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On Thursday afternoon, Kachifu Inuwa, the DG of NITDA and Trixie Lohmermand signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will bring GITEX Africa, the continent's biggest tech showcase to Nigeria in 2025.
Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
Nigerians within the country and across the diaspora are calling for an end to police brutality in Africa’s most populous nation. Demonstrators across the country and posts on social media platforms specifically targeted the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS), a branch of the national police force that has become notorious for preying upon Nigerian citizens.
Young Nigerians who took to the streets to demand better governance are in shock after a brutal crackdown on their movement but say their resolve for change remains undimmed.
People from Nigeria will not be able to participate in the United States' 2022 Diversity Immigrant Visa Progam, popularly known as the visa lottery, according to newly released policy guidelines by the US Department of State. The State Department says Nigeria is one of 19 territories and countries that have seen more than 50,000 of...
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[allAfrica] As of October 17, the confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries have reached 1,623,827. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 39,296, and recoveries 1,336,069.
NIGERIAN YOUTH WILL NOT BE SILENCED BY POLICE BRUTALITY
Peaceful protests against police brutality in Lagos turned bloody on Tuesday.
News which soon took hold of the Twittersphere as users worldwide shared videos of Nigerian armed forces opening fire on #EndSARSNow demonstrators.
Bridget Ugwe spoke with Steve Dede, Senior Editor at Pulse Nigeria. He shares his recollection of events.
Steve Dede : At about 7.15 or 7.30 pm yesterday, we started hearing reports on how some military men, officers came there and opened fire on protesters. I was not there. A couple of us were not there but we got to watch it live from a DJ, Dj Switch, she was doing a live of the events on Instagram yesterday. And about 135,000 people were live as I was watching. And on that live I saw someone who was shot and they were trying to remove the bullets from the person's head. So this thing happened, it's not allegedly or anything of that sort. Since yesterday I've spoken to about ten different people when doing my report at Pulse, who confirmed the incident, who were there, who have been in the hospital you know.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos state governor paid a visit to the wounded protestors at the hospital and demanded that an investigation be opened.
However, trust between Nigerian youth and their institutions seems to have reached its breaking point.
Steve Dede : There's no trust between the government and the people. So even Sanwo going there with a photographer that took pictures of himself and the victims ... it looks like just politics you know, going there with a photographer when people are literally dying and fighting for their lives, and you are going to visit them with a photographer and you are putting it on Twitter. It's really insensitive, so we still don't believe him. A governor of a State can't tell us that he is not aware that military men were going to attack protesters in his own State. So we really don't believe him, people don't believe him.
As the African Union and other regional organisations have yet to react, Steve relays what he believes is the message of the Nigerian youth to officials.
Steve Dede : Our message to them is do something. You can't just sit down and watch. We understand that the president of the country is friends with the other heads of states and they form the African Union so that's why it's difficult to talk about it but we have to keep keeping ourselves accountable to one another. That's the only thing that can make this continent great. Look at what the EU is doing, look at other unions do around the world. The African Union has to come together and set personal relationships aside and look at the common goal that is, what would make the continent better and start looking at it.
Instead of thwarting the revolution, the Lekki toll gate shooting set ablaze a louder call for an uprising.
Steve Dede : What we do know is that a lot of people are waiting for the curfew to end so that they would go back on the streets because they have to protest. The Nigerian police is still not
Outrage and anger in Nigeria continue to
[Daily Trust] South Africa and Ghana attracted over 200 per cent more Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) than Nigeria in the first half of 2020, Daily Trust analysis shows.
End SARS, which stands for End Special Anti-Robbery Squad, has become a growing movement in opposition to the African nation's police force's violent use of the special unit.
