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Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN and lawyer for Omoyele Sowore, RevolutionNow convener and publisher of Sahara Reporters has painted a grim picture of what transpired at the Federal High Court in Abuja last Friday from the time the court premises were invaded by officers of the Department of State Services (DSS), until when Sowore […]

The Reformed Oghomwan Mandate Group (ROMG) has commended the leadership of the Edo State House of Assembly for declaring vacant the seats of the 12 members-elect who are yet to present themselves for inauguration into the seventh Assembly as well as two others that failed to meet the constitutionally approved 181 sitting days.   The […]

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has signed the new Kano Emirate Council Bill into law. The bill for the creation of four emirates councils transmitted by the Governor scaled from through the third reading and finally passed at the assembly and forwarded to the governor on Thursday.   The new Kano State Emirate Council […]

Kaduna State High Court yesterday ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to transfer the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat, to the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Kaduna. Kaduna State government is prosecuting the IMN leader and his wife for culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of public […]

Some Nigerians living in the Spanish capital city of Madrid, on Friday attacked the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi while on national assignment. Amaechi said he escaped the scene of the attack and left unhurt.    “Some minutes ago, I was attacked by a few misguided Nigerians while on national assignment at a climate […]

There was general pandemonium at the FCT High Court after gun-toting operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS), on Friday, re-arrested Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow Protest, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, shortly after Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu adjourned the day’s proceeding till Feb. 11, Feb. 12 and Feb. 13, 2020 for definite hearing. Eye-witness accounts […]

The Department of State Services (DSS) has complied with the order of Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, directing it to release the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-accused, Olawale Bakare within 24 hours. Both men were released Thursday night, a few hours after the judge fined DSS […]

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Thursday expressed determination to execute the Federal High Court order directing him to recover monies paid to former governors that are currently serving as senators and Ministers. Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, of the Lagos division of the Federal High Court had made […]

Concerned Diaspora Citizens has enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to wade into the ordeal faced by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, to avert the impending calamity that may befall the country’s aviation industry; which, to all intents and purposes, will not be in the interest of the country.   In a […]

The federal high court in Lagos has sentenced the former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu to 12 years imprisonment after being found guilty on all the 39-count charges of fraud, embezzlement and money laundering brought against him, in the case that had been on for 12 years. The convicts had each pleaded […]

The Senate has threatened to order the arrest of the Director-General, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, if he fails to appear before its joint committee on Navy, Marine Transport and Finance, which is investigating the N263.89 billion security services carried out by the Ocean Marine Solutions Limited (OMLS) at the […]

Moody’s Investors Service, one of the global credit rating agencies, Wednesday changed its outlook on Nigeria’s ratings to negative from stable. Concurrently, Moody’s affirmed its B2 long-term local and foreign currency issuer ratings, the B2 foreign currency senior unsecured ratings, and the (P)B2 foreign currency senior unsecured MTN program rating on the country. According to […]