The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it raided the residence of former Zamfara Governor, Abdulaziz Yari over allegations of economic and financial crimes. EFCC’s acting spokesman, Mr Tony Orilade said this in an interview in Abuja on Monday. The country home of Yari, who was also former chairman of the Nigeria […]
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Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has appealed to the Federal Government to release the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (ACC), Omoyele Sowore. Adams said that such arrest portended grave danger for Nigeria’s democracy. The publisher of Sahara Reporters and convener Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria was arrested by […]
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The Department of State Services has confirmed receipt of a court order granting the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky to travel to India for medical attention. The service said it was currently liaising with relevant stakeholders to allow him travel to seek medical attention in India. This was contained in a […]
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A Kaduna High Court Monday granted the Islamic Movement of Nigeria’s leader Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat permission to travel out of the country for medical attention. El-Zakzaky’s lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, had filed a suit seeking his client’s release from detention since 2015 to treat his dimming sight and deteriorating health. Falana said […]
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• Groups urge unconditional release of activist• His plot is to topple democratic government = Police• Buhari warns planners of revolution The condemnation of the arrest of Omoyele Sowore continued yesterday with the Noble laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, lamenting that the country had been thrown into a cycle of suppression of citizens’ rights. The police, at the […]
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A former Commissioner for Information in Osun State, Mr Adelani Baderinwa, who is now the Supervisor, Ministry of Information and Strategy in the state, tells Bola Bamigbola that contrary to the claims by the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State, Mr Soji Adagunodo, the immediate past governor of the state, Ogbeni […]
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The Chairman of the Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Soji Adagunodo, speaks on the raging controversy over allegations of looting against the ruling All Progressives Congress-led government in the state, in this interview with Bola Bamigbola Senator Ademola Adeleke and your party recently raised several allegations against ex-governor Rauf Aregbesola of […]
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Law enforcement agents deployed in response to a mass shooting at a Wal-Mart in El Paso, Texas; Photo: AFP / Joel Angel Juarez The United States was in mourning Sunday for victims of two mass shootings that killed 29 people in less than 24 hours as debate raged over whether President Donald Trump’s rhetoric was […]
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The Presidency on Sunday declared that revolution is not the best option of changing a government. It however said that a more appropriate option is to go through elections. The Presidency, through a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, was reacting to the scheduled “revolution” march on Monday […]
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faults Sowore’s arrest, detention criticises Buhari administration for clamping down on critics Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, says protest marches in Nigeria are not treasonable offences. He made this known on Sunday according to a statement he issued. His comments follow the arrest of former Presidential Aspirant of […]
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