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Jade Osiberu’s Upcoming Crime Thriller “Everything Scatter” Takes on Police Brutality and Protests in Nigeria
Nigerian creative powerhouse Jade Osiberu is once again poised to make waves with her upcoming crime-thriller "Everything Scatter," a cinematic exploration of the gripping protests that unfolded in October 2020…
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Policeman goes on killing spree in Enugu, 14.3m Nigerians abuse drugs | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across Nigeria's 36 states, here are five top stories you shouldn't miss out on:14.3 million Nigerians abuse drugs — NDLEA The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),…
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The lifestyle audit is just another means to exploit Nigerians
Starting yesterday, Nigeria has made it legal to have a lifestyle audit for its citizens. Who needs a lifestyle audit? Anyone whose lifestyle appears to exceed their income or their…
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Police violence continues unabated, the stories are piling
Many Nigerians have argued that the Nigeria Police Force learnt nothing from the #EndSARS protest. "They will wait, then return after a couple of months". Some others argued against such…
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What’s next after the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protests?
Saturday's turn of events on the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protests confirmed what we already know: that the government would mount a resistance. The police in anti-protest gear and the army had occupied…
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#OccupyLekkiTollGate is proof that the government can’t be trusted to deliver justice
In response to the decision to reopen the Lekki Toll Gate by the Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by the state of Lagos to investigate the Lekki shooting, Nigerians…
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Amotekun reminds us of #EndSARS in a negative way
In the din of the collective uproar of Nigerians against the brutality of Nigeria Police Force Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), many vocal advocates called for local policing. After all, the…
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How sustainable is the current unofficial ‘Police strike?’
Since the violence, arson and looting that followed the curfew in Lagos; officers of the Nigerian Police Force have deserted their duties. They have left the roads and their local…
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Kunle Afolayan’s intention to script #LekkiMassacre is a path other creatives should follow
The evening of October 20, 2020, at the Lekki toll gate plaza, Lagos, is a gory moment which will be written in the sands of time, notwithstanding how far the…
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#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: Osinbajo is sorry again and unlike Sanwo-Olu, accepts that lives were lost | #LekkiMassacre
It is Day 15 of the #EndSARS protests. One day after the #LekkiMassacre - a day already written in the history of Nigeria when armed security operatives, working on the…
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United by anger, Nigerian youth are only asking for one thing | #EndSARS
by Dapo Awobeku Let's start by saying unequivocally that this has been one of the largest people power movement we have seen in recent times in Nigeria. And unlike previous…
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Police brutalises journalist covering protest; Is there a difference between the repressive colonial era and now? | #NigeriaAt60
Today, 60 years ago, Nigeria gained her independence from the British 'colonial masters.' The quest for nationhood was in the hopes that a sovereign Nigeria will be better off without…
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Believe it or not, police brutality against queer Nigerians is injustice to all
Unjustified humiliation, fear and suffering are the outcome of queer lives in Nigeria where the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (SSMPA) is law. The law which is officially aimed at prohibiting…
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Here’s what we know about the ‘Anonymous Account’ and what they stand for
The one thing about Twitter that many of its users would agree is that, sometimes, there is a mystery that comes with it - it doesn't of itself does that,…
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Yomi Shogunle telling Nigerians how to avoid being killed by SARS is like men telling women how to avoid being raped
At this point, nothing that Yomi Shogunle says should be shocking. The Acting Commissioner of Police has, for himself, created an online identity notorious for trolling and parcelling out banter,…
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Rape victims should never be blamed for rape, and feminists on Twitter are using SARS brutality to explain this
The conversation on rape and sexual harassment was - and still is - the linchpin of the #MeToo Movement and on Nigerian social media, the campaign has given women a…
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How Nigerian policemen brutally manhandled me – Gideon Okeke
As we continue to push for Police Reforms, Nigerian actor, Gideon Okeke, has narrated his own story. The 'Tinsel' actor posted videos on Instagram detailing how he was manhandled by…
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The Thread: TwitterNG bands together in support of @segalink
Nigerians are adamant on proving to the government that they are no pushovers and they won't be cowed by threats from the Nigerian police. After #EndSARS trended sufficiently on Twitter…
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#EndSARS: 4 things the Senate Committee should probe
by Alexander O. Onukwue On Monday, the Senate asked its ad-hoc committee on Review of National Security Infrastructure to investigate allegations of human rights abuses by the Special Anti-Robbery…
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Isime Esene: Dear Inspector General, we want you to #EndSARS, not re-organise it
by Isime Esene After days of social media outrage against the police Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), the Force high command led by Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector General of Police…
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The Thread: How SARS officials almost raped me
Twitter Nigeria is flooded with tales of SARS officials using the power of the gun to intimidate, terrorise and murder, even, Nigerian citizens. While the IGP's response has been to…
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[The Activism Blog] #EndSARS: Listen to Nigerians and probe police brutality, Amnesty tells FG
The EndSARS campaign which started trending on the social media on Saturday December 2, 2017 has received the attention of foremost human rights group, The Amnesty International. The campaign was…
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The Dummies Guide to understanding why the French are protesting
February 2nd 2017 Théo (last name withheld) arrived at a French emergency room; covered in blood. He's a a 22-year-old French youth worker His doctors found that his primary injury…
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#BlackLivesMatter: All the times we should have used this hashtag in Nigeria
One of the many incidences of globalization is such that thousands in Nigeria can hold hands with African Americans suffering injustice at the hands of the American police force. After all, there was…
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Policemen severely beat unarmed man for going the wrong way (VIDEO)
According to the video description, On April 3 at approximately 7:30 p.m. Tyree Carroll, 22, was riding his bike on Locust Avenue in Germantown--near his home where he lives with…
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Unarmed man asks for help, policemen shoot and handcuff him
America gets crazier by the day. Via LA Times: Los Angeles police shot and critically wounded a man after he raised his arm, wrapped in a towel, toward officers Friday…
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Tortured couple file N100 million lawsuit against police
by Temitope Onitiju The Lagos couple, Ejeh and Grace Smith, who were recently brutalized by a police corporal attached to the Ikoyi Police Division, have slammed a N100 million…
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Police brutality: Couple assaulted and tortured by officer
by Damilola Jagun A police officer, identified as Dada Ogunsanya, has been accused of assaulting and torturing a couple, Ejeh and Grace Smith. The couple, who were tortured with the…
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Man loses eye to police brutality (PICTURED)
A month after the Ghana Police Service interdicted 10 police officers, with 13 others facing Service Inquiry for misconducting themselves, DAILY GUIDE has uncovered another police brutality which led to the damage of the eye of one…
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Sad: Protests in Oshodi after alleged killing of youth by policeman
by 'Jola Sotubo File photo The Oshodi area of Lagos State has been rocked by protests embarked upon by angry youth after a policeman allegedly shot dead one of their…
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