Tag: #EndSARS

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Uroupa KiakubuOctober 26, 2020

#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: The government is trying to gag the media and this won’t be the first time | #EndSARS

Ever since the #LekkiMassacre took place, several attempts have been made by the political class to cover up and disregard ...

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Chinedu OkaforOctober 26, 2020

#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: Lewis Hamilton joins the #EndSARS movement, then proceeds to break a world record

The record for most first-place victories in auto racing league Formula 1, now belongs to Lewis Hamilton, with a record ...

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Uroupa KiakubuOctober 26, 2020

#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: All the major gaps in Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s statement on the #EndSARS protests

At the climax of the #EndSARS protest, came the #LekkiMassacre which the political class has denied happened time and again, ...

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Op-Ed EditorOctober 26, 2020

Why Zahra Buhari needs to take to the streets to see the reality the president has caused | #EndSARS

by Ayodele Ibiyemi “Now that people confirmed that Buhari distributed enough palliatives nationwide, it is clear Buhari is not our ...

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Uroupa KiakubuOctober 26, 2020

#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: Pastor Tunde Bakare weighs in on the #LekkiMassacre, highlighting some key points | #EndSARS

Since the #EndSARS protest began, several clerics in Nigeria have weighed in on the issue – condemning the use of ...

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Uroupa KiakubuOctober 25, 2020

#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: Is the Oba of Lagos still Oba without his staff ? | #EndSARS

It is no longer news that the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu, is without his staff of ...

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Uroupa KiakubuOctober 25, 2020

#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: ‘I wanted to share looted palliatives on my birthday’ Sanai Agunbiade thinks palliatives are party packs | #EndSARS

2020 has come with very trying moments for Nigerians. From the Covid-19 outbreak to the #EndSARS protest that has left ...

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Op-Ed EditorOctober 24, 2020

The #LekkiMassacre battle continues on the Internet | #ItIsNotFinished

by Ayodele Ibiyemi The debate about whether anyone died during the shootings of peaceful protesters at the Lekki Tollgate is ...

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Op-Ed EditorOctober 24, 2020

A statement from the coalition of protests groups across Lagos and Nigeria

Following the nationwide address from President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday, October 22, 2020, we are more resolved to press not just ...

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Michael IsaacOctober 24, 2020

#EndSARS: ASUU finally speaks on #LekkiMassacre but Nigerians smell foul play

Nigerian students, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the federal government have always had a discontented marriage. While ...

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Op-Ed EditorOctober 24, 2020

Social inequality or sponsored unrest, one or the other caused the looting in Lagos and other states | #EndSARS

by Ayodele Ibiyemi The past few days have been very dark in Nigeria – really – but certain people have ...

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Ado AminuOctober 23, 2020

Nigeria is not a democratic state, the presidential address is proof | #EndSARS

For all intents and purposes, the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a democratic state, at least it ought to be. ...

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Chinedu OkaforOctober 23, 2020

See Nigerian creatives using their art to tell the #EndSARS story | #ItIsNotFinished

The last two weeks as eventful as they’ve been, saw young Nigerians coming out in the thousands to fight against ...

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Chinedu OkaforOctober 23, 2020

Nigerian youth blacklist Atiku and his peers, and there are reasons for this

Almost everyone that has led Nigeria since its democratic dispensation in 1999 is presumed to have left the country worse ...

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Uroupa KiakubuOctober 23, 2020

#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: Sanwo-Olu has released a list of police officers on trial for crimes against humanity, but something doesn’t add up

Recent events following the #EndSARS protest have been anything but comforting. Not only are the youth pained over the murder ...

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Op-Ed EditorOctober 23, 2020

‘There is no stopping us’ | Rinu, activist and #EndSARS protester tells #WithChude

On the second episode of this week’s #EndSARS special edition series of #WithChude interviews, activist Oduala Olorunrinu, popularly known as ...

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Michael IsaacOctober 23, 2020

23 notable things we must not forget from the #EndSARS protest

Now 18 days, Nigerians have taken to various parts of the country to protest against police brutality, extortion, extra-judicial killings ...

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Op-Ed EditorOctober 23, 2020

#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: Here are the next steps Nigerian youth must take | #ItIsNotFinished

by Ayodele Ibiyemi With President Muhammadu Buhari’s nationwide broadcast in the evening of October 22, 2020, it seems that the ...

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Toluwanimi OnakoyaOctober 22, 2020

#YNaijaEndSARSupdate: Here are the top 5 takeaways from President Buhari’s speech on #EndSARS protests

The shock that coursed through the veins of every Nigerian across the country was unquantifiable. On Tuesday night, via a ...

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Kola MuhammedOctober 22, 2020

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 ...

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Kola MuhammedOctober 22, 2020

2baba and Blackface continue ugly spat but political comparison is totally unnecessary

Since the fallout of the defunct music group, Plantashun Boiz, made up of Faze, Blackface and 2baba (formerly 2face), spats ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiOctober 22, 2020

#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 ...

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Uroupa KiakubuOctober 21, 2020

#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: Why Obasanjo’s letter to Buhari is hypocritical | #EndSARS

The events on Tuesday, 20 October 2020, which led to the #LekkiMassacre is one that will never be forgotten in ...

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Michael IsaacOctober 21, 2020

#EndSARS: Oke tweeted ‘Nigeria will not end me’ and Nigeria did, in fact, end him | #YNaijaEndSARSupdate

‘Nigeria will not end me’ – these were the last words of Nigerian designer, Okechukwu Obi-Enadhuze, on Twitter, a mere ...

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Chinedu OkaforOctober 21, 2020

Omoni Oboli, Chioma Akpotha, others continue to lend their services to the #EndSARS movement

Solidarity in Nigeria has largely been a foreign concept, one we all claim to subscribe to but have been slow ...

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Op-Ed EditorOctober 21, 2020

Why is Governor Sanwo-Olu denying the #LekkiMassacre deaths?

by Ayodele Ibiyemi In the evening of October 20, 2020, peaceful protesters at the Lekki Tollgate were shot at by ...

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Chinedu OkaforOctober 21, 2020

DJ Switch spread the #LekkiMassacre story to the world, and it’s not the first time she is fighting to #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria

Since the protest to end police brutality in Nigeria began, protesters have demanded that the movement remain leaderless. That way, ...

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Uroupa KiakubuOctober 21, 2020

Stark Contrast: How Sanwo-Olu’s reaction to the #EndSARS protests differs darkly from Makinde’s methods | #YNaijaEndSARSupdates

The #EndSARS protest started peacefully but was unfortunately hijacked by hoodlums who unleashed mayhem on the peaceful protesters. This prompted ...

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Uroupa KiakubuOctober 20, 2020

Gbajabiamila vows budget must include compensation for SARS victims but do we trust it won’t be diverted? | #YNaijaEndSARSupdates

Various reactions have trailed the #EndSARS protest since it began. From serious opposition from the political class who initially turned ...

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Chinedu OkaforOctober 20, 2020

#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: Orile on fire, as thugs and police both suffer casualties

It’s become easy these past two weeks for people to simply dismiss any and every eventful occurrence that is happening ...

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