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#EndSARS: Stephanie Busari’s Lekki Tollgate investigation for CNN nominated for Emmy awards

Dailyblast — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 21:59:11 +0000

The Lekki Tollgate gate massacre investigation that was conducted by CNN’s correspondent, Stephanie Busari has been nominated for two Emmy awards. Stephanie who serves as CNN Supervising Editor took to twitter and Instagram to announce the nomination. “Thrilled that our Lekki Tollgate investigation has been nominated for two #Emmy awards. A huge honour for an [...]

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#EndSARS protester still in prison with newborn baby

Dailyblast — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 07:19:10 +0000

The Ondo State High Court sitting in Olokuta Akure, Ondo State, on Monday did not grant bail to Kemisola Ogunniyi, one of the EndSARS protesters, who delivered baby in prison. Ogunniyi was among those who were arrested and standing trial for allegedly vandalising property during the EndSARS protest which took place in Akure, the state [...]

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#EndSARS Protester, Nicholas Mbah, regains freedom after 8 months in prison

Dailyblast — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 08:40:12 +0000

Nicolas Mbah, who has been remanded in Kirikiri Prison since October 2020 for participating in the #ENDSARS protests in Lagos, has finally regained his freedom. His lawyer, Orji Ama Onu, confirmed this to Newsmen on Wednesday, June 16. Onu said Mbah was only released on Tuesday afternoon, June 15, due to the “lack of passion by [...]

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#EndSARS protester gives birth in Ondo prison

Dailyblast — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 00:01:47 +0000

A Nigerian lady identified as Kemisola Ogunniyi who was allegedly arrested in October 2020 during the EndSARS protest in Akure, Ondo state, has welcomed a baby at the Surulere prison in the state. Publisher, Omoyele Sowore who shared her story online, claimed Kemisola was arrested by the police on October 24 on grounds that she looked like [...]

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#EndSARS: 99 corpses deposited at mortuary, three from Lekki –Pathologist

Dailyblast — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 04:57:00 +0000

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020 has called for the record of all 99 corpses deposited in the mortuary of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital between October 19 and 24 last year. The panel chairman, retired Justice Doris Okuwobi, made [...]

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#EndSARS: Panel awards N10m to widow of man killed in Lagos

Dailyblast — Sun, 16 May 2021 06:21:58 +0000

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing cases of police brutality on Saturday awarded N10m to the widow of one Rasheed Kareem, who was shot dead by the police in Surulere during the #EndSARS protest in October last year. The retired Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel awarded the sum to the widow while ruling on [...]

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#EndSARS: Festac police extort N200k from UAE returnee

Dailyblast — Sat, 17 Apr 2021 06:48:26 +0000

Activist, Rinu Oduala has taken to her twitter handle to expose police officers from the Area E Festac Police Command who arrested a musician who just returned to Nigeria from the United Arab Emirates. She wrote: “A young Nigerian came back from the UAE this morning took Uber from the airport to Festac & bumped [...]

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Canada rejects ex-SARS operative’s application for asylum

Dailyblast — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 06:38:16 +0000

Canada has rejected the request of a former member of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Olushola Popoola, seeking asylum in the North American country. Popoola’s application was rejected by the Immigration Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board in Canada because he was a member of the defunct unit of the Nigeria Police Force between 2002 [...]

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Mega party eyes #EndSARS movement

Dailyblast — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 07:22:37 +0000

THE National Consultative Front said on Wednesday measures had been put in place to form a mega political party in July 2021 to save Nigerians from the “disaster” the ruling All Progressives Congress brought upon the country. The NCFront explained that the move had become imperative based on the yearnings of Nigerians for “a Messianic [...]

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#EndSARS: US Reps reintroduce resolution for 117th Congress

Dailyblast — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 16:54:45 +0000

Two US Congressmen, Al Green and Joaquin Castro, have reintroduced the #EndSARS Resolution in the 117th Congress. In a joint statement on Tuesday, the two lawmakers stressed that human rights abuses by men of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad must be investigated, adding that victims must get justice. They also said extrajudicial killings of peaceful [...]

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