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Rights activist and Amnesty International designated Prisoner of Conscience, Omoyele Sowore, and other activists in Abuja who were carrying out a peaceful procession to mark the New Year have been arrested by Nigerian security forces. Eyewitnesses say policemen suspected to be with the Rapid Response Squad stormed Gudu junction in Abuja, wounding Sowore before carting him away with other activists at the location. ACTIVISM Human Rights Police News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2JyUGV8 via EDUPEDIA

The Kaduna State Police Command has paraded some youths who were allegedly behind the aborted maiden edition of a sex party in the state. The youths had advertised the event on social media platforms, revealing that the sex party was scheduled to hold on December 27, 2020 at an undisclosed location in the state capital.  The invitation detailed that participants, male and female, were expected to be naked as no clothes would be allowed at the venue Also, the party which was slated to start at 8 pm, would last till daybreak to allow participants interested in having sex during the party to do so.  The invite stated that interested participants would have to pay N2,000 (for the popular side) and 3,000 naira or 5,000 naira (for VIP).  Speaking to journalists on Thursday, one of the promoters of the event, said, “Kaduna Sex Party started as a joke between me and my friends; it was not meant to go public. It was not meant to cause any nuisance among the public in K...

By my educated guess, it will take four decades to put Nigeria together after the exit of President Muhammadu Buhari. Nigeria is like humpty-dumpty – broken, amputated and cannibalised. The Buhari administration has wrought irreparable damage on the country across sectors. The mess is deep and stinks. The next president of Nigeria in 2023 will have to be a night soil man; in our parlance – a shit parker; agbepo; onye obulunsi.  All government institutions have caved in under the fatal incompetence of the Buhari administration. In fact, every sector with a semblance of life before the erosive coming of the ‘’recession team’’ has been wizened by the tainted touch – a reverse Midas touch — of the current administration. To be clear, it appears there is nothing left to salvage.  As a matter of fact, the debilitation of institutions by the Buhari administration was deliberate. The government wanted to rule unchecked and unfettered. It is the reason it menaced the judiciary...

Lagos CP Hakeem Odumosu. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has said he did not order the closure of churches in the state. Odumosu had in an earlier statement, on Thursday, instructed policemen to enforce all protocols by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, including the restriction of movement between 12am and 4am. In another statement issued by the force, the CP, however, said he did not order the closure of churches, but nightclubs, bars, lounges, and event centres, countering a publication (not by SaharaReporters) that he had ordered closure of churches. The statement partly read, “The command’s statement was explicit on the enforcement of COVID-19 protocols as clearly stated by the Presidential Task Force and the Lagos State Government respectively. “For clarification, the preventive COVID-19 protocols include the use of face masks at public places, maintaining social distancing, closure of night clubs, bars, lounges, event centres; no social...

File Photo The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested an Army Corporal, Charles Thomson, for allegedly killing his mother, Modupe Thompson. The incident happened on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at their residence in Sabon G.R.A, Kaduna. File Photo Speaking while being paraded at the police headquarters on Thursday, the 30-year-old soldier, who confessed to the alleged culpable homicide of his mother, said he stabbed her to death because she was a witch. Thomson added that his mother used to turn to a serpent at night. He said, “I was arrested for culpable homicide, because my mother died in my hands while I was fighting with her. We were fighting as a result of a spiritual dispute; I saw her turning to a serpent severally at night, so, it angered me. “She was even appearing and disappearing. And when I went into her room, I saw her with a 10-year-old boy running around her. That was what led to the fight.” Asked about his father, the young Thompson said, his father abando...

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has said it is awaiting the outcome of an investigation into the killing of a 27-year-old Nigerian, Mr George Nkencho, in Dublin, Ireland, by the police, while expressing dissatisfaction with the incident.  The NIDCOM Chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, described the killing as “callous” in a statement on Thursday.  A statement by NIDCOM Head of Media, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, said Dabiri-Erewa also described the death of the young Nigerian by a police officer as “wicked”. She appealed to “the obviously enraged Nigerian community in Ireland to exercise patience and await the outcome of an investigation into the unfortunate incident”.  “Already, the African Advocacy Network Ireland has expressed shock following the killing of George Nkencho on Wednesday, December 30. “Circumstances surrounding the killing of a mentally challenged young man have enraged the African community and (we have) demanded a full independent public inquiry,” t...

