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• Over 20 police stations burnt by hoodlums yet to be refurbished • FG claims Lekki killings false, ‘Phantom Massacre’ • U.S. advises protesters to engage leaders politically • No justice for victims of police brutality one year after, AI laments • HURIWA asks NASS to set up protection board for protesters • NBA demands release of arrested protesters, journalists • #EndSARS protests akin to June 12 struggle, says Arogundade • FG has failed to learn from history, says Access to Justice “There is so much injustice in this country, the police are under-paid and have not learnt any lesson…

The Good Governance Group (G3), a group aimed at building human capacity in the political space, has harped on youth involvement in politics and knowledge of the constitution for effective participation in governance. During a training at the Global Impact Church in Lagos theme: “Constitutional review”, the group stated that there is need for Nigerians to be aware of the document that binds the nation to ensure productivity across sectors of the economy. The group stated that the agitation for constitutional review should not be considered as what determines good governance is attitudinal change. Speaking at the event, Co-ordinator of…

A year ago today, at least 44 people were killed in nine separate incidents around the country, most infamously at least nine killed at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos. One year on and justice still eludes the peaceful protesters who were brutally cut down. It is a bitter irony that the very security services whom were the subject of the protests, and in many cases, would have been beneficiaries of the very reforms sought by the protesters, were deeply involved in perpetrating the violence on the people they are sworn to protect. Jimoh Isiaq was shot and killed by…

Despite the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu’s promise on Saturday that it is the fundamental right of every Nigerian to protest, provided the protesters do not constitute any nuisance, the reverse was the case at the Lekki axis of Lagos Wednesday, as protesters were manhandled and arrested by policemen for no just cause. The protesters, who were marking the one year anniversary of the EndSARS protest at the Lekki area of Lagos State, were having a tug-of-war with policemen, as the youths who were pleading their innocence were being brutalised by policemen. However, it was calm in…

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Timi Frank, on Wednesday, accused the federal government of gross insensitivity to the plight of victims of the #EndSARS protests and Lekki Tollgate killings a year ago. Frank, in a statement to commemorate the first anniversary of the protest, said the federal government has failed to bring those who carried out the dastardly acts to justice. He lamented that government at all levels have failed to initiate and implement policies and programmes aimed at massive job creation, youth empowerment, engagements and poverty alleviation. He further lamented that…

Liverpool survived an Atletico Madrid fightback to win 3-2 and Lionel Messi scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain came from behind to beat RB Leipzig by the same score on a breathless night of Champions League action on Tuesday. In other games, Karim Benzema netted for Real Madrid as the 13-time European champions thrashed Shakhtar Donetsk 5-0 in Ukraine on the eve of the start of his trial in France on charges of complicity in blackmail. Much of the night’s drama happened at the Wanda Metropolitano in the Spanish capital where Mohamed Salah scored another impressive goal, twisting away from a…

Today marks the first anniversary of the demonstration of rare courage and people power that shook Nigeria like never before. And whatever those sporadic shootings at unarmed protesters in Lekki meant on that October 20, 2020 night of horror, or did not mean in official denials the morning-after, it was the finest hour of the Nigerian youths seeking a fair, just and better society. President Muhammadu Buhari spoke to the nation, having heard the youths “loud and clear.” But a year later, not much has changed in the polity – an official mockery of the protest that morphs into credibility…

• Insists on facemasks, gives October deadline • Tomori, Ashiru, Ayebae back FG, say mandatory vaccination limits spread, reduces new variants • Chukwunenye, Ubani say compulsory vaccination violates existing labour terms, rights of civil servants The Kaduna State government, yesterday, announced a 12-day ultimatum for all civil servants in the state to receive COVID-19 vaccine in the latest of compulsory vaccination push embarked on by the Federal and some state governments. The ultimatum was announced in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye. According to him, all civil servants are expected…

Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema goes on trial in France on Wednesday accused of complicity in the attempted blackmail of former international teammate Mathieu Valbuena, a case known as the “sextape affair”. Benzema, 33, is suspected of helping a group of alleged blackmailers approach Valbuena in an attempt to extort money. Four other men are also on trial. The case cost both Benzema and 37-year-old Valbuena their places in the French national team, though Benzema was restored to the squad for this year’s European Championship. The case centres on the role that Benzema is suspected of playing in the murky…

• Police: Only indoor, virtual events will be allowed • Police lack powers to ban protests, Falana insists • Protesters to storm Lekki tollgate in car procession • No right-thinking Nigerian will join #EndSARS protest, says DHQ • Security operatives take over tollgate ahead of memorial protest • Sanwo-Olu maintains Nigerian youth have reasons to demand better future • Utomi, Falana, activists demand justice, insist on police reform Expectations are heightened today, October 20, for the memorial of #EndSARS, the one single event that reverberated across the world last year, besides COVID-19 and #BlackLivesMatter in protest of George Floyd’s police…