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#EndSARS

October 29, 2020

Presidency spokesman smugly rejects new Amnesty report on Lekki shootings

Amnesty International says 12 protesters were shot dead in the military crackdown on peaceful protesters in Lagos.

snapshot from footage of soldiers shooting the Lekki protesters.
October 28, 2020

Amnesty releases new timeline of military deadly attack on #EndSARS protesters

Global rights body reconstructs movements of a contingent of soldiers from the military base in Bonny Camp to Lekki Toll-Gate on October 20.

Amnesty International
October 27, 2020

Nigerian Army backtracks, admits soldiers were at Lekki Toll-Gate during massacre

The flip-flop comes a day after Governor Sanwo-Olu said on CNN that military chiefs will be held accountable for the massacre.

General-Tukur-Buratai
October 27, 2020

Broadcasters suggest NBC sanctions on #EndSARS TV coverage did not follow due process

The regulator fined three TV stations N3 million each for their coverage of the upheaval. Activists say this is a threat to the freedom of the press.

October 27, 2020

Rivers police crack down on IPOB amid national unrest

There has been civil unrest in many parts of the country since the army fatally put down #EndSARS protests in Lagos on October 20.

IPOB(Credit: Nigeria Guardian)
October 26, 2020

#EndSARS: Osinbajo, six governors make new committee to engage youth, civic groups

The committee members were selected at an emergency meeting of the National Economic Council on Monday.

Yemi Osinbajo
October 26, 2020

#EndSARS: Cash shortages hit ATMs in Ibadan

Queues were unusually long at Access Bank, Fidelity Bank, UBA, First Bank and some others within Ibadan metro area.

ATM queue
October 26, 2020

#EndSARS: Nigerian government sanctions TV stations for airing online videos

The NBC says AIT will be separately fined for using a video of a fire near the National Christian Centre

October 26, 2020

Lagos judicial panel says Fashola tampered with evidence at Lekki Toll-Gate

Ebunolu Adegboruwa is a member of Lagos judicial panel probing SARS atrocities and Lekki military attack on civilians.

Babatunde Fashola (credit: BBC)
October 26, 2020

Ignoring Lekki massacre, Senate President tells #EndSARS protesters to leave the streets

Mr. Lawan did not condemn the army crackdown in Lagos that triggered the latest wave of violence, which has since spread across the country.

Ahmad Lawan