About 15 protesters who suffered gunshot wounds during the #EndSARS protests in Lagos today stormed the Lagos State Court of Arbitration and Mediation in Lekki, venue of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters. 14 of them were said to have been shot at […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday granted an order restraining Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, Mr. Cairo Ojougboh, and others from performing the functions of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In suit number ABJ/CS/617/2020, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling on an application by a Civil Society Organisation, Forum for Accountability and […]
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses has dismissed a petition seeking to enforce a N300 million court judgment against the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court had awarded the sum as compensation against the police for the death of one Jimoh […]
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola may be invited to aid investigation into the incident of October 20 during which some #ENDSARS protesters were allegedly shot by the military. The hint was dropped in Lagos Friday during the cross-examination of the Managing Director of Lekki Concession Company (LCC), Abayomi Omonuwa by counsel to #EndSARS […]
CNN has clarified its tweet of October 23, 2020 which reported that “at least 38 people were killed” when soldiers opened fire on unarmed #EndSARS protesters in Lagos. Nigerians protesting against police brutality had thronged the streets in various parts of the country in October to demand a comprehensive reform of the force. But the […]
A former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, has urged the Judicial Panel of Inquiry (JPI) sitting in Awka, the state capital, to dismiss the petition of Mr Bonaventure Mokwe against him, describing it as an abuse of process. Obi through his lawyer, Alex Ejesieme (SAN), said two litigations relating to the petition before […]
TheCable has obtained the full statement of defence and the addendum presented to the Justice Ayo Salami panel by Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The panel submitted its report to President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, recommending the sack and prosecution of Magu as well as the […]
The Nigerian government has reacted to the deliberations on the recent #EndSARS protest by the United Kingdom parliament. It stated that while debates on all matters were allowed, the UK parliament does not speak for the British government. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, made the position of the Federal Government known while […]
The Minister of Information and Culture , Lai Mohammed, has accused CNN of desperation over its second report on the Lekki toll plaza shootings that happened on October 20. The Minister said this on NTA on Wednesday . But the minister faulted CNN’ s reports, saying it lacked credible sources. When asked about the second […]
Mrs Christiana Ngozi Nnatuanya, the widow of late Linus Nnatuanya, who died in disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Awkuzu cell in 2007, has demanded for the corpse of her husband for proper burial. She said her Uwani Ebenebe community believed that a man who died in SARS cell and was not buried died a wrongful […]
