Day: October 30, 2020

Burna Boy Dedicates New Song To #EndSARS Victims

Nigeria singer, songwriter and rapper Burna Boy has released a new song dedicated to victims killed during peaceful anti-police brutality protests across the country. The song titled 20-10-2020 sang in Pidgin focused around events that happened at the Lekki tollgate and a way of ensuring victims of the #EndSARS protest are not forgotten. Proceeds made…

Lekki Shooting: Lagos Panel Finds Five Bullet Casings At Protest Site

The Lagos State Judicial panel on Friday found five bullet shell casings at the scene of the alleged Oct. 20 shootings of #EndSARS protesters by officers of the Nigerian Army. This is coming as both the Nigeria Army and the Police have rejected Amnesty’s allegation of shooting at the Lekki tollgate. The nine-man Judicial Panel…

Report on Shooting of Protesters by the Police Not True—IGP Tells Amnesty Int’l

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, has described the Amnesty Int’l report that Police personnel shot at peaceful protesters as untrue, misleading and contrary to all available empirical evidence. Amnesty International in a report dated 21st October, 2020 had confirmed that on-the-ground investigations revealed that the Nigerian army and police killed at least…

Group Writes Buhari as Master Bakers’ Election Ends In Fiasco

The attempt by Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria AMBCAN to elect new national officers ended in fiasco at the River Plate Park, Abuja, recently, as two groups emerged from the outcome. The fiasco started after the conduct of the presidential post where Alhaji Mansur Umah polled 96 votes against Alhaji Zubairu Muhammed…