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The lifestyle audit is just another means to exploit Nigerians
Starting yesterday, Nigeria has made it legal to have a lifestyle audit for its citizens. Who needs a lifestyle audit? Anyone whose lifestyle appears to exceed their income or their…
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Editi Effiong’s citizen journalism is commendable and should be emulated
Filmmaker, Editi Effiong who is mostly known for his movie UpNorth has been doing an amazing reportage of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and restitution for Victims of…
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#EndBadGovernanceInNigeria, #NASSPayCut, #SecureNorth | How #EndSARS birthed other protests
by Ayodele Ibiyemi What started as a protest against Police brutality has now taken another turn. Days after the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, announced the disbandment of the notorious…
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We will ‘North’ have it: Northern governors kick against disbandment of SARS | #TheYNaijaCover
'SARS is not all made up of bad elements alone as it also includes personnel who are doing their work diligently...' - Chairman, Northern Governors Forum. Governors of the 19…
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#YNaijaEndSARSupdate: Is the approval of mental evaluations for Ex-SARS operatives enough to stop protests?
The Inspector-General of the police, Mohammed Adamu, has requested that all operatives of the now-defunct police unit, SARS, report at the Police Headquarters in Abuja, for a physiological and medical…
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#YNaijaEndSARSupdate: The President has spoken, but does it change anything?
When the President of Nigeria decides to give a public address to the Nigerian people, you know that it has to be something severe. We heard the President speak when…
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#EndSARSprotests: Day 3 signals an undaunting movement against Police brutality | The #YNaijaCover
You could taste it in the air. Today was not like every other day. Nigerians had had enough. The protests had started on Wednesday as people took to the streets…
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#EndSARS: Is a protest still necessary now that the Police is promising change?
You can say the Nigerians vs Police debacle has seen more progress in the past few days than it might have had if we had just sat down to 'enjoy…
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New Ban Festival: Another year, another SARS ban | The #YNaijaCover
Following several harrowing accounts from Nigerians telling of horrific and violent encounters with the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) or just SARS if you like, people had had enough. Social…
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#EndSARS: Nigerian celebrities have joined the fight against police brutality and a protest is underway
If we said the call to end the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian Police started five years ago, we would be forgetting that Police brutality has been a…
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Elisha Abbo’s victim finds justice in court, women are most certainly not marching against SARS brutality and other things that happened this week
With each new week, the internet gives us a new reason to talk, to be privy to recent developments, and most importantly to share our point of view on these…
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Here’s what you should know about the newly ‘amended’ Police Act
The cry from Nigerians to reform the Nigeria Police Force has always been met with either a lack of interest from the appropriate authorities or a total ignorance to their…
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For SARS Awkuzu, it is an organised system of extra-judicial killings
When SARS appeared in China in 2002, it shook the world not just because it spread worldwide within months and became a pandemic, also because it was deadly. Severe acute…
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Awkuzu: Outrage on social media over allegations of extra judicial killings by SARS operatives
It is common knowledge that young Nigerians all over the country protest regularly against the brutality in the hands of law enforcement agents. As much as it is a disturbing…
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Kemi Olunloyo is sick and tired of being targeted by SARS
Controversial Nigerian journalist, Dr. Kemi Olunloyo had an altercation with some Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives around the Badore area of Ajah, Lagos and it has caused a viral sensation…
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#1MillionBoys are a reminder that we must reform SARS
Gone were the days when all Lagosians had to deal with were the occasional burglar, driven by desperation to steal from houses. In this new post COVID19 Lagos, armed robbery…
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Its been 3 years since #EndSARS began & we are no closer to reform
This week, footballer Tiamiyu Kazeem became the latest hashtag in a long and depressing string of abuses of power by the Nigerian Police, especially the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). SARS…
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#YNaija2019Review: 10 moments that proved that Nigeria is a jungle
Forget what you've heard, Nigeria is a jungle and the shame is ours ANA owing young writer Every time this country fails a young person, something small dies in all…
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The Nigerian Police seem to have gotten a new memo and we are worried
Every now and then, a new police brutality story emerges. But every day, the fear of its depth and gore expands. A fear grounded in an unchanging pattern of abuse…
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Yomi Shogunle telling Nigerians how to avoid being killed by SARS is like men telling women how to avoid being raped
At this point, nothing that Yomi Shogunle says should be shocking. The Acting Commissioner of Police has, for himself, created an online identity notorious for trolling and parcelling out banter,…
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Nigerians on Twitter are campaigning again on #EndSARS after another civilian death
Although the #EndSARS campaign on social media has dipped in and out of momentum, the hashtag is back in full force today after we woke to yet another brutal civilian…
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The YNaija Cover – the 21st of January
Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija:
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The Late 5: Osinbajo replies Atiku on restructuring; David Mark, Donald Duke jostle for PDP, SDP Presidential tickets | More stories
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The debate between Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on restructuring the country continued on Tuesday, with…
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The Late 5: Don’t touch civil cases anymore – IGP instructs FSARS; Buhari orders Military to be ruthless with bandits | More stories
These are the stories that drove the conversation this week: President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday challenged military personnel saddled with the task of fighting bandits in Zamfara, to be `as…
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The Late 5: Owerri court releases 114 Imo women held in detention, Gov. Ortom alleges threat to his life | More stories
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: An Owerri high court on Friday granted the unconditional release of 114 women alleged to be members of the Indigenous People…
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The YNaija Cover – the 17th of August
Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija:
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#EndSARS: Social Media is proving yet again an important tool for social change
“Social media is a technology available to those criminally minded and we have to be careful about how we respond to these clamoring. SARS is a unit of police that…
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SARS reform has begun, but are there any real plans to ensure police accountability?
SARS will... attend to armed robbery, kidnapping, apprehension of offenders linked to the stated offences, and nothing more. That summarizes the directive issued by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday…
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