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SERAP engages Falana, others to challenge suit seeking to ban Twitter from Nigeria’s cyberspace
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) said on Tuesday that it has instructed Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN to lead a team of senior lawyers to oppose the suit demanding for the shut down of Twitter from…
#EndSARS: Atiku cautions Buhari against use of force on protesters
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Abubakar Atiku on Tuesday warned President Muhammadu Buhari against the use of force on the #EndSARS protesters.
In series of tweets, the 2019 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic…
Victims of Lekki shootings rushed to Lagos hospitals by protesters
Several protesters injured at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos on Tuesday evening have been rushed to the Reddington and Lagoon hospitals in the area.
However, hospital officials claimed no dead casualty was brought to them but many…
#EndSARS: Hoodlums gangrape three girls during protest in Ekiti
Three girls were gangraped by hoodlums during an #EndSARS protest in Ekiti State on Sunday.
Ekiti State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Olawale Fapohunda, disclosed this on Tuesday.
The Attorney General…
#EndSARS: Airlines cancel flights
Airlines have cancelled all inbound and outbound flights to and from Lagos following the imposition of a 24-hour curfew in the state.
Lagos State Governor, Baba Jide Sanwo-Olu, declared the curfew on Monday after the ongoing #EndSARS…
#EndSARS: Armed thugs converge on Eagle Square, security beefed up at Presidential Villa gate
Armed thugs converged on the Eagle Square located at the Three-Arm Zone in the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday evening as the #EndSARS protests assumed a violent dimension.
The thugs were seen wielding sticks and walking around…
#EndSARS: Aisha Yesufu urges protesters to ‘retreat’
Activist, Aisha Yesufu, on Tuesday urged Nigerians who are protesting against police brutality to 'retreat'.
The development followed loss of lives in different parts of the country in clashes between thugs and the protesters.…
#EndSARS; Buhari, CDS, Defence Minister meet in Abuja
Hours after the Senate and the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) asked President Muhammadu Buhari to break his silence in the ongoing nationwide protests, the president later on Tuesday met with the Chief of Defence Staff,…
Jailbreak: 1,993 inmates escaped from Edo Custodial Centres – FG
Ne fewer than 1,993 inmates were freed from the Benin and Oko custodial facilities, Edo State, by suspected hoodlums on Monday, the federal government has said.
Government made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday, by the…
#EndSARS: IGP Adamu deploys anti-riot policemen nationwide
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the deployment of anti-riot policemen nationwide to protect lives and property, as the ongoing #EndSARS protests turned bloody across the country.
The IGP’s order…