS”
Barr. Valentine Obienyem, Special Adviser to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Vice Presidential Candidate in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has dismissed as fake news, reports that his principal has secured a court injunction to stop the probe of the…
*#EndSARS: Police framed, detained me for 48 days, extracted 2 of my teeth, man tells panel (Sun)*2 sisters jailed 10 years for stealing N1.7m (Punch)
#EndSARS: Police framed, detained me for 48 days, extracted 2 of my teeth, man tells panel (Sun) A Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) brutality victim, Okoli Agwu Abunike, yesterday accused police lawyer of slapping him four times when he went to…