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#EndSARS: Military Phobia Lingers On One Year After Protests
On October 17, 2020, acting director of the Nigerian Army public relations, Sagir Musa, announced a civilian-targeted exercise named Crocodile Smile. The exercise was scheduled to commence from Tuesday, October 20 to Thursday, December 31. The cyber warfare exercise was designed to identify, track and counter negative propaganda on social media. October 20, 2020, the…
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#EndSARS: Pathologists Tenders 99 Bodies Of Protesters
Chief pathologist at the Lagos State University, John Obafunwa has submitted the autopsy result carried out on bodies recovered across Lagos during the EndSARS protest on October 20, 2020. Obafunwa’s report indicates that the 99 bodies recovered are of protesters at the Lekki tollgate and other parts of the state on the night of the…
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Protesters Charged With Covid-19 Regulation Violation
#OccupyLekkiTollgate Protesters who were arrested this morning at the Lekki Tollgate have been charged with disobedience and violation of Covid-19 regulations. According to a tweet by Youth Representation and Activist Rinu Oduala, Comedian Mr Macaroni and over 20 other peaceful protesters were charged to court today for breaking the 50-persons gathering rule and disobeying the…
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Breaking: Police Arrest Protesters At The Lekki Tollgate
According to an eye-witness report, over 20 #OccupyLekkiTollgate protesters have been arrested this morning by men of the Nigerian Police Force at the Lekki Tollgate, Lagos. Among protesters arrested is a popular Nigerian comedian, Mr Macoroni (Debo Adebayo) who managed to record his arrest via Instagram live. His Live video has, however, been interrupted as…
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Armed Policemen Surround Lekki Tollgate Ahead Of Planned Protest
The Federal Government has deployed policemen and over 150 men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps to the site of the planned protest today tagged #Occupylekkiprotest at the Lekki Tollgate, Lagos Nigeria. Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Lagos State Police Command, announced on Facebook that CSP Yinka Egbeyemi would be leading a team of…
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EndSARS: An Insight On How The Protest Was Funded
The EndSARS protest first began as a social movement that called for the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a notorious unit of the Nigerian Police with a long record of abuses. From its inception in 2017, the movement gathered about 28 million tweets with the hashtag #ENDSARS on Twitter alone. In October 2020, the movement started a series of mass protests…
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Insight On The Implications Of Re-Opening The Lekki Toll Gate
On Saturday, February 7, 2020, the nine-man Lagos State Judiciary Panel authorised the reopening of the Lekki Toll Plaza just days after the Nigerian Army pulled out of the panel of inquiry. While the panel approved the re-opening of the toll, youth representatives on the panel have protested, insisting the toll gate “remains shut”. A…