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The Lagos state government says the bodies of 103 victims of #EndSARS protest in 2020 prepared for mass burial were not from the Lekki tollgate. The state government, in a statement released on Sunday, said no dead body was retrieved from the Lekki tollgate. “For the records, the Lagos State Environmental Health Unit picked up […]
Continue ReadingA leaked memo addressed to the Lagos State Ministry of Health indicating that the State Government approved N61,285,000 for the mass burial of 103 persons identified as 2020 EndSARS victims has gone viral on social media, sparking outrage. The memo dated July 19, 2023, captures steps for the processing of funds after approval by the […]
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The Senate has passed a Bill seeking to compensate victims of the EndSARS protest, for second reading. The Bill, which is sponsored by Senator Gershom Bassey (PDP, Cross River), passed the Second Reading stage at plenary on Wednesday. Recalls that EndSARS protests organised to protest police brutality in the country, took violent dimension in October […]
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Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Tuesday, ordered the Lagos State Government and the Nigeria Police to pay an Uber driver, Adedotun Clement, the sum of N5 million as compensation. Clement was allegedly assaulted by officials of the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Agency and the Nigeria Police Force during the first […]
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One of the victims of police brutality in Anambra State, Mr Chisom Uche, on Monday, said he expected police authorities to invite him and other victims of police brutality in the state to testify against some police officers currently undergoing investigation. Uche said this in an interview with our correspondent on Monday while reacting to […]
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