In commemoration of the third anniversary of the #ENDSARS protests, we look back at the events that shaped October 20, 2020.
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One night in March 2023, Mariama and her friends were robbed at her off-campus hostel while studying for their semester tests. Now, she lives with the trauma from that night.
The Nigeria Police Force is really concerned that its officers don't have a monopoly on violence, but should you be slapping a police officer who slapped you? Do these other things instead.
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? It’s the same thing that happens when Nigerian soldiers clashed with police officers in Lagos traffic. How did it end?
Nduka’s* uncles expected him to take up his father’s role as village chief priest, but the police force was more exciting to him. Then the first military coup happened and working there as an Igbo man became difficult. He shares the moments that led up to his retirement after 35 years of service.
Nigerian police checkpoints are notorious for being billing points for police officers. But these three documents should normally be enough to get you off the hook. If only...
By Doyin Olagunju If you were on social media on 27th May 2021, you must have seen a viral video involving Remi Tinubu, a former first lady of Lagos State and a current senator representing Lagos Central senatorial district, in a heated argument with another woman over the fact that Ms Tinubu called the woman […]
We speak to a close family friend of David Ntekim-Rex on the death of the 22-year-old tech prodigy.
The Nigerian police are always averse to protests. But things took a different turn earlier today when the Lagos State government, through its official Twitter account, stated that the Lagos State police command has vowed to resist any protests in Lagos State, under any guise or “nomenclature”. As expected, a lot of social media users […]
There has been a curious observation that Nigerian police officers are off the streets. This is coming after the wave of violence that greeted the curfew order imposed in Lagos State and other states in Nigeria following the #EndSARS protests and the highly controversial #LekkiMassacre But if police officers are truly off the streets, there’s […]