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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