The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday said that participants of the EndSARS memorial arrested at Lekki tollgate have been released. In an interview with Channels Television, Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin said the police only arrested a few troublemakers who were kept in their custody on the spot but were later released […]
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) says the closure of four broadcast stations in Zamfara is “unlawful” and “unconstitutional”. TheCable had reported that the Zamfara government ordered the closure of some media houses in Gusau, the state capital, for allegedly covering a political rally organised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. […]
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, demanded the immediate and unconditional release of two Kwara-based journalists allegedly persecuted by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for allegations of defamation. A statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, described the remand of the two pressmen, Akogun Abdulrasidi and Dare Akogun, as “draconian and undemocratic the action […]
By Ibe Pascal The Nigerian Opposition, Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has alleged that INEC staff, chidiebere eze who has been held in illegal secret detention by Imo DSS was moved last night based on alleged pressure from Imo APC govt to Imo Police Command after the opposition parties exposed the illegal detention. […]
A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has awarded N750,000 damages against the state government for violating a legal practitioner, Lawal Aliyu’s fundamental rights, following the towing of his vehicle and imposed fines by Lagos State Traffic Management Authority without a valid court order. In a judgment delivered by Justice Olalekan Oresanya, Thursday, in […]
U.S. police agencies, without search warrants, have been using an obscure cellphone tracking tool to follow people’s movements, a U.S. media outlet has reported. According to public records and internal emails obtained by The Associated Press, police have used Fog Reveal to search hundreds of billions of records from 250 million mobile devices. They […]
.…Urge, IGP, Imo CP to begin investigation into Ogbaku shooting, killing of villagers and bring the perpetrators to book. BY Ibe Pascal OGBAKU youth association has condemned in strong terms, the senseless shooting of live bullets at Ogbaku indigenes at Ogbuke, (a densely populated area) along Ogbaku-Oguta road in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo […]
Authorities of the police have once again said that its personnel have no right to check people’s phones arbitrarily on the road. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, reechoed the notice on Tuesday during an appearance on Sunrise Daily. “Stop checking phones on the road. You can’t check somebody’s phone. It is his […]
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for the prosecution of suspected killers of Shaykh Goni Aisami, a Yobe based Islamic cleric who was allegedly shot by two soldiers. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, Director, MURIC said this in a statement in Abuja. “The most popular Islamic scholar in Gashua, Yobe, Shaykh Goni Aisami was killed […]
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has refuted a media report that he ordered the arrest and detention of a blogger, Ahmed Olamilekan, over a purported publication against his person. The PUNCH had reported that Olamilekan, according to his lawyer, had spent 100 days in the custody of the Correctional Service, at the behest […]
