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Jul

28

2023

POLICE BRUTALITY: Reps move to check alleged killings, rights abuses in Enugu communities

CRIME#10thNationalAssembly, #Endpolicebrutality, #Killing, #NigeriaPolice

POLICE BRUTALITY: Reps move to check alleged killings, rights abuses in Enugu communities The House of Representatives has ordered a full-scale investigation into alleged killings and rights abuses of citizens in Amechi Uwani and Obeagu Awkunanaw communities of Enugu State. The House of Representatives has ordered a full-scale investigation into alleged killings and rights abuses of citizens in Amechi Uwani and Obeagu Awkunanaw communities of Enugu State. The decision followed the receipt of a petition on the issue by the member representing Enugu North and South Federal Constituency, Atu Chimaobi Sam, at the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Tajudeen…

Dec

30

2022

By Famous Reporters

NAOSNP Condemns Killing of Lagos Lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, Commiserates with Family

NEWS#BolanleRaheem, #Endpolicebrutality

NAOSNP Condemns Killing of Lagos Lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, Commiserates with Family The National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP) has condemned in totality the gruesome killing of 41 years old Lagos lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, by a trigger-happy police officer, identified as ASP Drambi Vandi, at the Aja area of Lagos on Christmas day. The Association also commiserated with the Raheem family, asking God Almighty to comfort them, help ease the unbearable pains they are going through at the moment while also calling for a total overhaul of the architecture of the Police through retraining and reorientation…

Sep

30

2022

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By Famous Reporters

LAGOS #FOURMILLIONMARCH FOR PETER OBI: Ohanaeze Youth Council Warns Police, Others Against Brutality

NATIONAL NEWS, POLITICS#Endpolicebrutality, #LabourParty, #OhanaezeYouthCouncil, #OneMillionMarchForPeterObi, #PeterObi

LAGOS #FOURMILLIONMARCH FOR PETER OBI: Ohanaeze Youth Council Warns Police, Others Against Brutality As Nigerians in Lagos State embark on a "#FourMillionMarch" in support of Mr. Peter Obi's presidential bid, the apex Social Cultural youth Organisation of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Ohanaeze youth Council OYC has unanimously urged the Nigeria police, the Military and various security agencies to ensure that no harm is done to any Nigerian participating in the peaceful demonstration. The Council, through her National President, Comrd. Igboayaka O. Igboayaka advised that security operatives should execute their Constitutional duties tomorrow peacefully and devoid of bloodshed,…

May

12

2022

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By Famous Reporters

Extra-Judicial Killings: Activist wants Osun Police Commissioner, Olokode removed …As CHRSJ drags Oyo DPO before Police authority, others over illegal detention, extortion

CRIME#AdeniyiAlimiSulaiman, #EndExtraJudicialkilling, #Endpolicebrutality, #Endsars, #OsunPoliceCommand

Extra-Judicial Killings: Activist wants Osun Police Commissioner, Olokode removed ...As CHRSJ drags Oyo DPO before Police authority, others over illegal detention, extortion As incessant killings of innocent citizens by the men of the Osun State Police Command still continues till recent time, a human rights activist, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman has reiterated the call for "immediate removal" of the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olawale Toheed Olokode:-(+2348033181456), saying that the crime rates in the State has been in geometrical progression since deployment of Olokode to head the State Police Command. Meanwhile, the rights group have dragged Oyo State…

Nov

18

2021

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By Famous Reporters

Leaked #EndSARS Panel Report: Make Your Report Public, Ensure Restorative Justice- FENRAD Charges Abia Govt … Says “Justice Should not End on Paper,”

NATIONAL NEWS#EndBadGovernment, #EndExtraJudicial killing, #endMilitaryKilling, #Endpolicebrutality, #Endsars, #EndSARsProtest

Leaked #EndSARS Panel Report: Make Your Report Public, Ensure Restorative Justice- FENRAD Charges Abia Govt ... Says "Justice Should not End on Paper," Following the recently leaked Lagos State EndSARS panel reports otherwise known, as 'Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS-Related Abuses and Other Maters or Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry', Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development, FENRAD, a pro-democracy, human and environmental rights advocacy group has charged the various Governments to that no stone is left unturned in dispensing justice. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by Comrade Nelson…

Oct

26

2021

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Recurrent Intimidation, Phones’ Search: FENRAD Condemns Invasion of Privacy by Police Unit in Aba

