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A Lagos-based lawyer has taken the Nigerian government before a federal court seeking an order compelling it to unconditionally release all persons arrested and detained in connection with the #RevolutionNow protest. Olukoya Ogungbeje, a human rights activist, in the suit before the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court, is also seeking an order compelling the respondents to “unfailingly produce” …

•Who can stop us when the people are with us? When  Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, last month, stated that he was demonstrating what his predecessor and unquestionably, political mentor, National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, taught his followers, including him, many accused him of impertinence, but cautiously looking at events in the past few …

The annual reunion of the Oloke Family of the Great Benin Kingdom, USA branch, begins today at the Springhill Suites Marriot, located on 5851 Rogerdale Road in Houston, Texas,  United States of America. The event, which would be attended by members of the family from various parts of the US and beyond will end on Sunday August 11, 2019. The …

A local lawmaker in Akwa Ibom state has appeared before a state High Court in Uyo for allegedly assaulting a woman and stripping her naked in the public. The accused, Uduak Nseobot, is a councillor in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State. Mr Nseobot and his wife, Aniedi, were charged to court on July 11 by the Akwa …

The African Action Congress, AAC, Friday, at a special national convention held in Owerri, sacked no fewer than 28 of its officers, including the party’s national chairman and presidential candidate, Omoleye Sowore, and elected new ones. The process, which was monitored by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, started with a remark by the Chairman of the Convention …

The Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the 2019 general elections Mr Omoyele Sowore has been expelled. Sowore who was arrested last week by the operatives of the Department of the State Service, DSS, at his residence for championing #RevolutionNow movement was expelled along with 28 other persons. According to Punch the party took the decision at …

Traffic on Abuja-Kaduna highway due to protesting drivers. Source: Twitter Commercial vehicles drivers are reportedly protesting on the Kaduna-Abuja highway over the alleged shooting of one of them by the police. The protesting drivers have blocked the highway, making vehicular movement difficult. A Twitter user, @donsnupy, who called on Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai to come to his aid, revealed …

*Ask army to explain whereabouts of freed kidnapped suspects The Nigeria Police Force, Thursday, flayed the statement by the Nigerian Army following the killing of three of its personnel and injuring others on Wednesday, in Taraba State by soldiers. Besides, the police said the statement by the army was silent on the source of the alleged distress report or identity …

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, yesterday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency as a way to addressing the state of insecurity in the country. Soyinka pointedly described insecurity generally in the country as calamitous. He said this in Akure while speaking with newsmen at the Fagunwa Study Group 2nd International Conference with the theme: Wole …

•Detention order renewable after 45 days, says judge•Afenifere, Ohanaeze, PANDEF, Osuntokun, Gbagi flay court ruling•It’s bad news for genuine democracy — Ozekhome•Proponents of forceful takeover of govt, enemies of Nigeria — APC•SERAP seeks UN intervention over attacks on journalists, protesters•Buhari doesn’t hear Nigerians, says Sowore’s lawyer Strong voices from various groups and notable persons in the actvist community and civil …