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A prominent activist, Deji Adeyanju who was listed in a criminal complaint alongside 50 other popular artistes and comedians for their roles in their #EndSARS movement, has filed a complaint against the complaint (a lawyer), Kenechukwu Okeke. Okeke is has been brought before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee for “acts unbecoming of a legal practitioner.” Following Adeyanju’s petition, the LPDC said, “Okeke of Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja, is required to answer to the allegations contained in the statement/affidavit which accompanies this application and that such order be made as the…

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One of the legal aides of the EndSARS protesters, Modupe Odele, today (Monday) announced that she has retrieved her international passport eight days after she was prevented from travelling out of Nigeria. In her tweet, she said: “Passport now picked up, No issues.” Odele, one of the backers to the protests against police brutality in Nigeria, was prevented from travelling out of the country on Sunday, November 2. Tagged #EndSARS protests, young Nigerians took to the streets for about two weeks to press home their demands for the scrapping of…

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Dr. Malami Aliyu Yandoto slumped and died after attending the wedding ceremony of the daughter of a former governor, Ahmed Sani in Sokoto. Until his death, Dr. Yandoto was the chairman, Zamfara State Local Governments Service Commission. According to reports, he was one of the guests at the wedding ceremony that took place at Yarima’s residence in Sokoto on Saturday and immediately after the wedding, the guests were invited to Sokoto Government House for a luncheon. The deceased who was in company of other guests left for the Government House…

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Retired Justice Doris Okuwobi, chairman of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry, has adjourned sitting to November 14 due to the inability to form quorum due to the absence of two youth representatives at the panel in protest of their bank accounts that were frozen by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). She stated that the adjournment is important because the youths who are also members of the #EndSARS protest are key members of the panel. Reason for the boycot, according to sources has to do with the Central…

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The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has been granted the right to freeze accounts of 20 #EndSARS promoters, by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The order is as a result of an ex-parte order filed by the CBN through a team of lawyers led by a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Michael Aondoakaa, SAN. It was gathered that, a Certified True Copy of the order it obtained, revealed that application to freeze the accounts domiciled in various commercial banks, was made on October 20,…

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Dahiru Buba, a native of Dukku Local Government Area of Gombe State, who became popular man in 2015, after he trekked from Gombe to Abuja for 15 days to celebrate Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the polls, is now battling limb pains, and crying for medical assistance. It was gathered that, he got only a certificate for his effort, without any monetary gift from the former All Peoples’ Congress, APC National Secretary. Appealing to the Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State and the party’s stakeholders to come to his aid, Buba…

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A founding member of #EndSARS Legal Aide, Modupe Odele, was prevented from travelling out of Nigeria on Sunday. “We haven’t confirmed yet why I was stopped on Sunday or by whom,” Odele tweeted. “But I’ve been invited back in with my lawyers today. “I’ll update when I have more information but please don’t spread false news. That is dangerous.” The #EndSARS Legal Aid was instrumental to the protests against police brutality in Nigeria. Dubbed #EndSARS protests, young Nigerians took to the streets for about two weeks to press home their…

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Operation Burst, the Oyo State security outfit comprising of Soldiers and other security forces have arrested some soldiers deployed in the streets of Beere in Ibadan, Oyo State, to curb the #EndSARS protests. Their offence is that, these officers were caught on camera flogging a woman for what they termed ‘indecent dressing’ The arrested soldiers are to face disciplinary actions, according to the commander of the outfit. Operation Burst said that it had arrested some of its personnel for allegedly assaulting a lady in the Beere community, Ibadan. Footage showing…

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