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Amnesty Releases Timeline Of Lekki Shootings, Warns Govt Against Cover-up

#EndSARS protesters at Lekki tollgate on Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Global rights group, Amnesty International, has released the timeline of the October 20, 2020 shootings at the Lekki toll plaza. Amnesty, which stated last week that at least 10 personsRead 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

Amid Nigerian Army’s Operation Crocodile Smile, Lekki Shootings Attract Global Rage

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai; activist, Aisha Yesufu and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State
The take-off of the army’s Operation Crocodile Smile amid the #EndSARS protests and the shooting of unarmed protesters in the Lekki area of Lagos, have attracted public outcry. Barely fiveRead More

#EndSARS: Army Arrests Soldier Who Asked Colleagues Not To Shoot Protesters

Lance Corporal Harrison
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday announced the arrest of Lance Corporal Harrison Friday, who had gone on social media to advise his colleagues not to attack #EndSARS protesters. In aRead More

#EndSARS: Anarchy Occurring In Lagos Amid Protests

#EndSARS: Anarchy in Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital came under heavy attacks on Wednesday hours after the shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the popular Lekki Tollgate. Arsonists went on a rampage andRead More

Army’s Operation Crocodile Smile Most Provocative – PANDEF

The Defence Headquarters giving an update on Armed Forces operations
The Pan Niger Delta Forum has described as “most provocative” the nationwide military exercise codenamed Operation Crocodile Smile by the Nigerian Army. PANDEF also described the deployment of soldiers atRead More

Again, Shiites Protest, Demand El-Zakzaky’s Unconditional Release

Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, also known as ‘Shiites’ on Monday in Kaduna, took to the streets to protest the continued detention of their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-ZakzakyRead More

#EndSARS: Too Much Anger, Hunger In The Country – Govs

#ENDSARS protesters in front of Central Bank of Nigeria’s headquarters in Abuja on Sunday, October 18th, 2020
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, said on Sunday that he and his colleagues are worried about the discontent, hunger, and anger in theRead More

Operation Crocodile Smile Expands To Cyber Warfare Amidst #EndSARS Protests

The former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt General Yusuf Tukur Buratai
The Nigerian Army is expanding its Operation Crocodile Smile VI to include a cyber warfare against negative propaganda. The operation is scheduled to start October 20 and end December 31.Read More