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Nigerian singer,  Davido has been trending on social medi a after he stormed Abuja to demand for the release of some protesters who were locked up. During the movement, he led some other Nigerians to beg for the release of 20 innocent protesters. As Davido marched along with his boys, the police officers made a strange move, and Davido almost ran away from the scene. He however stopped when he discovered that he was safe. Afterwards, he went down on his knees and begged them to release the protesters who did nothing wrong to deserve being locked up for a long time. Watch the video below; View this post on Instagram Moment Davido tried to run away as the protest heated up..... . . Follow @mediagist for more exclusive updates. A post shared by @ mediagist on Oct 11, 2020 at 2:49pm PDT

For over a week now,due to the outcry and protest of Nigerian populace for justice and the disbandment of the Special Anti Robbery Squad Unit (SARS),the #EndSARS hashtag has been the major trend on all social platforms and popular musicians and entertainers including,Davido,Wizkid,Femi Kuti,Falz,Runtown and Burna Boy have also joined the protest. Earlier today Nigerian musician,Wizkid protested against SARS and their operations in the UK and recently came online to share some few words with Nigerians. In his words ,he said " This is just the beginning, we won our fight to #EndSARS ... Now reform the Nigerian police! #Endpolicebrutality We deserve good governance. Following what Wizkid Tweeted,Davido and Burna Boy indirectly replied Wizkid by stating that it's not over yet in their recent tweets. In Davido's words,he said " It's far from over,we never win anything". Burna Boy also said ," We just dey start".  Burna Boy pressed further in another twee...

No one is left out as Nigerians keeps calling for an end to SARS and police brutality, Former Nigeria Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has aired his view on the current uproar within the country, he condemned police brutality and pay tribute to one Isiaka jimoh who was killed by the police while protesting. He tweeted; "My words are written with a sense of responsibility for the prosperity and protection of the nation. If some willingly try and misunderstand my words below, so be it, as the matter is too important and above individual vanities. #EndSARS #EndPoliceBrutality." Laycon who's the winner of Big Brother Naija Lockdown Edition also Ogun state Youth ambassador tackled the ex-senate President, according to laycon, Saraki was the Senate President in December 2017 when EndSars also trend then but he refused to do anything about it. In his words, he said; "#EndSars trended for days in the month of December 2017 when you were the Senate President Sir, the...

Adamu Mohammed, the inspector-general of police, has announced the immediate disbandment of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) following nationwide protests over its brutality. He made the announcement at a press conference on Sunday afternoon in Abuja. In a statement after the media briefing, Frank Mba, police spokesman, said a new policing arrangement will be announced to fill in the gaps created by the scrapping of SARS. ”In the finest spirit of democratic, citizen-centred and community policing, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has today, 11th October, 2020, dissolved the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) across the 36 State Police Commands and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) where they hitherto existed”, the statement read. ”The IGP, while noting that the dissolution of SARS is in response to the yearnings of the Nigerian people, observes that by this dissolution, all officers and men of the now defunct Special Anti-robbery Squad are bein...

  Emplaces other measures to protect the citizens  In the finest spirit of democratic, citizen-centred and community policing, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has today, 11 th October, 2020, dissolved the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) across the 36 State Police Commands and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) where they hitherto existed. The IGP, while noting that the dissolution of SARS is in response to the yearnings of the Nigerian people, observes that by this dissolution, all officers and men of the now defunct Special Anti-robbery Squad are being redeployed with immediate effect.  The IGP notes that the Force is not oblivious of the ever present need to combat armed robbery, kidnapping and other violent crimes in the country which was before now the core mandate of the erstwhile Squad. He assures that a new policing arrangement to address anticipated policing gaps the dissolution of SARS would cause has been evolved and shall be announce...

Looking at what has been happening in Africa in these past weeks, you can't help but wonder what exactly is happening to Africa. Some weeks ago, the government of Mali was toppled by revolution, and now, Nigeria and Namibia have been caught in the throes of civil protests. In the past four days, Nigeria has been rocked by civil unrest, with thousands of Nigerians from different parts of the country trooping out enmass into the streets to demand that SARS be scrapped. The protests are a culmination of the long period of frustrations unleashed on young Nigerians by the men of this special unit. In the past years, dozens of Nigerians have had their lives cut short in their prime by the same people that were employed to protect them. Photos of some protesters: In Nigeria, being a successful youth has become a crime, as they are immediately tagged yahoo boys once they are seen dressing well, carrying an expensive phone or driving a nice car. The youth now live in constant fear and horro...