IGP summons officers for extorting youths N22m worth of bitcoin at gunpoint

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has summoned some police officers serving at the Force Criminal Investigations Department, Alagbon, Lagos, to report to the Special Investigation Panel, Force Headquarters, Abuja,…

SERAP tells Lawan, Gbajabiamila to probe missing N10bn NASS funds in 2019

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project SERAP, has urged the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila to promptly probe fresh allegations that N10…

Femi Falana: White paper on Lagos #EndSARS panel report is illegal

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says the white paper on the report submitted by the Lagos judicial panel on police brutality is illegal. On November 15, the Lagos judicial panel…

EndSARS panel: Adegboruwa tackles Lagos govt over financial mismanagement claim

Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), on Wednesday, tackled the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), over claim that the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for…

BREAKING: Lagos releases White Paper on #EndSARS Panel Report

The Lagos State Government has released the much-awaited White Paper on the Judicial Panel of Inquiry report of Lekki Toll Gate October 20, 2020 incident. Governor Jide Sanwo-Olu inaugurated the…

Sanwo-Olu breaks silence on Lagos #EndSARS panel report

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, has spoken for the first time about the report of the Lagos judicial panel on police brutality. The report of the panel was leaked…

Lagos #EndSARS panel: Keyamo is not talking law; his view has no legal basis — Falana

HUMAN rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, on Monday, said that Lagos State has the constitutional and legal powers to set up a judicial panel of inquiry on any issue…

Adegboruwa to Keyamo: FG can’t declare #EndSARS panels illegal after setting them up

Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the federal government cannot declare judicial panels on police brutality illegal after setting them up. Adegboruwa said the #EndSARS panels were established…

EndSARS Report: SERAP Sues Buhari, Seeks Arrest Of Indicted Security Personnel

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to compel President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the arrest of security operatives involved in the…

Police nab Immigration Officer over invasion of Justice Odili’s home

The Police headquarters on Sunday confirmed that a senior Immigration officer, ASI Abdullahi Usman has been arrested for his role in the invasion of the home of Justice Mary Odili…

Why FG, Sanwo-Olu can’t reject #EndSARS panel report -Falana

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has given reasons why the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, cannot reject the report of the judicial panel on police brutality.…

Reps order probe of FG’s abandoned N97bn cancer centre

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the National Cancer Control Plan established by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, to determine why fewer Nigerians with…

We’re not surprised govt is denying ‘Lekki Tollgate incident’ — Amnesty International

The Country Director, Amnesty International, Nigeria, Osai Ojigho, has expressed misgivings over the Federal Government’s reaction to the Lagos EndSARS probe panel report, saying they were not surprised by government’s…

Lai’s attempt to rubbish EndSARS report while Buhari awaits White Paper shows FG not coordinated – HURIWA

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria says that the statement by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, rubbishing the report of the Lagos panel on the Lekki shootings, when…

EndSARS protester who testified before Lagos panel ‘stabbed by hoodlums’

Kamsichukwu Ibeh, an #EndSARS protester who testified before the Lagos judicial panel on police brutality, has been stabbed by suspected hoodlums. She was said to have been attacked on Sunday…