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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, an American non-profit human rights advocacy organisation, has described the democracy being practised in Nigeria as embarrassing, insulting and lacking respect for the rule of law. The group in a statement on Thursday condemned the killing of unarmed protesters by operatives of the Nigerian Army in Lagos State. It also declared the detention of prominent human rights defender, Omoyele Sowore, as arbitrary under international law. The statement reads, “Last week, demonstrations in Nigeria demanding an end to police brutality took a violent turn as security forces shot into the crowd of peaceful protesters. The world watched in horror as videos on social media captured Nigerian security forces murdering people with impunity, leading to widespread calls for police accountability, including shutting down the notorious police unit known as the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. “Despite a viral campaign to #EndSARS, the perpetrators have not been held a...

Eze Aiwansone The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Sergeant Eze Aiwansone attached to the Special Protection Unit, Base 16, Ikeja, for the shooting of his girlfriend, Joy Eze. SaharaReporters recall that the incident occurred on October 8, 2020, at Salvation Bus Stop, Opebi, Ikeja, Lagos. Eze Aiwansone A video of the incident showed the lady in pains as some persons rushed her to the hospital for treatment. In the footage, the lady’s cheek had torn due to the impact of the bullet that pierced her mouth. The lady was also seen sitting on the floor of a hospital wallowing in pain while waiting for a doctor to attend to her. Spokesperson for the police in Lagos, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Thursday said Aiwansone, who had been on the run, was arrested by his elder brother and handed over to the command.  The statement reads, “The state CID, Panti, has taken over the case on the instruction of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, for ...

Staff of the Federal Fire Service have raised the alarm over the non-payment of two months allowances by the agency. The staff, who spoke with SaharaReporters, revealed that the agency had refused to pay them their salaries and allowances with no “tangible reasons”. They said that despite the non-payment of salaries, they were being made to resume to the office and do daily activities as well as respond to emergencies. The staff, who pleaded anonymity, lamented that they were being exposed to hardship as the economic situation in the country continued to bite harder. “It is over 60 days of work at the Federal Fire Service and we are yet to receive our salary, two months salary. “The last salary we received was in August as the pay for the month. “We are living in hardship due to the non-payment of the salary. The situation is getting worse for us as many of us are family man and we rely on this monthly pay we get,” said one of the staff. Another staff, confirmed the non-p...

Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Lagos State Government has reopened private and public schools. Folashade Adefisayo, Commissioner for Education in the state, in a statement on Thursday said schools can reopen from Monday, November 2, 2020. Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The statement reads in part, “The Lagos State Government has approved the reopening of schools for all classes in public and private schools across the state beginning from Monday, 2nd of November, 2020 while boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, 1st of the same month.” Education Breaking News News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3mAaWmQ via EDUPEDIA

Ex-Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The United States has explained why it opposed the emergence of former Nigerian Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. Despite securing the vote of 163 of the 164 members of the trade organisation on Wednesday, Okonjo-Iweala could not be declared the head of the WTO because of the objection by the United States. Ex-Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Credits: www.connectnigeria.com See Also News United States Opposes Okonjo-Iweala's As WTO DG, Backs South Korean For Position, Final Decision To Be Announced November 9 0 Comments 19 Hours Ago In a statement by the office of the US Trade Representative, America cited lack of experience and procedural issues for its stance. The statement reads, “The Office of the United States Trade Representative issued the following statement today on the selection of the next World Trade Organisation Director-General: “The United St...

The cat is out of the bag in Nigeria! The ongoing massacre, arrest, and incarceration of Nigerian youth across the Southern region by the hounds of the British Empire masquerading as Nigerian soldiers and police officers, shows who is actually calling the shots in Nigeria. The most powerful person in Nigeria is never the President or any of the motley figures parading the chambers of parliament in Nigeria. No, it has always been the British High Commissioner to Nigeria. He or she rules Nigeria through the Fulani elite for the British. This is the only constant about Nigeria, a beautiful country mired in the morass of putrid neo-colonialism. Any other supposition or hypothesis on the statehood of Nigeria is wishful thinking. Luckily, our youth have figured out the truth for themselves! From the Nigeria-Biafran Civil War of 1967-70, to the annulment of June 12, 1993 Presidential election that was won by a non-Fulani, and the aerial bombardment of Odi oil-producing area of the Nige...

More facts have emerged on how a staff of the Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Bashir Bolaji Akinsemoyin, who was running an errand was shot dead by the police at Lagos Island. The incident occurred on Wednesday, October 21, when the police opened fire on thugs, who went berserk by looting and burning properties in the city.\ It was gathered that Akinsemoyin was on his way to see a family friend at Isale Eko but was hit by a stray bullet on the head in an encounter between the police and thugs. He was said to have been rushed to the General Hospital on Broad Street in Marina for treatment when he later died after several efforts to save his life. According to his brother, Akinsemoyin Ademola, who spoke with SaharaReporters, the victim was neither at the protest ground nor was a thugs, adding that the loss was a big blow to their family. He said, “Bolaji was not a hoodlum. He was not part of the protest. He was just on his way to Isale Eko to see a family friend. Before I ...

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria otherwise known as Shiites has warned top Nigerian Government officials to desist from peddling rumours on the health of their leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky The group said the ploy by some government officials to create the impression that the cleric was in a state of coma and that his condition had worsened beyond normal was aimed at causing confusion and chaos. Secretary of the Academic Forum of the movement, Abdullahi Musa, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Abuja. He said the agenda of those behind the malicious falsehood was premeditated to either cause unrest or exploit the current situation in the country. He therefore urged members to be wary of agents of destabilisation and disregard such rumour, adding that the information was frivolous and unfounded. Musa said, “Rumour had it on the 24th of October, 2020 that Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky was either in a state of critical illness or a state worse than ever before. Bu...

The author, Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi The brouhaha over the article: “Bola Tinubu: The Fall Of An Emperor at Lekki toll gate”, will continue to generate different reactions from friends and foes, probably till 2023, when the manifestation or otherwise of this fall shall become evident before Lagosians, Nigerians and the world at large. There is nothing unethical or ethnical about unveiling the masquerade,  named Jagaban, who has in over two decades learnt and perfected  his dancing skills and performed eye popping somersaults to the admiration and envy of his admirer and foes respectively. The people have the right to discuss their leaders, rulers and ruiners. Growing up in Ibadan, the political headquarter of western Nigeria, and by extension Yoruba nation, I have nostalgic feeling of Ibadan as one of the homes of masquerades. How they are celebrated for their dancing steps to the beats of ‘bata’ drums. A Yoruba adage says, “Bi egun eni ba jo o re, ori aya atokun e”. If o...

DCP Abba Kyari A Nigerian businessman, Mr Afeez Mojeed, has written a petition to the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry revealing how Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, extorted him of over N41m. The businessman explained that the incident happened in 2014 where he was detained for 14 days and Kyari, who was then Officer-in-Charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Lagos, oversaw the extortion and sale of his car as well as his other belongings. DCP Abba Kyari Narrating his ordeal, Mojeed said he was in the house together with his wife when some gun-wielding persons barged in, took some of his properties and arrested him. He said in the petition, “It is our client’s brief that on 18th October, 2014 at about 8.30pm — 9.00pm, he was at home his wife who was five months pregnant, his 18-month old son and his mother-in-law, when suddenly he heard a bang on his door and within minutes, the banging continued unabated and he started hearing loud noise screaming “open ...