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Lagos Govt awards scholarships to children of slain policemen

In picture above: R-L: Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hakeem Odumosu; Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu interacting with other police officers during his visit to the Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja, on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. The Lagos State Government on Wednesday awarded scholarships to the children of policemen killed during the violence that Read More…

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Alleged victim of SARS brutality narrates ordeal at Lagos state judicial panel’s maiden sitting

Mr Okoliagu Abunike, an alleged victim of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), has appeared  before the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry for Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses to seek redress. Abunike, a father of five, made the allegations during the inaugural sitting of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Tuesday in Lagos. Read More…

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#SaveLagos: The day a few good youths swept Lagos

Lagos had just witnessed carnage of a monumental scale, not by any natural disaster but by rampaging men. Many government structures, police stations and private businesses had been affected. It was a reaction to last Tuesday’s incident at the Lekki Toll Plaza in which it was alleged that many #EndSARS protesters had been gunned down. Read More…

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#EndSARS: Lagos Assembly constitutes ad-hoc committee to meet victims

The Lagos State House of Assembly has set up an ad-hoc committee to meet with victims of the violence that trailed the EndSARS protests in the state. The committee is to look into the carnage that emanated from the destruction and looting of private and public properties by hoodlums. The resolution to set up the Read More…

Metro Politics Society Top Story

The youths need to remain relevant, must participate in politics – Ayo Obe

The events of the past few days suggest a political awakening, particularly among the youths. Even as the physical #EndSARS protests have died out, there is still a lot that the youth can do to be a relevant part of the Nigerian nation. Ayo Obe, civil rights campaigner and lawyer, gave us her insights. She Read More…

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St. Nicholas Hospital denies Folorunsho Olabisi was presented at their facility

The management of St. Nicholas Hospital has denied that the late Folorunsho Olabisi, a youth who went missing from the Lekki Toll Plaza and who was buried on Sunday, 25th October 2020 at the Ikoyi Cemetery was presented at any of their facilities. Lagos Metropolitan confirms that it spoke to a relative of the deceased Read More…

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Lagos Govt says restriction time now 8.00p.m to 6.00a.m

The Lagos State Government says restriction time in the state is now from 8.00p.m to 6.00a.m. The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. Omotoso advised residents to plan their movement within the time. “Curfew in Lagos State has been reviewed. Restriction time Read More…

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Civil society calls on youths to form political parties to win elections

A Civil Society Organisation, the Civil Liberties Organisation, has urged youths in the country to form political parties capable of winning the 2023 presidential and other levels of elections. Its Chairman, Mr Ehi Omokhuale, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos, was reacting to Read More…

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Police should have protected #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Plaza – Amnesty

Over the past two weeks, Nigeria has been embroiled in #EndSARS protests over the arbitrariness of police brutality and killings against Nigerian youths by a now disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Things went awry when on Tuesday, uniformed men were reported to have shot at the hitherto peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza, resulting Read More…