•Archbishop Alfred Adewale-Martins While admitting that criminal activities of any sort should not be condoned, the Archbishop of the Lagos Catholic Archdiocese, Archbishop Alfred Adewale-Martins, has declared that there is no moral justification for the arrest of people who are protesting hunger and dissatisfaction with government’s poli...
•Governor Godwin Obaseki Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has alarmed that the continuous arrest of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) chieftains by the police ahead of the gubernatorial election in the state is capable of snowballing into unavoidable crisis in Edo. Obaseki made the assertion in statement he personally signed on Tuesday n...
•NLC President, Joe Ajaero and DSS The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says its President, Joe Ajaero, was not invited by Department of State Services (DSS) before being arrested. NLC spokesman, Benson Upah, disclosed this in a statement yesterday. “Our attention has been drawn to a story (circulating in different media platforms) linked to “sou...
The United Action Front of Civil Society, the arrowhead of the organised civil society and pro democracy movement of Nigeria, has condemned the reported arrest of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero. The civil society group also frowns at the widely reported invasion of the Abuja offices of the Social [&helli...
•Wike and Clark Foremost South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has called for the immediate arrest of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over his recent threat to instigate crises in some states. The elder statesman made this call today during a press conference at his Abuja residence. He urged the Inspector [&h...
•Shi’ite procession The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, today, ordered operatives to track down and arrest the sponsors and killers of the policemen involved in the recent procession by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, commonly known as the Shi’ite. Yesterday, the Police reported that Shi’ite members attacked its personnel durin...
Tension is gradually building up in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State over the arrest of six leaders of Okuama community, including a professor from the Delta State University (DELSU), Prof. Arthur Ekpekpo. Indigenes of the community are calling for their unconditional release by the Nigerian Army, reports Nigerian Tribune. Th...
The Kano State Police Command today confirmed that it has recorded a significant breakthrough in its efforts to combat crime in the state. This is in compliance with the directives of the Inspector-General of Police toward ensuring round-the-clock visibility patrols. Following a series of raids on criminal hideouts and black spots in areas of ...
•Men in military uniform The declared-wanted President General of Ewu Kingdom, Prof. Arthur Ekpekpo, was arrested by men in military uniforms at an undisclosed location in Sapele, Delta State on Sunday night and his whereabouts remain unknown. Also, Chief Belvis Adogbo and Dennis Akugbaye, two prominent leaders of the Okuama Vanguard, were app...
•Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy Ohanenye The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has disrupted an event tagged, “Unveiling the Power of Women and Food Security,” held without the ministry’s approval. Kennedy-Ohanenye disclosed this in Abuja today, saying the organiser has been taken into custody by the Department of State ...
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