Tag: #EndSARS

#EndSARS: Foreign Airlines Suspend Flights into Nigeria

Aliyu Aliyu

  The foreign airlines have suspended flights into Lagos and Abuja, two major cities for travellers in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy. This move, a report by New Telegraph read, came as a result of unrest in many parts of the country. This is coming as Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Arik Air, has cancelled all its flight operations for today due to the 24-hour curfew announced by Lagos State government on Tuesday. The carrier said all booked passengers on the cancelled flights are advised to reschedule their flights for later dates…

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Lagos boils, declares 24-hour curfew over #EndSARS

Damilola Olonade

  The Government of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, has declared a 24-hour curfew with effect from 4pm on Tuesday (today). This was revealed by Gboyega Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on his Twitter handle. The imposition of the curfew followed increase in the hijacking of the #EndSARS protest in the state. In a short statement, the Governor said: “I have watched with shock how what began as a peaceful #EndSARS protest has degenerated into a monster that is threatening the well-being of our…

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#EndSARS: CBN, INEC, EFCC Websites Hacked

Damola Oyede

  The #EndSARS protests in Nigeria have taken a new turn as the websites of key agencies of government in the Africa’s biggest economy have been hacked. The key agencies are the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Independent National Electoral Commission (EFCC), and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). International Hackers, Anonymous, which breached and took over the sites, declared that its action was In Support Of #EndSARS Protesters. Anonymous made the announcement in three different online messages on Friday, October 16, 2020. “CBN Website Hacked By International…

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Nigeria’s Presidential Panel Okays 5-Point Demand of #EndSARS Protesters

Damola Oyede

  The Presidential Panel on Police Reforms has approved immediate implementation of five-point demand of the protesters demanding end to police brutality by operatives of disbanded FSARS. A meeting conveyed by the Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu and attended by stakeholders discussed the need to restore public confidence and trust in the police and resoved that following steps be taken immediately: An order by the Inspector General of Police to all State Commands to halt the use of force against protesters; Unconditional release of arrested protesters and citizens; Open…

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Nigerian Police Chief bows to Pressure, Disbands SARS Nationwide

Damola Oyede

The Nigerian Police Chief known in the country as Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has announced the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force. Adamu announced this in a live broadcast on Sunday as growing protest against the special force unit us heightened across the world. The announcement came after days of online and offline protests against the brutality and extra-judicial killings by SARS operatives nationwide. Platforms Africa gathered that Adamu who hitherto was reluctant to take a decisive action on the issue was on the…

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#ENDSARS: Nigerian President loses 100,000 Twitter Followers in 24 hours

ADEOLA YUSUF

  About 100,000 accounts have unfollowed Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Twitter as the #EndSARS protest rocking the country takes a new turn. The loss of 100,000 followers is a sign of protest of Buhari’s alleged mismanagement of the current policing crisis across the nation. A new wave of protests to end the activities of the special anti-robbery squad of the Nigerian Police Force (SARS) has been sweeping across the globe in the last 96 hours, calling on the president to scrap that unit of the nation’s police. Buhari did…

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