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Nigeria: A Country at War With Its Future

#EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate Lagos

“In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither push nor reproach evil doers, we are simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby … Read more

Nation-wide Curfew: The Last Piece of Government’s Puzzle?

Man with banner displaying #EndSARS

Yesterday, I asked: what antics will the Government employ “again” to quench the voice of young Nigerians demanding for an end to police brutality in Nigeria? It’s barely 24hours after hitting publish and it’s raining curfew in Nigeria. On Tuesday, 20th October 2020, it was alleged that thugs terrorized and set the Orile Iganmu Police … Read more

EndSARS Protest: The Little Events Leading to a Powerful Change

Aisha Yesufu raising her fist during EndSARS protest in Abuja

Brief History of SARS The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was a branch of the Nigeria Police Force under the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID). The squad was founded in 1992 by the former Commissioner of Police, Simeon Danladi Midenda. It was created as a faceless police unit that performed undercover operations against crimes … Read more