Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has shelved the Lagos peace walk planned for December 2021. The governor, in an address on November 30, 2021, had invited some known faces of the EndSARS protest in the state in October 2020 to a peace walk for “the healing of Lagos” later this month. Specifically, the governor had…
A lecturer of the Lagos State University (LASU), Dr Abubakri Yekini says there was no “massacre” at the Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2020. Yekini in a paid advert on ThisDay newspaper on Wednesday described the leaked report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel as fake. While the advert is worth about N1.9million, Nigerian…
Fifty-Eight officers of the Nigerian Police Force have been indicted by the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters for killing and brutalising Nigerians including #EndSARS protesters in the state. Recall that the panel led by Justice Doris Okuwobi last Monday submitted its report to the state government accusing police officers…
A call has gone out to President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack and ensure the arrest and prosecution of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. The call was made on Tuesday in a statement by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA). HURIWA spoke against the background of the revelations made in the…
Lagos Police is reportedly in a show of force over planned #ENDSARS Memorial Protest at Lekki tollgate. Truetells Nigeria has earlier reported that famous Nigerian rapper, Folarin Falana, AKA Falz has said Nigerian youths will not be silenced by anyone. This online news platform understands that youths have vowed to mark the one year of the protests…
#EndSARS: See Detail How Memorial Protests Will Hold. Truetells Nigeria reports that Activists have lined up activities that would be held in commemoration of last year’s #EndSARS protests which were held in the country between October 8 and 20. This is coming on the heels of the warning by the Lagos State Police Command to resist…
There is a heavy presence of armed police officers at the Lekki tollgate today October 11. Police trucks are parked on one side of the ever-busy road. Recall that earlier today, the state police command had warned residents of the state against staging an #EndSARS anniversary protest. In a statement released the command said it had credible information that…
#EndSARS: Lagos Police Vows To Deal With Organisers of Anniversary Protest. Truetells Nigeria reports that the Lagos state police command has warned residents in the state against staging any protest to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the #EndSARS protest in the state. Last October, youths across Nigeria took to the streets to demand an…
I Have Been Cooked Up In A House For Months. I Never Got Asylum To Canada – DJ Switch Reveals. Obianuju Catherine Udeh popularly known as DJ Switch, has refuted claims she got asylum to Canada. Recall that the entertainer who was signed by Peter Okoye as his personal disc jockey in 2017, made headlines…
Federal Government says Twitter and its founder, Jack Dorsey, are vicariously liable for the losses the country suffered during the EndSARS protest. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Tuesday when he featured on “Politics Nationwide,’’ a Radio Nigeria call-in programme monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in…