The Nigerian military has neutralised several bandits in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, the state government said on Thursday. A statement by the state Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said they were informed about the attack by the military “in an operational feedback”.  The statement reads, “In the feedback, some rustled cattle were affected following an air offensive by the air component of Operation Thunder Strike, a Defence Headquarters’ response to banditry in some locations in the state.” According to the report, while on aggressive patrol involving air raids over several locations in Giwa and Igabi local government areas, some armed bandits with several herds of cattle were sighted at a location northwest of Kuduru Forest in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area.  The air platform reportedly engaged the bandits and subsequently neutralised several of them, with some of the cattle also affe...

The proposed venue for the aborted Kaduna State sex party has been demolished. SaharaReporters gathered the building was demolished on Thursday on Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s order. The party received high publicity on social media and was slated for December 27, 2020, but was cancelled. The invitation said that male and female participants were expected to be naked as no clothes would be allowed at the venue. The IV stated that interested participants would have to pay 2,000 naira (for the popular side) and 3,000 naira or 5,000 naira (for VIP). However, the state government swiftly moved to abort the party, directing the police to arrest the organisers. Special Assistant to Governor El-Rufai on Media, Abdullah Yunus, said the police had waded into the matter and that arrests had been made. “When we got to know of this development, the government was disturbed, so the governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, informed the police,” he said. “KASUPDA has demolished Asher Hotel...

At least two people were killed and about two others injured in a cult war involving rival cult groups in Luubara Community, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. A native of the community, Nwibani Barry, told Guardian that gunmen invaded the community at around 8pm and proceeded to a beer parlour near the market square where they opened fire on the revellers. He added that the victims, Timothy Baridapdo and Bariya, died on the spot while two ladies, who sustained gunshot injuries, were taken to the hospital by the Divisional Police Officer of Bori Division. Nwibani, however, urged security agencies to assist the community to restore peace and normalcy. Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer of the Police Command, Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed the incident, adding that no arrest had been made. “It was a cult clash between two rival groups leading to the death of Bariya Timothy, a notorious gang leader, whose gang has been responsible for the attacks in Luubara Community a...

Senator Elisha Abbo Senator Elisha Abbo has confirmed his plan to seek election as the governor of Adamawa State in 2023. Abbo, who disclosed this in Ganye town, Adamawa State, said he left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because the party was a dead political party. Senator Elisha Abbo Attending a talent hunt soccer competition organised by the youth wing of his political campaign structure, referred to as Senator Ishaku Abbo Ambassadors, (SIA Ambassadors), Abbo said he would take a shot at the Adamawa governorship seat in 2023. Senator Abbo has been embroiled in a bitter fight with Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, before his defection from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress. Asked whether it was his grouse with Fintiri that forced him out of the PDP, Abbo said, “I left the PDP because the PDP is dead.” Abbo, however, denied that he had anything to do with his campaign posters that were pasted all over the state. He said, “Officially, the campaigns have not commenced, I...

The family of 27-year-old Nigerian, shot dead by the Irish local police, gardaí, in Dublin on Wednesday have appealed to people not to share footage of the incident online. George Nkencho (27), was shot dead by Gardaí, local police, during an incident in west Dublin. The video of the shooting is trending. According to TheJournal, Ireland, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC), is investigating the incident. In a statement, Mr Nkencho’s sister, Gloria, said her brother was “suffering from serious mental illness and those who knew him know the type of person he was; he was not a thug nor a criminal”. “Thank you all for your condolences and prayers. My siblings and I have witnessed the most traumatic experience of our lives as our brother was shot in front of us. “My family greatly appreciate everything everyone is doing. I kindly ask to refrain from sharing the video of the shooting. It is not something I wish to be reminded of.” See Also Sahara Reporters Ou...

A man identified as Muhammed on Thursday reportedly set himself on fire at the Government Forgiveness Garden, Jos, Plateau State. SaharaReporters gathered that the incident occurred around 7:30am. “He came in a Keke NAPEP (commercial tricycle) around 7 am and sat somewhere inside the Forgiveness Garden for about 30 minutes, after which he went on to pour fuel on his body and set himself ablaze,” a source said. The source said relatives of the victim, including his parents, later arrived at the scene of the incident and started crying after seeing his body. It was gathered that Muhammad had a problem with his father on Wednesday. The source added that police had evacuated the victim to the hospital to confirm if he was dead. News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3hxhpxh via EDUPEDIA