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Chris Coons Chris Coons A member of the United States Senate from Delaware, Chris Coons, has condemned the rearrest of pro-democracy campaigner and journalist, Omoyele Sowore, by the Department of State Services at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday less than 24 hours after being released on bail …

Alfa Babatunde Alfa Babatunde   The Department of State Services has arrested the Founder of Sotitobire Miracle Centre, Akure, Ondo State, Alfa Babatunde, following a petition against him about a missing child in his church.    Babatunde was arrested on Tuesday afternoon after the DSS invited him for interrogation at …

The Prisoners’ Rights Advocacy Initiative has instituted a legal action against the Nigerian Correctional Service over the electrocution of five inmates leading to their death at the Ikoyi Prison in Lagos.  The electrocution was caused by overcrowding, according to the Controller-General of the NCS, Ja’afaru Ahmed, who also said that the …

The party leadership tussle between governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, and Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, took a fresh angle as the party made public plan to hold its state rally. While Obaseki denied having knowledge of the said rally, the Oshimhole-led faction insisted that …

Ifeanyi Ejiofor Ifeanyi Ejiofor   Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lawyer representing Nnamdi Kanu, who was recently declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force, has written the National Assembly over the killings that occurred at his home during an invasion by the police.  It was reported that a clash in his home in …

Acheju Abuh Acheju Abuh google   The Kogi State Police Command has paraded six persons suspected to be killers of Mrs Salome Abuh, Peoples Democratic Party Women Leader in the state. Abuh was burnt alive in her house after the announcement of the November 16 governorship election result, with her …

Al Jazeera   An Algerian court has sentenced two former prime ministers of the country to long jail terms amid a huge corruption investigation. Ahmed Ouyahia was sentenced to 15 years in prison and Abdelmalek Sellal to 12 years, the BBC reports. They were accused of abusing authority in a car manufacturing …

  President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Edward Adamu as Chairman of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria. The announcement of the appointment was contained in a letter sent to the Senate by the President on Tuesday. But before now, Adamu has been caught in a web of scandal after a …

  A Director of Litigation in the Adamawa State Ministry of Justice, Samuel Yaumande, has been kidnapped. A family source told SaharaReporters that Yaumande was abducted on Monday night at his residence in Sengere, a suburb of Yola, the state capital. He disclosed further that the kidnappers also seized a …

  Agba Jalingo, a journalist detained by the Cross River State Government on allegations of treason and terrorism, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to reassign his case from the current trial judge, Justice Simon Amobeda, to another judge. Jalingo was arrested in August after he published an …