Lekki shooting: CNN clarifies October 23 tweet on casualty figure

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…

EndSARS: I have no case to answer — Obi Urges Panel to dismiss petition against him

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…

Magu: I did not divert any recovered assets

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…

EndSARS: UK Parliament Does Not Speak For British Govt – FG

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…

[BREAKING] Lekki shootings: New report shows CNN is desperate —Lai Mohammed

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…

EndSARS: I Want My Husband’s Corpse, N50m Compensation, Widow Of Akwuzu Victim Tells Anambra Panel

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…

[ICYMI] #EndSARS: CNN dares FG, releases second report on Lekki shootings

Amid threats of sanction from the Federal Government over its investigative report on the shootings at Lekki toll plaza during the #EndSARS protests , CNN has released a second report…

Activist asks judicial panel to summon CNN over Lekki shooting report

Kenechukwu Okeke, a human rights activist, has asked the Lagos state judicial panel to summon CNN over its report on the shooting at Lekki tollgate. Okeke, who had earlier sued…

CCB to prosecute Magu over dormant account, ‘Port Harcourt property

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) will arraign Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CTC) any…

Judicial Panel: I’m Unaware Nigerian Army Called Lekki Shooting ‘Fake News’ On Twitter — Brig.-Gen.Taiwo

Brig.-Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, Commander of the 81 Division, Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island has said that he was unaware that the Nigerian Army Headquarters had described the shootings at the…

Army to judicial panel: If we are attacked with stones, we respond with bullets

Ibrahim Taiwo, commander of the 81 division, military intelligence brigade of the Nigerian army, says the military responds to stone attacks with gunshots. Speaking when he appeared before the judicial…

We took live bullets to Lekki tollgate, says army

The Nigerian Army says it took live rounds to Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020, when #EndSARS protesters were dispersed after two weeks of converging on the place. Ibrahim Taiwo,…

Lekki shootings: CCTV reveals soldiers arrived in seven trucks

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Judicial Inquiry probing the alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki tollgate on the night of October 20 on Saturday resumed…

EndSARS: We’re Unable To Trace ‘Erring Officers’, Police Lawyer Tells Lagos Panel

The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) related abuses has frowned at attempts by the police to continue to stall its proceedings.…

Absence of key defendants stalls sitting of Lagos panel of inquiry

The absence of key police officers who were indicted in various petitions made by victims of police brutality in Lagos State stalled the continuation of cross-examination of petitioners by police…