The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has assured that there was no plan to reinstate the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) into... Read More
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SARS officer’s bullet pierced my son’s stomach, intestines – Father tells panel
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Mr Kolawole Owoade, the father of Adewale Owoade, 19, on Thursday, recounted how officials of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARs) shot dead his son.... Read More
I was tortured for refusing to pay SARS officers N5m – Petitioner alleges at NHRC panel
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A car dealer, Timothy Ogbeye, told a National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) panel on Wednesday that he was tortured by SARS operatives in Anambra for... Read More
A widow, Loveth Uloko, on Tuesday prayed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) panel to order the police to pay her N500 million as... Read More
Mrs Rita Okungbowa, who appeared before the Edo Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of SARS and related abuses, has told the panel... Read More
Rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has been denied bail by the Nigerian Police after his recent arrest, on Thursday, 31st December, 2020. The Herald also gathered... Read More
I fainted after stray bullet from SARS shattered my leg – Hairstylist tells Lagos judicial panel
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A 35-year-old hairstylist, Mrs. Hannah Olugbodi, has narrated before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the activities of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad... Read More
SARS bullet ended life of my three-day-old baby – 50-year-old man rues
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Norde Sylvester has narrated the ordeal he suffered in the hands of disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) who he claimed killed his 3-day-old baby. ... Read More
#EndSARS: Widow Seeks Justice For Daughter Hit By Police Stray Bullet
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A widow, Patience Ajibo, on Thursday, appealed before the National Human Rights Commission ‘s Panel on the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), demanding justice for... Read More
Nigerian flautist Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli on Sunday said that everybody needed a moral revolution to end the “SARS” in them for a better... Read More
SARS threw me from 2-storey building, broke my spinal cord – Trader tells Lagos judicial panel
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A trader, Mr. Ndukwe Ekekwe has narrated to the Lagos judicial panel how operatives of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) threw him down from... Read More
The Gombe State government has inaugurated an 11-member commission of inquiry to investigate cases of human rights violations and other related extrajudicial acts by... Read More
SARS: Torture made me lose 2-month pregnancy – Schooteacher tells Lagos judicial panel
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A schoolteacher, Ndubuisi Obiechina, has narrated how operatives of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) tortured her until she lost her two-month pregnancy. She disclosed... Read More
The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund, Suleiman Abba, says corruption and nepotism led to the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery... Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has appealed for peace and normalcy, saying that the #EndSARS protests should be halted for the collective corporate interest... Read More
How EndSARS Protest was Hijacked, Misdirected, Buhari Tells Ex-Nigerian Leaders
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President Muhammadu Buhari has described as unfortunate the way and manner the initial genuine and well-intended protest of youths in parts of the country... Read More
Buhari breaks silence: EndSARS Protesters Mistook Our Compliance With Their Demands For Weakness
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President Buhari has chided Nigerian citizens for misconstruing his swift disbandment of police unit, Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) as a sign of weakness. The President... Read More
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The Falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon... Read More
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday called for the prosection of 35 police officers indicted in a report of the Presidential Investigation... Read More
Buhari’s aide Bashir Ahmad denies announcing scrapping of SARS in 2017, 2018, 2019
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The Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad says he did not announce the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) on... Read More
As the protests against Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) continue in parts of Nigeria, the Federal Government is working assiduously to meet the demands of the... Read More
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force has been disbanded but the atrocities committed by its operatives live on. One of such... Read More
SARS shot me while trying to extort hotel workers; I’ve had 3 costly operations – Woman laments
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A hairstylist, Mrs Hannah Olugbodi, has revealed how personnel of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) shot her while they were trying to extort workers... Read More
Human rights activist, Shehu Sani has berated Northern governors for objecting to the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Speaking through its Chairman, Simon... Read More
The increase in the pump price of fuel, in 2020, a fall-out of the deregulation of the downstream sector, did not compel the youths of... Read More
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu has announced a new Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team to replace the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).... Read More
Tell IGP to bring SARS to fight Boko Haram, ISWAP in Borno – Zulum urges Aregbesola
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The Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has reportedly appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to redeploy personnel of the now-defunct Special... Read More
Former SARS commander says officers should be able to illegally search Nigerians phones, arbitrarily profile their wealth
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A former Commander of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), James Tersugh Vandefan says a policeman is not committing any crime by arbitrarily stopping a person... Read More
Prof. Florence Orabueze, Director, Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria Nsukka, says disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) is not enough to... Read More
Prof Joy Ezeilo, Founder, Women Aid Collective (WACOL) have lauded the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, for expediting action on disbanding of the... Read More
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