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HILLARY ESSIEN

Hillary Essien is a reporter with Peoples Gazette focusing on special reports and critical national news. She is a lawyer with 2 years of writing and reporting. Prior to working with The Gazette, Hillary served as an administrative assistant at a non-profit organisation focused on food security for children of low income households.She is on Twitter @Hillary_essien
October 19, 2020

#EndSARS: Lagos businesses paralysed as protests enter third week

Workers and motorists were turned back after roadblocks were mounted on key districts around the commercial capital.

#EndSARs Protesters
October 18, 2020

Feminist Coalition deletes LGBTQ+ tweet, emphasises focus on #EndSARS

“We ask that we all remain focused on our SINGLE goal at this time, which is to #endSARS and #endpolicebrutality,” the gender activists said.

#EndSARs Protesters
October 18, 2020

Nigerians launch #EndSARS radio stations to bypass censorship

Nigerians worldwide continue to march unanimously against brutality while also seeking holistic police reform.

#EndSARS protest used to illustrate the story
October 18, 2020

#EndSARS: Ogbomoso victim Akeju died from high velocity AK 47 bullets: Autopsy

A preliminary post-mortem said the police discharged 7.62 mm live rounds to quell protests in the historic Yoruba community on October 11.

Mohammed Adamu
October 17, 2020
Adegboyega-Oyetola
October 17, 2020
Adegboyega-Oyetola
October 17, 2020

#EndSARS: A casual Generation Z finds its voice

The extraordinary uprising happening in Nigeria has one prominent demographic: young people born after 1995.

#EndSARs Protesters
October 17, 2020

Tanker explodes on Lagos’ Otedola Bridge

Emergency workers have since contained the inferno and no casualties were immediately recorded.

Explosion at Otedola Bridge in Lagos, Nigeria. [CREDIT: Twitter]
October 16, 2020

CBN, INEC, EFCC paralysed as Anonymous escalates ‘Operation Nigeria’

The attack came two days after the notorious hacker collective targeted the Nigeria Police Force, dumping sensitive records online.

President Muhammadu Buhari and Anonymous hacker.
October 15, 2020

Nigeria’s Paystack acquired for $200 million

The Lagos-based startup provides integrated payment services for financial transactions.

Paystack-Founders