The Department of State Services has returned the seized passport of award-winning investigative journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka. Soyinka, who was accompanied to the DSS’ office in Ikoyi, Lagos by Human Rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, retrieved his passport on Friday. The PUNCH reports that Soyinka, who is the West Africa Regional Editor at The Conversation Africa, was […]
Students of the University of Ibadan (UI) have vowed to continue their protest and lock down the school following the management’s decision to approve a fee hike for the 2023/2024 academic session. BackgroundThe students had gone on the street on July 16 and 17 to press home their demands against the hike in fees. It […]
The Police have summoned the Nigeria Labour Congress, President, Joe Ajaero, and the General Secretary, Emma Ugboaja, to appear at the Force Headquarters on September 5, 2024 The fresh summons is coming less than 24 hours after Ajaero honoured the police’s invitation over alleged criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion, and cybercrime. According to […]
A Supreme Court judge on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk’s X social media network in Brazil after the billionaire failed to comply with an order to name a new legal representative for the company. Musk has been locked in a months-long feud with the judge, Alexandre de Moraes, who is leading a battle […]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says about 24,000 persons, mostly children, were reported missing in Nigeria as of June 2024. The ICRC noted that this figure represents “only a fraction” of the total number missing persons in the country. Patrick Youssef, ICRC regional director for Africa, said in a statement on Friday, […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday issued an order to freeze 13 bank accounts linked to a suspected terrorist, Henry Okocha. Justice Peter Lifu issued the order following an ex-parte application filed before the court by the Department of State Services, represented by its counsel, Yunus Umar. The ex-parte application, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1036/2024, […]
A Ghana based Nigerian, Liberty Kelechi Isaac, has urged the inspector General of Police to fish out some policemen who extorted N3m from him on a gunpoint on Monday. Isaac who hails from Nguru Nworie autonomous community in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state who spoke to journalists in Owerri on Friday said […]
Gunmen have launched an attack on Ushafa community in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nigeria. The incident occurred on Thursday night around Zone A. According to Tribuneonline, eyewitnesses reported that the bandits shot a man named Mr. Felix Chuks and abducted his entire family. Efforts to contact vigilantes during the attack were unsuccessful, as they […]
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has condemned the anti-Yoruba comments made by a Canadian Igbo lady, Amaka Patience Sunnberger. Sunnberger had in a viral video threatened to use harmful substances on fellow Nigerians who were either Yoruba or Bini. Following her outburst, the chairperson of the […]
Gunmen have struck in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, setting the council headquarters on fire. A resident said the attackers stormed the headquarters in the early hours of Friday, August 30, 2024. The source, who wished to remain anonymous, stated that the assailants set several buildings ablaze and destroyed property. “The attackers […]
