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British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing. The United Kingdom has reacted to the ongoing #ENDSARS protest across states in Nigeria. The UK urged the Nigerian Government to create accountability within the police. The protest, which has entered the third day, has drawn both local and international attention to the extrajudicial activities by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police. British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing. The aggrieved youth are demanding the immediate disbandment of the dreadful unit that has become notorious for unlawful activities including indiscriminate arrests, extortion and killings of youths incessantly. Reacting to the protest, British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, acknowledged the desire of the people calling for the scrapping of SARS. She urged President Muhammadu Buhari to build more accountability in the police. Significant protests over #SARS demonstrating Nigerian people’s desire for

Protesters in Lagos calling for an end to police brutality in the county perpetrated by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad will spend a third night demonstrating, SaharaReporters can confirm. The protests, which started on Wednesday, have been peaceful, disrupted largely by officers of the Nigeria Police Force. The demonstrators will conduct sit-out overnight in front of the Lagos State House of Assembly in Alausa after vowing not to leave until SARS was disbanded. One of the protest organisers, Juwon Sanya-Olu, who spoke with SaharaReporters on Friday evening said, “We will be here all night. No going back, we will eat here, we have asked a DJ to come and play us music and we will be here until our demands are met.” PHOTONEWS: @PoliceNG Task Force Arrives Alausa With Detention Trucks As Protesters Plan To Spend Third Night Demonstrating Against Police Brutality @followlasg @jidesanwoolu #EndSARS #EndSarsProtests #EndPoliceBrutality #EndSarsNow pic.twitter.com/RVxfsBwH1

File Photo: Truck accident At least four persons including a newly married woman were killed when a truck loaded with sand ran into a motorcycle and tricycle waiting for traffic light at Kaduna Refinery Junction along Kachia Road under Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Though the cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained, eyewitness accounts, however, linked the incident to Kaduna State Traffic and Environmental Law Enforcement Agency staff. File Photo: Truck accident The incident drew the ire of youths in the area, who trooped out in large numbers to barricade the road, resulting in long traffic. It took the intervention of security personnel to disperse the angry youth. Another source, however, blamed the driver for speeding while all attempts by KASTELEA officials to stop him fell on deaf ears.  He said the truck was coming from the Marabah Rido axis and on approaching the KRPC t-junction, the driver saw the traffic light on red but attempted to beat th

About four persons have been reported dead in a road accident involving some staff of the Federal High Court, Abuja. The accident happened at Akwanga Road as they were returning to Abuja from a training program in Jos, Plateau State. SaharaReporters gathered that some staff in the bus also sustained varying degrees of injury. Those injured were conveyed to Cedarcrest Hospital in Abuja for treatment. Travel News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2GIZRAj via EDUPEDIA

Protesters demanding an end to police brutality in Nigeria have cordoned off major roads in Lagos. The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is currently experiencing heavy traffic after the protesters closed the Alausa section of the major highway, PUNCH reports. Part of Secretariat bus-stop opposite Magodo Phase II was also barricaded by the protesters, causing traffic to spill to Otedola Bridge. The Nigerian Government is yet to respond to the demand of the protesters, who have vowed to continue until their demands were met. Human Rights Police Travel News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3luCCbX via EDUPEDIA

The Nigerian Government is yet to address citizens after protests erupted in cities around the country since Wednesday over police brutality and other rights violations. The protesters, who took to streets in Lagos, Abuja, Osun, Benin and other parts of the country, are demanding the complete disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a unit of the police notorious for harassing and extorting citizens. The police in a bid to quell the protest on Friday opened fire on peaceful demonstrators in Abuja, Delta and parts of Lagos. President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to address the grievances of the protesters more than 72 hours after the agitations began. The protesters have vowed to remain on the streets until their demands were met. PHOTONEWS: Protesters Mark Third Day On Lagos Streets As More Nigerians Join Demonstration To Demand #EndSARS | Sahara Reporters https://t.co/uFum8TTvfR #LagosProtests #LagosProtestsAgain #EndSARSProtest pic.twitter.com/UdlUBN6UXM — Sahara R

