Category: Metro
Youth reps boycott panel sitting over frozen accounts of #Endsars protesters
The sitting of the Lagos State Panel of Judicial Inquiry probing the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate was frustr [...]
‘I’m still looking for my son since 2011 after police arrested him’ – Man tells Edo panel
The father of a victim of human right abuse, Isaac Edoh informed the Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of human right abuse from operati [...]
CBN gets court order to freeze accounts 0f 19 #EndSARS protesters
A federal high court in Abuja has granted the request of the Central Bank of Nigeria to freeze the accounts of 19 individuals and a public [...]
FRSC to carry guns – House of Reps
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) operatives will begin to carry guns to curtail the excesses of road users in Nigeria.
The Hous [...]
I was beaten, arrested in a pool of blood – Victim tells panel
A lawyer, Ekpagu Chikadibia-Christian says he was mercilessly beaten and arrested by police officers while trying to secure bail for a client. He na [...]
Awkuzu SARS killed my husband, asked me to remarry – Widow tells panel
In Anambra State, a widow of a victim of SARS, Chidinmma Edozieuno told the state judicial panel on police brutality that policemen attached to the [...]
Strange disease kills dozens in Enugu
The Enugu State government has confirmed many deaths from a yet unidentified disease in Ette Uno and Umuopu in Igbo-Eze North Local Government A [...]
Mysterious disease linked to yellow fever kills 22 in Delta
The Delta State government has conducted some tests to ascertain the mysterious deaths recorded in Ute-Okpu and Idumesa communities in Ika [...]
Amnesty raises alarm over threat to staff in Nigeria
Human rights group, Amnesty International has raised an alarm over threats to staff in Nigeria but said irrespective of the development, i [...]
#EndSARS: Police clampdown on protesters again in Abuja
The police in Abuja on Friday morning brutally dispersed some #ENDSARS protesters at the gate of National Assembly. The demonstrators gathered in [...]