•Timipre Sylva Julius Bokoru, Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to former Bayelsa State governor, Timipre Sylva, has cried out that four arrested aides and domestic workers of his principal are still in detention. Bokoru in a statement yesterday, titled, ‘Detention of Sylva’s Aides: A Call for Reason, Humanity and Due Process’, sa...
•Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State A journalist in Kebbi State has been detained after releasing a video showing conditions at a local hospital, drawing criticism from activists and renewed calls for press freedom. Hassan Mai-Waya Kangiwa was arrested on the orders of State Governor Nasir Idris following circulation of footage filmed at Kang...
•Peter Obi and Nnamdi Kanu The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has questioned the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, describing the situation as unreasonable. Speaking on Channels Television last night, the former Anambra State governor ...
•Alabi Quadri (left) with Effiong after his release Quadri Alabi, the 17-year-old boy who gained national attention after standing in front of the convoy of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, during the 2023 election campaign, has revealed a harrowing experience of being detained and made to clean faeces all day at the Kirikiri Co...
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called on law enforcement agencies to provide comprehensive information about the well-being of protesters and those still facing charges in court. Speaking on their behalf, Salaudeen Hashim, Programme Director of the CLEEN Foundation, told newsmen that the aim of the media engagement was to inform the w...
•Impeached South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from detention today, our correspondents saw, walking out of the detention centre smiling before bowing deeply in front of waiting supporters. His supporters cheered as the suspended president walked past, our correspondent saw, before...
The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Lagos State Chapter, has strongly condemned the detention of three Lagos State House of Assembly staff members by the Department of State Security Services (DSS). The detained staff, including two Sergeants-at-Arms officers and a public affairs officer, were arrested on February 17, 2025,...
•IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu in court The Apex Igbo Sociocultural Organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has condemned the “sluggish attitude” of South-East governors towards the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). According to the Igbo apex organisation, the attitude of the governors is the cause of the intoler...
•Prof Usman Yusuf Former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Prof Usman Yusuf, who is facing corruption allegations has detailed his experience in the hands of security operatives and officials of the federal correctional service. Yusuf, a Professor of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, had been a v...
Some members of the Lagos State House of Assembly are currently at the Department of State Security Office in the Magodo area of the state. Their visit appears to be connected to the detention of two of their colleagues who were invited for questioning relating to issues of the state assembly, reports Channels TV. The […]
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