The agitation for the disbandment of the Special Anti Robbery Squad Unit of the Nigerian Police Force has fast been gaining traction as renown Nigerians are joining the protest against the alleged brutality of perceived innocent Nigerians in the hands of thevSARS operatives. The latest among renowned Nigerian personalities to lend his voice to the…
Current Big Brother Naija winner, Laycon, joined his voice with that of other celebrities to agitate disbandment of the Special Anti Robbery Squad Unit of the Nigerian Police Force. The reality star told the Government not to stunt the growth of millions of Nigerian youths. Laycon noted that the voices of the youths must be…
Erstwhile president of the Nigerian Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has faulted alleged mistreatment of protesters seeking disbandment of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), unit of the Nigeria Police Force. Reports have established that police are ill-treating ENDSARS proponents in some states of the federation including Abuja, the nation’s capital. An assistant to the ex-Senate president,…
One of the Psquare twins, Peter Okoye late Thursday, stirred published backlash from his foe-fans on social media after he swerved his brother, Paul Okoye (Rude Boy) off the his list of people he acknowledged in the ENDSARS agitation. PSquare, which was a duo of Peter and his brother, Paul, fell out some years ago…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Saturday, said it arrested over 60,000 traffic offenders on Lagos roads, between January and December 2021. Sector Commander, FRSC, Lagos state, Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, made the disclosure at an End-of-the-Year party Organised by the Badagry Unit Command of the Corps in Badagry. According to the commander, in 2021,…
Two petitioners, on Wednesday, narrated how officers and men of the disbanded Special Anti-robbery Squad tortured them to implicate the former Senate President Bukola Saraki in the April 5, 2018 Offa robbery during a Judicial Panel of Enquiry on “EndSARS” sitting in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. The petitioners alleged that the dreaded SARS personnel also…
The Chairman of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Kwara Axis, Salami Wasiu, on Wednesday, said the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) need total reformation, and not disbandment. The reactions came on the heels of protests calling for the disbandment of the police unit in some states of the federation, including Ilorin, the Kwara…
Dozens of youth on Thursday protested against the alleged incessant brutality and extra-judicial killings by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The protesters chanting solidarity songs marched to the State Police Headquarters in Ilorin through the Challenge, with placards bearing various inscriptions seeking the disbandment of the police unit. The inscriptions on some of…
Remo Stars Football Club (RSFC) suffered a massive loss as its Assistant Captain and Defender, Tiyamu Kazeem (Kaka) was killed by an operative of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS), Ogun State Command. The horrible scenario ensued on Saturday afternoon, 22nd February in Sagamu while he was driving in company of his teammate Sanni Abubakar…
PRESS RELEASE RE: #ENDSARSNOW CAMPAIGN The Nigeria Police Force has observed the recent trends of event in the Social Media on the #ENDSARSNOW and the controversy being generated by the innuendos from the allegations and other misconceptions as it concerns the Operational roles and activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a detachment of the…
Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lawan Ado The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lawan Ado, says the four police officers of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad accused of sexually harassing a lady, Kachi Zion, along the Pipeline area of Ilorin, have been detained. Zion had through her Instagram page –@69bars –alleged that some SARS…
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The commissioner of police, Kwara State Police Command, CP Paul Odama, on Monday, had a consultative meeting with the president and some executive members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Kwara State chapter on the need to stop the planned shutting down of flight operations of the Airports in South West zone including…
Kemi Olunloyo’s Biography Kemi Omololu Olunloyo was born on 6 august 1964. She is a Nigerian journalist, blogger, activist against gun violence, and a social media personality. She is well known within the Nigerian online community, especially for making highly disputed and controversial claims about subjects with high emotional stakes, such as the End SARS…
Panel wants Saraki, others prosecuted over alleged sales of public assets | The Informant247 …recommends demolition of Noktel hotel …asks Kwara govt to ban Saraki, Ahmed, others for 10 years Allegations incoherent and fallacious – Saraki’s aide A white paper committee on the unlawful sales of government’s properties from May 29, 1999 to May 29,…
The Lagos state police command, on Friday, explained that the command dispersed sympathisers who gathered to mourn the death of late Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, at the Lekki Toll Gate to forestall the recurrence of the EndSARS saga. According to Benjamin Hundeyin, the state Police Public Relations Officer, in a…
The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday, shed more light on two of its officers from Kwara State Command dismissed after a viral video featuring the two dismissed police officers, Sergeant Shola Akano and Corporal Babatunde Glorious claiming they were wrongfully axed. The Force, in a statement by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Public Relations Officer, said…
Asari Dokubo, a former Niger Delta leader agitator, has alleged the Nigerian Army and Navy of the oil theft in the region. Dokubo, who paid a visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday, at the State House, said that the political class and Nigerian military are behind the oil theft in Niger Delta He…
Leading with Purpose: Embracing Responsibility and Advancing Nigeria’s Progress As I join my fellow elected members for the inauguration ceremony marking the commencement of the 10th Assembly, I express my gratitude to the Almighty Allah for granting us the opportunity to witness this significant day. I extend my gratitude to Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq (CON), the…
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress AAC in the February 25 presidential election, Omoyele Sowore has reacted to the physical assault meted out to a police officer by Seun Kuti — the son of the famous Afrobeats legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Sowore raised alarm that some people want the popular singer to be…
