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End SARS, widely written as #EndSARS, was a decentralised social movement and series of mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria that mainly occurred in 2020. [2] The movement's slogan called for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a notorious unit of the Nigerian Police known for its long record of abuse against Nigerian citizens.
ABUJA/KADUNA (Reuters) -At least three protesters were killed in Nigeria's Kaduna state on Thursday, Reuters reporters and eyewitnesses said, as demonstrators rallied across the West African ...
LAGOS (Reuters) -Protests in Nigeria over the soaring cost of living ebbed on Monday, with only a few hundred people turning out in major cities following a deadly crackdown by security forces ...
Protesters at the endSARS protest in Lagos, Nigeria 92 - cropped: 2024 1-10 August End Bad Governance in Nigeria: Nigerians; Nigeria (including the diaspora Nationwide protest over the rising cost of living since the beginning of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration in May 2023. The protests were mainly over fuel subsidy removal, hike ...
A West African court has found the Nigerian government guilty of human rights abuses during its suppression of the 2020 #EndSARS protests against alleged police brutality.
A popular Nigerian DJ, DJ Switch, live-streamed the event on Instagram during and in the aftermath of the shooting. In the video, they attempted to remove a bullet from the leg of a man who was shot, tying a Nigerian flag around his leg. [29] [30] Nigerian disc jockey DJ Switch made a livestream video of the shooting on her Instagram account. [31]
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari spoke to the nation about the unrest that has gripped the country in recent days, but without making any mention of the shootings of peaceful protesters at ...
Lazy Nigerian Youths, also known as #LazyNigerianYouths, is a social media revolt by Nigerian youths against President Muhammadu Buhari.While speaking at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Westminster on 18 April 2018, the president said, in response to an interview question about an unrelated topic, that a majority of the Nigerian youths have not been to school and wanted everything free ...