A young man identified as Kabiru on Friday beat security checks at the National Assembly complex to gain entry into the office of a member of the House of Representatives and carted away dollars and other valuable items in the process. The incident happened at 2:30pm when the suspect allegedly sneaked into another lawmaker’s office located on the fourth floor of the Assembly complex using a master key. The suspect reportedly made away with the hard currency and some other office equipment including computers, photocopy machine and printer. SaharaReporters gathered that Kabiru was a Special Assistant to one lawmaker from Adamawa State and was known by many people in the complex. He was said to have been identified by security operatives, who analysed the footage before he was arrested. At the time of filing this report, some lawmakers including Chairman, House Committee on Media and Publicity, Benjamin Kalu, security personnel were all sighted at the ground floor of the comp

Samuel Abba Birma, an officer of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, been burnt to death on mistaken identity in Adamawa State. Birma popularly known as Mbakwe, was killed while his colleague sustained fatal injury by mob action in Hong Local Government Area of the state, according to police report. Commander of NDLEA in the state, Idris Bello, confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters, saying, “Two officers of the command were attacked and one of them killed by hoodlums in Hong. “They were returning from an official assignment to Michika with suspects, when they were attacked.” Also, spokesperson for the police in the state, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, said, “One of the officers was killed on the spot. His colleague who sustained injury is  responding to treatment. “The Commissioner of Police has ordered an immediate investigation into the matter.” An eyewitness told our correspondent that Birma and his colleague were attacked in Hong on their way from Michika to Yola, the st

Adeola Soetan It’s national deceit to continue to call these lawless, ununiforned, uncultured and badly trained armed gangsters SARS. By their main operational focus, they are SAYS – Special Anti-Yahoo-Yahoo Squad who are making their huge money for themselves, and of course, for many of their unscrupulous bosses too, on the streets through gun terrorism and syndicated crime. This atrocitiy they commit with impunity by regular harrasment for ransom of suspected ‘Yahoo guys’, many dreadocked, sagged and tattooed Nigerians or any young man who is unfortunate to ride in a good expensive  vehicle bought with clean money.  Adeola Soetan Many of these SAYS guys, with due respect to the very few that may be conscientious, are richer than their DPOs, they build houses, ride good cars that honest Area Commanders cannot afford. They spend money lavishly like Mansa Musa of the old Mali Empire and keep harem of women of easy virtues like King Solomon. Many of these ladies are “human bo

Lagos Assembly Speaker Mudashiru Obasa The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has bowed to pressure from some powerful politicians in Nigeria to release Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly on bail. Obasa was released after honouring an invitation by the EFCC on Thursday morning where he was grilled for hours. Lagos Assembly Speaker Mudashiru Obasa SaharaReporters gathered that top politicians in Lagos and at the federal levels pressured the EFCC to release him late on Thursday night. See Also Breaking News BREAKING: Lagos Assembly Speaker, Obasa, In EFCC Office Over Misappropriation Of Public Funds 0 Comments 13 Hours Ago Following his release, Obasa summoned an emergency plenary sitting of all members of the state Assembly. He ordered the Deputy Majority Leader to summon an emergency meeting for Friday (today) just to prove that he wasn’t detained overnight. Messages were sent to members of the Assembly of the emergency meeting at a

Nigerian youth protesting extrajudicial activities by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the police have raised the alarm by the Lagos State Police Command to kill them. The protesters, who are embarking on a three-day demonstration, stormed the Lagos State Assembly on Thursday afternoon. The protest, which started on Wednesday, saw protesters spend the night at the Lagos State Police Command. The protesters, however, raised the alarm that the police were harassing and planning to kill them before daybreak. One of the organisers of the protest in a tweet said the police towed their cars and were trying to dislodge them. “I was wrong! The police led by CP Odumosu just towed away our cars and are trying to dislodge us! Start tweeting! If we die tonight, we died for a worthless nation! “The police are here. They want to kill us,” @SavvyRinu tweeted. The Police are here. They want to kill us! Start tweeting! #EndSarsProtests https://t.co/C29FbW5Lh0 — Rinu #EndSARS🔥ðŸ”