Tag: SARS
#EndSars: NHRC panel postpones sitting indefinitely due to spike in coronavirus cases
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) independent investigative panel on the violations of human rights by the defunct Special Anti-Robbed Squad (SARS) has postponed sitting indefinitely. The panel was billed to resume sitting on Monday after the Christmas and New Year break. Mrs. Fatimah Agwai-Mohammed, Assistant Director (PA), Corporate Affairs and External Linkages of the ...Governors to meet Wednesday over insecurity, others
The 36 states governors are to hold teleconference on Wednesday to evolve a new national security order that will ensure safety of lives and property in the country. The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) disclosed this in a statement by its Head, Media and Public Affairs, Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, on Monday in Abuja. Bello-Barkindo said that ...My husband died in SARS cell because I couldn’t raise bribe of N400,000 – Widow
Mrs Christisna Nnatuanya, widow of Linus Nnatuanya who allegedly died in the custody of disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), in Awkuzu, Anambra, says she is ashamed that she can’t show her seven children the grave of their father. Nnatuanya who testified at the Judicial Panel of Inquiry (JPI) on SARS activities in Awka on Tuesday ...#EndSARS Protests: Panels of Inquiry well constituted – NBA President
Governors who have set up panels of enquiry into the activities of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have the right to do so, President of the Nigerian Bar Association Olumide Akpata has said. Mr. Akpata spoke about the panels when he appeared on the latest edition of Sunday Politics. “I think the governors are ...FG 60-day App Challenge: 12 winners emerge, get N12.5m
The Federal Government on Sunday rewarded 12 youths who won the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development 60-day App Challenge. Ten of the winners received one million naira each, while five got #500, 000 each. The disbursement held on Sunday during an event to celebrate the national Youth Day observed on November 1. The ...How I lost 2 pregnancies in SARS custody, teacher tells Lagos Judicial Panel
A teacher, Mrs. Ndubisi Obiechina, has narrated how she lost two pregnancies while in custody of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) over a suspect to which she was distantly acquainted. Narrating her ordeal before the Lagos State Judicial Panel on #EndSARS protest, Ndubisi said that she was detained and tortured along with her husband, ...I was brutalised by SARS, I’m yet to get N10m damages as ordered by the high court – Victim alleges
Mr. Okoliagu Abunike, an alleged victim of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), has appeared before the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry for Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses to seek redress. Abunike, a father of five, made the allegations during the inaugural sitting of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Tuesday in Lagos. ...#EndSARS Protest is politically motivated, a ploy to set the youths against one another – Kogi Governor
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has described the #EndSARS protests as politically motivated. In an interview on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, the governor explained that although he supports the agitations of the youths, the fact that they refused to relent after some demands were met, means the protests have political undertones. “Dear ...‘It Is Not True’, Lagos Assembly Not Deliberating Social Media Bill – Desmond Elliot
The member representing Surulere Constituency 1 in the Lagos House of Assembly, Desmond Elliot, has debunked rumours that the lawmakers are working on a bill to regulate social media. Earlier on Monday, Twitter was agog with people claiming the Lagos Assembly is working on a bill to control the use of social media. The end ...Panel of inquiry urges victims of Lekki Tollgate shooting to come forward
The Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry for Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and the Lekki Tollgate Incident, has urged victims of the Oct. 20 shooting of #EndSARS protesters by members of the Nigerian military to come forward with their petitions. The body made the call on Monday in Lagos during its sitting. The ...
