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Armed bandits have demanded N7m ransom for the release of 14 people kidnapped at Dankurmi Village in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. SaharaReporters recall that the gunmen attacked Dankurmi on November 6, 2020, killing one person and abducting 14 others. Many villagers were also left with gunshot wounds. Four days after, the abductors have demanded N7m ransom to release those kidnapped. A brother of one of the kidnap victims told SaharaReporters that they had no means of raising that money after the bandits looted the little they had gathered including motorcycles. “They are demanding N7m, where do they want us to see that? They have looted all our belongings including motorcycles,” he said. Insecurity News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3eN11Y9 via EDUPEDIA

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria, a Shiite group, has submitted a formal petition to the National Human Rights Commission, United Nations and European Union, Abuja, to demand justice for victims of the October 20, 2020 Lekki shooting. The group condemned the brutal force used on protesters by some soldiers of the Nigerian Army. In a statement by Secretary, Academic Forum of the ISM, Abdullahi Musa, described the shooting of unarmed protesters as barbaric and uncalled for. The sect said the carnage was orchestrated and premeditated to stop the protesters from calling for good governance.  The statement read, “We strongly condemn the regime’s attack on peaceful protesters, infiltration of the protests and the Lekki massacre.  “The commencement of the probe on the killings by the state government is welcome. Stakeholders should ensure that the probe leads to the prosecution of perpetrators. “These deliberate acts by the regime was done in order to provide itself with an excuse

Oyo State House Of Assembly Speaker, Adebo Ogundoyin. The Oyo State House of Assembly has kicked against the regulation of social media in Nigeria. This was revealed by Speaker of the Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, via a tweet on Tuesday. Oyo State House Of Assembly Speaker, Adebo Ogundoyin. He said the state’s legislature will kick against restriction of freedom of expression. Oyo State Govt Legislature will not support any form of restriction on Social Media freedom of expression/speech in any way. — Rt. Honourable Adebo Ogundoyin (@Adebo_ogund) November 10, 2020 This comes as the Nigerian Government pushes for the regulation of social media following the recent #ENDSARS protest. The government had claimed that the protest was organised and people were mobilised through the social media. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, claimed that the Nigerian Government must regulate it to prevent the spread of hate speech. He said the social media was th

The Department of State Services has arraigned one Kabiru Mohammed for creating and sharing a fake video of President Muhammadu Buhari’s wedding to Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq. Mohammed was arraigned 10 months after he was initially arrested by the DSS. The DSS, while parading Mohammed in January, said it received a petition from Ahmed to investigate the photos and videos and uncover the persons involved in the circulation of such materials. The DSS claimed he had confessed to creating and circulating the video. Mohammed was arraigned at a Chief Magistrates’ Court at Nomansland in Kano on two count charges of defamation and injurious falsehood on Tuesday, TheNation reports. According to counsel to the DSS, I.B. Bulus, Mohammed’s action caused “confusion and injury to the persons involved, tarnishing their character and causing disaffection among their families and associates, through the spreading of fake

Oga Tom Uhia The Nigeria Police Force has finally released Tom Uhia, journalist and Publisher of Power Steering Magazine. The journalist was detained for 30 days on the orders of Nigeria’s Minister of State for Power , Jeddy Agba, over a publication in his magazine. Oga Tom Uhia This was after the court ordered that the journalist should be released on bail . He was released to his lawyer on Tuesday afternoon. SaharaReporters had reported that the police initially disregarded the court order after Uhia met his bail conditions. The police held on to Uhia for a day, claiming that it was yet to be served with the court order for his release on bail. The journalist was arrested over a publication in the July 2020 edition of Power Steering Magazine the minister deemed was injurious to his person. Uhia had filed a fundamental human rights enforcement suit against Agba, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Anthony Ogbizi, who is said to be the uncle of the minister, and oth

The Nigerian Senate has been asked to revive the amended electoral bill and pass to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. National Publicity Secretary of the Action Democratic Party, Prince Adelaja Adeoye, made the call on Tuesday after positing that the task is now before the current 9th Assembly to re-introduce the bill to the President for assent. The bill, which was passed to the President by the 8th Senate, was rejected by Buhari for various reasons including that it was close to the 2019 general elections. Adelaja stated that there were so many issues being faced by Nigerians, which includes the call for scrapping of police unit, which has become dreaded and a torn in the flesh of citizens leading to a nationwide #EndSARS campaign, but that the people must not also forget to demand that the abandoned amended electoral bill, which is capable of enthroning good leaders that can fix the country be revisited. He said, “Nigerians are not speaking up on a very important mat

