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Nigerian youths have been put under tremendous pressure by the prevailing unconducive socio-economic condition in the country. So also, police brutality has immensely contributed to the problems of the Nigerian youths so much that they have to react by organizing nationwide protests in 2020. The protests tagged “#EndSARS protests” are the subject of this study. Content analysis is the research method adopted for the study. Two national dailies were examined to enable the researcher to analyse the press coverage of the activities of the #EndSARS protesters in their entirety. The #EndSARS ended tragically with the army allegedly shooting and killing peaceful protesters, and the whole episode later ended up in arson and extensive looting. The negative outcome of the event notwithstanding, The #EndSARS movements have far reaching implications on the nation’s socio-political environment as well as law and order.
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