Late Saturday night, Governor Nasir El-Rufai imposed a 24-hour curfew on Kaduna State. In the press release, it was stated that “This measure is taken to help safeguard our communities, protect lives and property and contain criminal elements who are looting public and private assets.” The government had earlier on Saturday evening announced a 24-hour curfew in Chikun and Kaduna …

· Charges Officers To Protect Lives And Defend Critical Infrastructure The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, M.A Adamu, has ordered immediate nationwide deployment of anti-riot police unit – the Police Mobile Force (PMF) – to protect lives and property of all Nigerians and secure critical national infrastructure across the country. The IGP has also ordered massive deployment of Police operatives to …

•Lagos Governor asks youths to be part of police reforms Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has, again, appealed to the youths demonstrating against police brutality in the State to leave the roads and embrace the dialogue for the resolution of their agitations.The Governor, on Monday, said the State Govt. had shown sincerity and willingness to address all concerns raised by …

We recognize that this moment is the culmination of decades of dissatisfaction over the decay and corruption of our dear country, Nigeria. We find the unhealthy haste to fashion a unit termed “SWAT” to be a misrepresentation of the 5for5 demand. It is not enough. This protest is beyond #EndSARS, #EndSWAT, #EndPoliceBrutality. This movement is for the soul of Nigeria. …

Competent sources within the Nigeria Police Force have informed hotjist.com that a viral video that emerged in the early hours of Friday in which policemen allegedly abducted people from their homes in Shomolu, Lagos is false information. Several Twitter posts had called on youths in Ojuelegba, Surulere, Yaba, and Shomolu to take to the streets in the middle of the …

Governor Babajide Sanwoolu of Lagos State has urged #ENDSARS protesters to be moderate in their agitation as the disruption to free flow of traffic has caused loss of lives due to medical services not reaching needy people immediately as needed. He made the appeal Thursday evening while speaking to citizens of the state from the State House, Marina. Sanwoolu also …

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Honourable Mudashiru Obasa has denied social media claims that he sponsored thugs to attack #ENDSARS protesters at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday morning. In a response to a tweet by Oby Ezekwesili, Obasa wrote: Madam @obyezeks , I am Obasa, and i support #EndSARS ,i did not and will not disrupt peaceful …

When Professor Tumininu Adebambo of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) was planning to return to Nigeria from Europe where he had gone on a sabbatical leave with his family, he got really worried about the COVID19 protocols that were put in place for arriving passengers. The protocols demand that every arriving passenger must undergo a mandatory Polymerase Chain …