Last Sunday, a groundbreaking collaboration uniting art, innovation, sustainability, and the cultural essence of Lagos, Nigeria, was unveiled in a - BellaNaija.com. August 21, 2023
Across Nigeria, protests have erupted in Lagos, Delta, Abuja, Rivers States and more are still currently organized all to protest the ongoing brutality of the police unit known as SARS.
What makes a revolution?
Revolution does not come about by chance. It’s an alchemy of time, place, people and circumstance. It also doesn’t happen overnight – but in the wake of last year’s End Sars uprising against police corruption, a new generation of activists and instigators boldly moved Nigeria into a more optimistic and inclusive future.
Looking back in order to move forward, we examine the youth revolution that brought the establishment to its knees and ask: what’s next for Nigerian activism?
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THE FIRST WAVE
The only accurate word to sum up the events that took place in Nigeria in the month of October 2020 is historic. For two weeks, young Nigerians took to the streets across the country to call for the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars) – a rogue unit of the Nigerian police force known for carrying out atrocious acts of police brutality. The unit was created in 1992 in response to increasingly widespread cases of robbery, kidnapping
A baby sleeps on his mother s back as women queue in line to cast their votes in the village of Tumfafi, near Kano, in northern Nigeria Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Nigerians are going to the polls for a presidential election Saturday, one week after a surprise delay for Africa s largest democracy. Ben Curtis/AP Global Citizen AsksDemand Equity
She Stood Up for #EndSARS. What Will Nigeria s Odunayo Eweniyi Do Next?
Feminist Coalition co-founder Odunayo Eweniyi on #EndSARS, education, equality, and more.
Why Global Citizens Should Care
The UN’s Global Goal 5 advocates for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls as a fundamental human right. There s no country in the world where girls and women have equal opportunities to boys and men. In countries like Nigeria, the inequalities women and girls face daily are immense. Join us and take a stand for a world where #SheIsEqual here.