A remembrance for those who were left behind and a reminder of the battle ahead #LekkiMassacre #EndSARS

This is why #LekkiMassacre is trending

October 20 may not be enough to remember the deaths of peaceful protesters at the hands of the country’s security agents. The depth of the wound may even widen when public officials begin to speak about it, denying, pretending, struggling to make coherent sentences when talking about the shooting that happened at the Lekki toll... Read More

#LekkiMassacre

April 1, 2021

#LekkiLies is yet another failed attempt by the FG to launder its image | The #YNaijaCover

Five months after the tragic incident at Lekki Toll that brought to a terrifying end the mass agitation against police brutality in Nigeria – #EndSARS, a new campaign seems afoot to discredit the indisputable fact that a shooting happened on the night of October 20, 2020. The United States ‘2020 Country Reports on Human Rights... Read More

Cover Stories

#Lekki, #LekkiLies, #LekkiMassacre, #LekkiShooting

November 23, 2020

All you should know about the heinous abuses going on in Oyigbo

While Nigerians are still reeling from the grisly events of October 20 2020, where unarmed protesters were shot at and killed by men of the Nigerian army at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos, we may have been oblivious or have failed to pay attention to an equally horrifying incident happening in the Oyigbo, a... Read More

#LekkiMassacre, Abia, Imo, lagos, Nigerian Army, Oyigbo, Port Harcourt, wike

November 18, 2020

ICYMI: CNN presents ‘strong’ report to claim the Nigerian Army callously killed unarmed citizens | #LekkiShooting

On the 20th of October 2020, officers from the Nigerian Army opened fire on unarmed #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos, at about 7pm, and the events of that night, which has become one of our generation’s most shocking and abominable incidents. The thoughts of a country’s military shooting at unarmed protesters... Read More

#EndSARS, #LekkiMassacre, cnn, lagos state, nigerian government

November 11, 2020

#EndSARS, #LekkiMassacre, falz the bahd guy

#EndSARS: Falz brings back memories of #LekkiShooting and why youth must continue the ‘fight’

When #EndSARS protests broke out, it was a huge sign that the youth have had their fill of perpetual oppression and repression. They sought to confront the state on the high-handedness of its security apparatuses which needed reining in. Instead of meeting with the demands of the youth, the government rather topped previous acts of... Read More

Next Rated, The Music Blog

November 5, 2020

#EndSARS, #LekkiMassacre, International Criminal Court (ICC)

How the ICC investigations can help the #EndSARS movement

A lot has transpired in the course of getting justice for victims of the #EndSARS movement. From what started as denial became reluctance, the Lagos and federal governments has been anything but straightforward in its ‘confessions’ and ‘promises’. For instance, Lagos’ Babajide Sanwo-Olu promised that investigation would commence on the shootings while the Federal government... Read More

Counter Culture Blog, Deep Dive

November 2, 2020

“Operation Burst” is replacing police brutality, an injury to the #EndSARS protests

It’s quite upsetting to realise that freedom of expression still remains a foreign concept to a good number of Nigerian authorities. The unwillingness of governing and security bodies in Nigeria to allow for true democracy at this point appears to be deeply embedded in the very fabric of the Nigerian culture, and hope for change... Read More

#EndSARS, #LekkiMassacre, Abiola Ajimobi, Beere axis, FSARS, Ibadan, Navy, Nigerian Army, Operation burst, Seyi Makinde

November 2, 2020

The Nigerian Army has refused to reveal the soldiers deployed to Lekki Toll-Gate, and it raises many questions

According to recent reports, the acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations and 81 Division’s spokesperson, Major Osoba Olaniyi, has disclosed that the military will not reveal the number of soldiers deployed to the Lekki Toll-Gate on the night that peaceful #EndSARS protesters were gunned down. The Nigerian Army (NA) had initially denied its involvement in the... Read More

#LekkiMassacre, Lagos Judicial Panel, Nigerian Army

October 29, 2020

Denials should not stop Nigerian youth from immortalising the #EndSARS heroes

The #EndSARS protests is definitely not a chapter anyone would have predicted in Nigeria’s history; especially not in 2020. Driven mainly by young people on social media, it quickly became a global phenomenon and has proven capable of redefining the course of the country. While the protests have stopped physically in Nigeria, the impact is... Read More

#EndSARS, #LekkiMassacre, Jimo Isiaq

October 28, 2020

#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: What you need to know about the blame-game between the Nigerian Army and Governor Sanwo-Olu

In the aftermath of the #LekkiMassacre on the heels of the #EndSARS protest, no one has stepped forward to take responsibility for the murder of peaceful protesters. What we see today is a blame-game gradually playing out between the Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Nigerian Army (NA) who allegedly carried out the shootings as... Read More