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has inaugurated the state’s Judicial Panel of Inquiry on police brutality and extrajudicial killings in the state. The panel of 11 members were inaugurated on Tuesday. Makinde revealed that members of the panel were drawn from the legal team, National Human Rights Commission, Department of Public Prosecution and the National Youth Council of Nigeria, adding that the panel will be headed by Justice Bolajoko Adeniji (retired). The governor said, “We inaugurated the Oyo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into police brutality, violation of rights of citizens and unlawful killings. The panel is made up of eleven (11) members led by Justice Bolajoko Adeniji (retired), as Chairman of the panel. “Members of the panel are drawn from the legal community, the National Human Rights Commission, the Department of Public Prosecution, the National Youth Council of Nigeria, youth representatives of EndSARS protesters and the community. “This panel was consti

Rahama Sadau, a Kannywood actress, has dismissed news of her being arrested and imprisoned over a dress she wore revealing her back. The 26-year-old actress stirred controversy and was accused of blasphemy after she shared some of her photos on social media wherein she wore a backless dress, which brought out her curves. The development generated controversy with several conservative Muslims lashing out at her for going against Islamic tenets of dressing. Reacting to the criticisms in a series of social media posts on Monday, Sadau said her fashion choice was not aimed at insulting Islam or Prophet Muhammad as alleged by some. There were, however, insinuations on the social media that the actress had been arrested and kept in prison. Sadau, who said this period was a hard time for her, tweeted that “this is not the right time for fake news”. She said, “I have received many messages that I have been arrested and sentenced to jail earlier today. I have no idea where the news

Civil society organisations and human rights activists on Monday staged a peaceful protest at the Embassy of United States in Abuja to demand justice for Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni leaders executed 25 years ago.  They were hanged on November 10, 1995, by Nigeria’s military regime under late General Sani Abacha for protesting Shell’s destructive environmental practices in the Niger Delta. The group called on the United States to intervene and prevail on the Nigerian Government to exonerate the late activists, who were unjustly executed. Leader of the group, Sidney Usman, said the protest was aimed at drawing the attention of the Government of the United States and other Western countries to the failure of the Nigerian Government to exonerate the activists 25 years after. He also called on the government to  provide their families with adequate reparations. The protesters urged the Nigerian Government to take all necessary steps in consultation with relevant local co

Victor Mela A member of the House of Representatives, Victor Mela, has been found guilty by a magistrate court in Abuja for lying under oath while giving information to the Independent National Electoral Commission to enable him contest the 2019 election. The Federal Capital Territory Police had accused Mela, who represents Billiri/Balanga Federal Constituency in Gombe State of lying under oath while filing the INEC form CF001 prior to the 2019 elections. Victor Mela The presiding judge, however, set a different date for the sentence of the lawmaker after his lawyer pleaded for leniency. Mela contested under the All Progressives Congress in February 2019 and polled 45,112 votes to defeat Ali Isa JC of the Peoples Democratic Party, who scored 35,395 at the National Assembly elections. He is presently the Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Solid Minerals. CRIME Legal Politics Scandal News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable adverti

Omoyele Sowore, rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner, has called for the complete exoneration of Ken Saro-Wiwa, a Nigerian environmental activist, who was killed by the Nigerian Government in 1995. Saro-Wiwa led a non-violent campaign against the environmental degradation of the Niger-Delta region by multinational oil companies such as the Royal Dutch Shell as well as the Nigerian Government’s operations. In 1995, he was unfairly tried by a military tribunal under the late General Sani Abacha dictatorship for allegedly masterminding the killing of some pro-government Ogoni chiefs, a charge which he denied. He was then sentenced to death by hanging. He was killed before he could appeal the trumped-up charges and his death sparked international outrage, leading to the suspension of Nigeria from the Commonwealth of Nations for three years. Sowore called on the Nigerian Government to declare Saro-Wiwa innocent and eight other activists killed alongside him for simply de

Patients have begun to lament as activities take a plunge at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital in Ondo State. This followed the indefinite strike action embarked upon by the Association of Resident Doctors in the state. The doctors had been protesting since last week over the government’s failure to accede to their demands including the non-payment of their salaries. On Monday, many patients and their relatives, who turned up at the public hospital both in Ondo town and Akure, the state capital, were not able to get medical services from the striking doctors. SaharaReporters observed that several patients, who had appointments with doctors, were turned back by nurses on duty. At the records office of the hospital in Ondo town, some patients, who had already collected cards to see a doctor, were left disappointed after being denied the chance to do so. One patient, who spoke with our correspondent, Mrs Bisi Adelaide, lamented her inability to access care

File Photo Nurses in Ondo State under the employment of the government will from Tuesday (today) embark on a strike action over unpaid salaries, SaharaReporters has learnt. This comes a few days after resident doctors in the state embarked on indefinite strike action following the government’s refusal to pay their four-month salary arrears. File Photo The nurses under the platform of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives said they had decided to begin a “work to rule” action to firstly press home their demand from the government. One of the nurses, who identified herself as Adeola, told our correspondent that the non-payment of their salaries and deduction had made life difficult for them. She said, “We have been directed by the executive members that we too should begin a warning strike over the government’s refusal to pay our salaries. “I have not received a salary for the past five months and I am working in the hospital every day. The most annoying as