Davido has disclosed how he got into trouble and had to leave the country for supporting the #EndSARS campaign. The singer, whose song ‘FEM’ was used as an anthem by End SARS protesters during the nationwide protests in 2020, opened up on Wednesday, September 29, during a chat on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. He stated he “did not record the song (Fem) thinking the protest was going to happen.” He, however, added that it was “amazing” watching …
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Abuja youths took to the streets to take part in the second wave of the End SARS protests that started today, Dec 7. The mammoth crowd at the Abuja protest was surprising and people said as much on Twitter. This comes despite police warnings against staging another End SARS protest to prevent a situation where hoodlums take advantage of it. Below are videos from the Abuja protest today. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lindaikejiblog (@lindaikejiblogofficial) I love this generation, seriously this government messed with …
A first class traditional ruler in Kogi state, the Ohi of Adavi, HRH Alhaji Muhammad Ireyi Bello, has narrated how he narrowly escaped death when he was ambushed by gunmen along Lokoja-Abuja highway. According to the monarch, he was returning from the 3rd day firdau prayers for late Hon.Suleiman Kokori, the deceased member of the Revenue Mobilisation and physical commission, held in Abuja when he ran into the gunmen at Magajiya village, near Banda in Kogi state on Tuesday, November 17. Narrating his …
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has explained why the passport of End SARS protest frontliner, Modupe Odele was seized while stating that it had nothing to do with the part she played in the campaign against police brutality. Modupe “Moe” Odele, a legal practitioner and member of the Feminist Coalition, had narrated how she was stopped from travelling out of the country for her birthday and her passport was seized. This led to outrage as people accused the government of …
Kiki Mordi is an MTV Europe Music Award winner for her work on the frontlines of the End SARS protest. The journalist, who got an Emmy nomination for her BBC African Eye documentary exposing sex for grades in universities, was announced as one of the MTV EMA Gen Change winners. According to the MTV EMA organizers, Kiki and other women won because of “all the work being done on the frontlines to change the world for better” …
As the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters continue their sitting, a lady, Ndubuisi Obiechina, who filed a petition before the panel, has shared the chilling story of how members of the disbanded police unit allegedly kept her in detention for 22 days and caused her to lose her pregnancy. Ndubuisi, a teacher, told the panel that men of the police unit arrested her in 2017 on allegations that she was a …