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Anonymous, an online network known for launching cyberattacks against government institutions, has hacked the website of First Bank of Nigeria Limited. A visit by Newsextra24 to the bank’s website at 01:30pm showed that it had been brought down completely. In a string of tweets, Anonymous confirmed bringing down the bank’s …

The website of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has been taken down by Anonymous hackers, an online squad, that has declared support for the ongoing nationwide campaign against police brutality. The NCDC website is used for providing updates on the pandemic disease still ravaging the country. This is …

Deputy Governor of Lagos State Obafemi Hamzat has debunked reports that policemen carried out illegal arrests on Thursday night across the state, Newsextra24 reports. Social media users woke up on Friday to the rumour that areas in Lagos such as Surulere and Ojuelegba witnessed such clampdown following protests against police …

A young woman claimed at a protest on Thursday that she’s joining the call to end SARS and its replacement SWAT because she’s been a victim and won’t wait for her children to go what she went through. Chiatuiro Precious Chidera alleged she was raped by SARS two years ago …

The website of the Central Bank of Nigeria has been hacked by ‘Anonymous’, an online group known for attacking government establishments. Anonymous, which is widely known for its various cyberattacks against several government institutions, is believed to have taken the move in solidarity with the #EndSARS protesters. The website of …

The Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on Friday said that fifty-four persons lost their lives and 30,356 houses destroyed by flood this rainy season in the state. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Saleh Jili, made this known in an interview with Newsextra24 in Kano. Jili explained that …

But the plot was thwarted after Hussein Afolabi, a criminal law expert who has been advising the families, told the families the implications of going ahead with the police’s scheme. Two families who lost their loved ones after police officers fired live ammunition to #EndSARS protesters in Ogbomoso on Sunday …

This is going to be unusually lengthy for my piece but, it is necessary to enable a comprehensive understanding of the modus operandi of Awkuzu Sars under Csp James Nwafor. I will try as much as possible to narrow it down to the essential points. My coming in contact with …

No fewer than 37 former members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad have been pencilled down for dismissal from service. The Police Service Commission is also expected to order the prosecution of 24 other ex-SARS operatives for various acts of professional misconduct. These were the highlights of the Report of …

James Nwafor, a former Senior Special Assistant on Security to Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano , has gone into hiding. Nigerians have been calling for the sack of Nwafor for violating people’s rights during his reign as the Commander of SARS in Anambra. The protesters accused Nwafor of killing many …