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A U.S lawmaker, Robert Menendez, on Friday condemned the harassment and rearrest of the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, by officials of the State Security Service. Mr Menendez is the ranking member (most senior Democrat) of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the United States. The SSS on Friday rearrested Mr Sowore on the premises of the Federal …

When a former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, wrote his successor, requesting N10 million monthly upkeep, in addition to his monthly pension as former governor, it generated furore across the country. In the October 17 letter, Mr Yari told the incumbent governor, Bello Matawalle, that he had not enjoyed the N10 million “upkeep allowance” since July. The former governor …

Popular evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke, is dead. His death was announced in a statement signed by his wife, Anni Bonnke. The statement was shared on Evangelist Bonnke’s verified Facebook page on Saturday. In the statement, Anni said, “Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ. It is with sorrow that the Bonnke Family would like to announce the passing of our beloved husband, …

As the case of the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr Omoyele Sowore gets messier, intandem with allegations of violation of law and order by the Department of State Service, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, on Saturday wrote to the United States President Mr Donald Trump to intervene. The group’s letter was precipitated by the alleged invasion of courtroom …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has applauded the move by The Guardian, a respected United Kingdom (UK) daily newspaper, calling for records of artworks originating from the Benin Kingdom held in private collections across the UK, noting that the move will strengthen efforts on the return of the artworks to Nigeria. Governor Obaseki and the Royal Court of Benin Kingdom …

…Says Oshiomhole has no authority to constitute the committee as a suspended party member Embattled National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole suffered another setback on Friday as the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Apo, Abuja, Nigeria granted an order restraining the reconciliation committee that he constituted, from acting on the activities of the …

Edo State Government has renamed Textile Mill Road as Eribo Way, in honour of Late Pa Egiebor and Late Madam Omosede Eribo. Governor Godwin Obaseki declared this at the funeral service held in honour of Late Madam Eribo at her residence, in Benin City, Edo State. He extolled the entrepreneurial qualities of the late Eribos, noting that the Edo Textile …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has “strongly condemned the violent re-arrest today of Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare by officials of the State Security Service (SSS), and the apparent harassment and intimidation of Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu.” Armed SSS officials reportedly stormed the courtroom, causing pandemonium at the court and physically assaulting Mr Sowore. The judge reportedly had …

Operatives of Department of State Services wrestling Mr. Omoyele Sowore to the ground as they rearrested him inside the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday Embattled activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the February 2019 general election, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, has said that Nigeria belongs to every Nigerian and that no Nigerian should be afraid in …

The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board has approved the suspension of seven senior officers and one junior official of the Nigerian Correctional Service over the electrocution of five inmates of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ikoyi, Lagos. This, it said, was to facilitate unfettered investigation into the sad incident in which seven other inmates were also injured …