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Tension as Organisers Insist On Today’s Protest At Lekki Tollgate

Police in show of force, tighten security around Lekki
Police in show of force, tighten security around Lekki There are anxieties over today’s planned protest by youths under the aegis of the EndSARS movement at the Lekki-Ajah Tollgate inRead More

Lekki: Sanwo-Olu Yet To Hand Over Camera Found By Fashola To #EndSARS Panel, Says Adegboruwa

Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN)
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and representative of civil society on the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at theRead More

Lagos Police Outlaw Rally, Procession Over Fear Of #EndSARS Protest

EndSARS protesters on the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos
There is palpable tension in Lagos State over the threat by some individuals to resume the #ENDSARS protest in the state and other states across Nigeria with effect from Monday,Read More

UK Parliamentarians Propose Sanctions Against Violators Of Protesters’ Rights

The UK parliamentarians recommend sanctions against government officials and security agents who abused the #EndSARS protesters' rights.
Denounce fine on ARISE NEWS Channel, AIT, Channels TV broadcast stations FG writes CNN, demands retraction of Lekki shooting broadcast The United Kingdom parliamentarians yesterday recommended sanctions against government officialsRead More

Army Insists No Live Bullet Fired At Lekki Tollgate Protesters

Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo
The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army yesterday reiterated its stance that soldiers shot blank bullets into the air and not live bullets, even though they had both in theirRead More

Army Went To Lekki With Blank, Live Ammunition, General Tells Panel

Brigadier-General Ahmed Taiwo
Brigadier-General Ahmed Taiwo, commander of the 81 Division, Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, told the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the Lekki Tollgate incident that the army went toRead More

Tinubu Visits Sanwo-Olu, Seeks Clarification On Lekki Shootings

Former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who resurfaced in Lagos yesterday, debunked the reports that he sneaked out of the country to France in the wake of the #ENDSARSRead More

#EndSARS Protests: Calm Returns To Lagos As It Counts Losses

A clean up Exercise in IFAKO IJAIYE Local Government, Lagos State carried out on Saturday, October 24th, 2020 by community leaders, Lawma, LASEMA – DG Dr. Femi Osanyintolu and Hon. TemiTope Adewale
Governor Sanwo-olu assesses damages, relaxes curfew 8 officers face murder charges The city of Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, is gradually experiencing calm after two days of arson byRead More

Lekki Shootings: We Hid Behind Barricades To Escape – Eyewitnesses

EndSARS protesters on the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos
With an emotion-laden voice, Philip Chukwu initially refused to relive his experience on Tuesday at the Lekki Toll Gate area of Lagos. He said he was still in shock andRead More

#EndSARS Protest: DJ Switch Recounts Horrific Experience During Lekki Shootings

Female disc jockey, DJ Switch
Popular female disc jockey, DJ Switch, who streamed the Lekki shootings via Instagram Live while it was happening in real-time has recounted the horrors she faced when soldiers opened fireRead More