#EndSARS, #LekkiMassacre, governor babajide sanwo-olu, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu vs. Nigerian Army, Nigerian Army, YNaijaEndSARSupdates

October 27, 2020

More mistrust brews between Sanwo-Olu and Nigerian youth as judicial panel is asked to sign oath of secrecy

Earlier this month, young Nigerians took to the streets to protest police brutality. Unfortunately, this was overshadowed by Nigerians tired of oppressive systems and let out their anger in ways they knew best. Indeed, the #EndSARS protest only seemed to intensify the hostility between Nigerian youth and the government. As a result, there is now a... Read More

#EndSARS, #LekkiMassacre, lagos state

October 27, 2020

#LekkiMassacre, #WithChude, Innocent Udeh

“Of the 22 patients I had, one was a little boy” | Filmmaker, Innocent Udeh recounts October 20, 2020 experience on #WithChude

On this week’s episode of #WithChude, renowned filmmaker, Innocent Chukwuma Udeh popularly known as ‘OneSoul’, shared his experience on the active role he played on that traumatic night at the Lekki toll gate protest ground with host and founder of Joy Inc., Chude Jideonwo. Recounting this horrific experience, Innocent told Chude that they upheld a... Read More

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#EndSARS, #LekkiMassacre, babatunde Fashola

Forensic Fashola and friends (Episode 5) : The one with the ‘secret camera’ at Lekki tollgate

Nigerian politics can only be likened to a drama series. There are several times, as a Nigerian, where you halt in your steps, look around waiting for someone to scream “Cut!”. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, finding a ‘secret camera’ at the Lekki tollgate five days after the massacre at that... Read More

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#LekkiMassacre, babatunde Fashola, nigerian government

Minister Fashola must think we are in ‘the era of the dumb’ so this is what we must do

Indeed, the latest reports of former Lagos governor and the current Federal minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola “discovering” a camcorder planted supposedly by dubious characters is at once ridiculous and an insult to the intelligence of Nigerians. #EndSARS: Fashola discovers mystery camera at Lekki Toll Gate https://t.co/aRQ9ViKy6Z #vanguardnews pic.twitter.com/ClwzRPj7Oz — Vanguard Newspapers (@vanguardngrnews)... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

#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 clear evidence of the murder of many innocent young Nigerians. Not only have they tried to silence those at the forefront of the protest who documented the gruesome murder of fellow peaceful protesters, but they... Read More

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#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, despite glaring video evidence that proves otherwise. Not only has the Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, denied the murder of several young Nigerians by security operatives at the Lekki Toll-Gate, but the entire political class seems to be pushing... Read More

#EndSARS, #LekkiMassacre, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, The facts don't lie, YNaijaEndSARSupdates

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 problem” – Zahra Buhari Daughter of Nigerian President Muhamadu Buhari, Zahra Buhari, posted the above statement on her Instagram page, trying to absolve her father of the responsibility of being the President of a dying... Read More

#EndSARS, #LekkiMassacre, Muhammadu Buhari, Zahra Buhari

#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 brute force against the peaceful protesters. Prominent among them are Pastor Sam Adeyemi, Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre; Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG); Apostle Johnson Suleman of... Read More

#EndSARS, #LekkiMassacre, Pastor Tunde Bakare, YNaijaEndSARSupdates

October 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 off than they met it. This seems to be because of a lack of ingenuity to solve complex modern economic problems, or a reluctance to; ultimately because the nation’s crop of leaders are those who... Read More

#EndSARS, #LekkiMassacre, APC, Atiku, Buhari, PDP

October 22, 2020

#EndSARS, #LekkiMassacre, police brutality

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 government goes to abridge that history. Building up to that moment had been protests against police brutality in the country. Almost all states of the... Read More

Deep Dive, The Media Blog

October 21, 2020

#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: Buhari’s insistence on remaining silent is creating wide spread anxiety

Almost everyone in the public eye, a celebrity, an influencer, a politician or sometimes an athlete, tend to have a trade mark, a signature move if you will, synonymous with their brand. Simply put, there is that one thing we know them for, which incidentally could be what had made them famous in the first... Read More

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October 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 to really give into. Our country has had a long history of conflicts, often driven by a disconnect in economic, religious or ethnic principles, but the last two weeks in our history has proven that... Read More

#EndSARS, #LekkiGenocide, #LekkiMassacre, Chioma Akpotha, FSARS, Omoni Oboli, Uche Jumbo, Ufoma McDermott

October 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 Nigerian security operatives. These protesters were holding the Nigerian flag and singing the National Anthem as they were being shot at. These scenes were captured by some protesters and the apprehension in their voices as... Read More