Nigeria’s police: few promises of reform have been kept a year after #EndSARS protests: It has been one year since massive #EndSARS protests swept over Nigeria. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images Police brutality is not unique to Nigeria. The menace is almost universal. It is the level of accountability and transparency in policing that …
Nigeria’s #ENDSARS protests: a window into how creative art can be an act of therapy: Protesters march at Alausa Secretariat in Ikeja, Lagos State, in October 2020. Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images Recent disturbing events in different regions of the world poignantly reveal how the creative arts can contribute to making sense of …
Livestreaming Lekki: digital evidence of #EndSARS shooting in Nigeria makes impunity much harder: Nigeria continues to convulse in angry protests over allegations that at least 12 people were killed by security forces at a toll gate in Lagos on October 20. They were taking part in the EndSARS protests against Nigeria’s notoriously violent Special Anti-Robbery …
#EndSARS: How Nigeria can tap into its youthful population: Young Nigerians display placards in support of the ongoing protests against police brutality. Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images Protests in Nigeria against police brutality and specifically the Special Anti Robbery Squad, a police unit accused of human rights abuses, have mostly been by young Nigerians, aged …
#EndSARS: What it feels like to be in the shoes of a young Nigerian: Nigerian youths are often stereotyped and harassed by the police for being in possession of a laptop or iPhone. Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images Following weeks of nationwide protests against police brutality, led by young Nigerians who complain of …
Pasha 83: Talking #EndSARS and the new proposed unit: GettyImages Following over two weeks’ protest against police brutality in Nigeria, there are reports that a number of protesters have been shot with live ammunition. Reports suggest that unarmed protesters were shot by military men at the Lekki toll plaza in Lagos on Tuesday, October 20. …
Why #ENDSARS protests are different, and what lessons they hold for Nigeria: Nigerian youths protest against police brutality. Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images In 1992, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad was set up by the Commissioner for Police to curb a spate of armed robberies in Nigeria. By 2009 it had become a large and powerful …