The Nigerian Army has announced the promotion of 421 top officers to new ranks including Ahmed Ibrahim Taiwo, the officer who testified at the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing
Nigeria’s Coalition Against Covid-19 (CACOVID) has unfolded plans to commit over N100bn (about $262 million) over the next two years to buy rifles as well as other security gadgets for
The Nigerian government has been advised not to dismiss the threat of sanctions by UK parliamentarians against top Nigerian officials and security agents involved in the alleged violation of #EndSARS protesters’ rights. The
Nigeria’s federal government on Tuesday said it was unperturbed by resolutions of the United Kingdom parliamentarians for sanctions against top Nigerian officials and security agents involved in the alleged violation
Nigerian lawmakers are calling on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to allocate 1% of the Value Added Tax (VAT) as compensation to states affected by the massive violence and
The UK parliament on Monday debated a petition seeking to impose sanctions on Nigerian Government officials involved in the killing of peaceful protesters in Lekki on October 20. For more
Barely five weeks after the National Economic Council (NEC), headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, directed the establishment of judicial panels of inquiry nationwide to investigate complaints of alleged police
The Nigerian Army has reiterated statements made by Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo at the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry that the Nigerian Army had both live and blank ammunition with
The Nigerian Army has admitted deploying live rounds to disperse peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll plaza in Lagos state, the country’s commercial capital. Brigadier-general Ahmed Taiwo, the Commander, 81 Military Intelligence
Following several denials from the Nigerian government and its description of the Lekki toll gate incident as a massacre without bodies, Kingsley Moghalu has said the federal government is living
Nigerian musician Seun Kuti has criticised the Lagos State Government’s threat to ban his family’s entertainment centre, The New Afrika Shrine, if he held a meeting of his political movement
American news channel CNN has said it stands by its investigation which uncovered evidence that the Nigerian army and police opened fire on unarmed #EndSARS protestors on October 20 saying
The Nigerian government has described an exclusive investigative report of the Cable News Network (CNN), an American news-based pay television channel on the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers
Despite several criticisms of how security agencies handled the #EndSARS protests, the Nigerian government has expressed satisfaction with the role played by the security agencies, especially the military, and the
After several days in the police custody, a magistrate court in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos state has granted bail of N1 million to #EndSARS protester Eromosele Adene. [bc_video video_id=”6210565293001″ account_id=”6116119081001″
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday told the National Security Council he will not allow a repeat of the #EndSARS protests and called for proactive measures to end the increasing
A Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja has ordered the Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory to start an investigation into 50 notable persons who promoted the #EndSARS movement.
Only President Muhammadu Buhari, in his capacity as the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, could have authorised the deployment of soldiers to maintain law and order in Lagos following the
Apart from rudimentary policing skills, average police officers in Nigeria lack the requisite knowledge and capacity to enhance their professionalism, because they are unaware of the force’s standard operating procedures
The Nigerian Army has said it called the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to express its displeasure over his denial that he did not ask the army to intervene in
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