NEWS#Endpolicebrutality, #EndsarsAnniversary, #EndSarsMorial, #EndSARsProtest, FENRAD, Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development, intimidation, Nigeria police, Phone's search, victimisation

Recurrent Intimidation, Phones' Search: FENRAD Condemns Invasion of Privacy by Police Unit in Aba Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development, FENRAD, a pro-democracy and environmental rights advocacy group has condemned vehemently, the alleged cases of phones' and gadgets' search, as carried out by men of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS against Aba residents. The group attributed the nefarious action perpetrated by men of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS against residents of the area to the "illicit activities of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS unit of the same Force", which regrettably resulted in the outbreak of the 2020 nationwide…

Oct

20

2021

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By Famous Reporters

#EndSARSMemorial: Pathetic story of passer-by arrested by Police for holding Nigerian flag

NATIONAL NEWS#BlessingIko, #EndBadGovernment, #endMilitaryKilling, #Endpolicebrutality, #EndsarsAnniversary, #EndSarsMemorial, #EndSARsProtest

A passer-by, Blessing Iko, has narrated her ordeal in the hands of the operatives of the Lagos state police command, at the #EndsarsMemorial venue. Blessing Iko lamented that the Police arrested her and at the same time, confiscated her phone for holding the Nigerian flag. Speaking to journalists while in a police van, Iko said the officers seized her two phones and held her in their van. According to her, the flag was given to her by the bus conductor who asked all passengers to disembark as he approached the Lekki tollgate where the #EndSARSMemorial protest was taking place. Security…

Oct

20

2021

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No fewer than 14 dead in bomb explosion, As police fire teargas at Lekki Tollgate protesters

NATIONAL NEWS#EndBadGovernment, #EndExtraJudicial killing, #endMilitaryKilling, #Endpolicebrutality, #Endsars, #EndSARsProtest, #EndSecurityVote

No fewer than 14 dead in bomb explosion, As police fire teargas at Lekki Tollgate protesters Teargas Fired As Police, Security Agents Battle To Control Protesters From Taking Over Lekki Tollgate Palpable tension is brewing at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos State now as police fired tear gas canisters to disperse the large crowd of protesters at the venue. The crowd had become too large to control for the security operatives as hundreds of vehicles were blocking the free flow of traffic along the road. Unlike the situation in the last one hour, when the protesters were only going in…

Oct

20

2021

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By Famous Reporters

Happening! Lekki Tollgate Shooting/ #Endsars Anniversary: Police Arrest, whisk participants (See Photos)

CRIME, NATIONAL NEWS#EndBadGovernment, #EndExtraJudicial killing, #Endpolicebrutality, #Endsars, #EndSARsProtest, #lekki tollgate massacre, #LekkiTollgateShooting

Happening! Lekki Tollgate Shooting Anniversary: Police Arrest, whisk participants (See Photos) A viral video has shown innumerable vehicles of men of the Nigeria Police arresting and whisking away some youths who had arrived at Lekki Tollgate, in Lagos State, to hold a memorial for their fallen heroes during the nationwide #Endsars protest. Security Operatives' vans #Endsars protesters at Lekki Tollgate, Lagos State, on October 20, 2020. In the said video, an unarmed young man in his early twenties, suspected to be part of the protest, dressed in a pair of yellow shirt and a blue jeans, was seen being dragged…

Oct

20

2021

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By Famous Reporters

#ENDSARS PROTESTS 2020- ONE YEAR AFTER: Group Demands Arrests, Prosecution of Trigger-Happy Officers At Lekki

CRIME, NATIONAL NEWS#EndBadGovernment, #EndExtraJudicialkilling, #endMilitaryKilling, #Endpolicebrutality, #Endsars, #EndSARsProtest, 'Action Group On Free Civic Space', lekki tollgate

#ENDSARS PROTESTS 2020- ONE YEAR AFTER: Group Demands Arrests, Prosecution of Trigger-Happy Officers At Lekki Worried by the obvious negligence of the President Mohammadu Buhari's led government of the All Progressives Congress, APC, towards the brutal massacring of unarmed #Endsars protester at Lekki tollgate, on October, 20, 2020, a group known as 'Action Group On Free Civic Space' has called for the immediate arrest and speedy prosecution of the trigger happy Security Operatives. This is even as the 2020 #Endsars protesters observe their one year anniversary today, October 20. In an address, made available to Famousreporters.com, the group condemned in…