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Injured Sowore in custody of the Nigeria Police The personal physician to human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has arrived at the headquarters of the Intelligence Response Team in Guzape, Abuja, formerly used as the Special Anti-Robbery Squad office.  The doctor arrived at the detention facility to carry out a medical examination on him following the injuries inflicted on him by the police. Injured Sowore in custody of the Nigeria Police Armed policemen had on New Year’s Eve brutalised and arrested Sowore, alongside four others.  They inflicted injuries on him, with a deep cut on his nose bleeding profusely. One of those arrested with him, Michael, was also injured in the mouth during the incident. See Also ACTIVISM EXPOSED: Police To Detain Sowore Illegally Till Monday, Shop For Magistrate To Do Bidding 0 Comments 8 Hours Ago The activists were said to have written their statements but according to sources, the police claimed they were still studying th...

The United Nations (UN) has condemned Iran for executing a man for a crime he allegedly committed when he was 16 years old, BBC reports. The UN human rights office said that Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee, aged 30, was put to death on Thursday, December 31, and was executed for a crime he allegedly committed as a teen amid reports he was convicted on a forced confession. Amnesty International said Rezaiee had been arrested in 2007 over the fatal stabbing of a man. It said he was convicted on a forced confession. It had warned that carrying out the sentence would represent “an abhorrent assault on children’s rights”. “Imposing the death penalty on someone who was a child at the time of the crime is a serious violation of international human rights law, which absolutely prohibits the use of the death penalty for crimes committed by children,” it said in a statement earlier this month. Following news of Rezaiee’s execution, the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHC...

FCMB Managing Director, Adam Nuru The Board of Directors of the First City Monument Bank has said it is currently reviewing allegations of unethical conduct against its Managing Director, Adam Nuru. Nuru has been at the centre of a marriage scandal involving Moyo Thomas, a former employee of the bank, and his late husband, Tunde Thomas. FCMB Managing Director, Adam Nuru A petition initiated by friends of the deceased, on Thursday had alleged that Tunde died of depression after discovering that his supposed two children with Moyo belong to the FCMB MD. It also called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to sack Nuru, while demanding a comprehensive investigation into the matter. “This is a case of gross misconduct based on ethical grounds and an unjustifiable economic oppression by the elite (Adam Nuru) against the underprivileged in the society,” the petition, which has already garnered over 700 signatures, reads. “The MD has been doing everything possible to sweep this ca...

IYC members demonstrating The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has vowed to push for the establishment of a regional security outfit in 2021 to police the Niger Delta region, especially the South-South geopolitical zone. IYC President, Peter Timothy Igbifa, disclosed this in his New Year address in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday. IYC members demonstrating IYC Worldwide Igbifa said like the Amotekun (Western Nigeria Security Network) in the South-West, it had become imperative for the South-South to establish its security outfit. He listed the security challenges in the zone, especially the Ijaw-speaking communities, saying the youth would mount pressure on the governors to undertake all executive and legislative processes required to set up such an outfit. He said, “We are not alien to the reports of infiltrations by the Fulani herdsmen and other groups in our bushes and environment. The recurrent discovery of guns and live ammunition on the highways is a clear ...

Chris Oyakhilome Founder and President of LoveWorld Incorporated, popularly known as Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has warned people who criticise clerics such as pastors and other ministers of God to desist from doing so. The pastor said this in his New Year message to his congregation on Thursday. He said people fond of criticising ministers of God are cursed. Oyakhilome also advised people to desist from “waging war” against the church of God, describing it as a revered institution which cannot be defeated. He said, “I usually tell those in my ministry, don’t criticise God’s people, especially the ministers of God. Leave them alone for the Bible says ‘whatever they do, they do them unto the Lord’. “You’re not the one to accuse another man’s servant. Don’t join anybody to criticise other ministers. I tell my family members the same thing. Leave them alone because there are curses against those who do so. “If you do, you find out sickness won’t leave your home...

Robbers have attacked the Oyo State Government Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan for the second time in the month of December 2020, SaharaReporters learnt. SaharaReporters also gathered that suspected robbers burgled the office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, on Thursday, making it the second time there would be such an attack in December. A source in the secretariat told journalists in Ibadan that no arrest had been made despite huge security presence noticed in the area. However, it was learnt that the SSG, Mrs. Adeosun, who is currently out of the country, had been properly briefed. The robbers first attacked on December 11, when they looted the office of the Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Culture and Tourism, Akeem Ademola Ige, and the State Primary Health Care office in the state secretariat. Ige, who confirmed the attack to SaharaReporters in Ibadan, said he could not relate how the incident happened. But according to a s...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the Nigerian government 48 hours to release the convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore and others, or it would take legal actions against it. SERAP made the threat via its verified Twitter account on Friday. The tweet says, “Nigerian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Omoyele Sowore & other activists reportedly arrested and tortured during a peaceful protest last night in Abuja.” It will be recalled that Sowore was arrested on August 3, 2019, in Lagos by the Department of State Services, Nigeria’s domestic intelligence agency with a history of repression. He was moved to the agency’s headquarters in Abuja where he was illegally detained for 144 days despite different court orders for his release. The DSS accused Sowore of baseless crimes like money laundering. The security agency claimed he was plotting to overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari even though it failed to produce...

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt General Yusuf Tukur Buratai. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, has assured that the Nigerian Army will shame and disgrace the Boko Haram and Islamic States for West African Province terrorists in 2021. The army chief, in a tone symbolic of a prophet, stated this during an event to usher in the 2021 New Year at the T. Y. Buratai Institute for War and Peace, in his native Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. He urged the troops to dedicate themselves to the task of eradicating terrorism by maintaining the tempo in 2021 with more determination and action to end the insurgency in the country. He also urged the troops to work with more discipline and courage, adding that the military had the responsibility to solve the nation’s problem of security. “I am very optimistic that 2021 will be different, totally different with remarkable difference from 2020. I want you to see it as a challenge and a task that must be done because w...

Modupe Odele Modupe Odele, a member of the Feminist Coalition, says she has been forced to go into exile due to immigration woes. The Feminist Coalition is one of the promoters of the #EndSARS protest and it raised about N147 million for the cause. Modupe Odele Odele, a lawyer who was actively involved in the campaign, offered legal aid to persons who were arrested during the demonstrations. In a series of tweets on Thursday, the activist said, “You force me to go into exile from my own country for no crime. I can’t visit and go as I please anymore. “I would have missed my flight if I didn’t make those calls. Because the person to do the secondary clearance wasn’t on sit. “I’m told I’ll always be stopped like that upon entry to or exit from Nigeria. What is my crime again? Providing legal aid?” She further revealed that the immigration officer that scanned her passport at the airport told her “you get problem o.” This is the second time the lawyer would be having issues ...

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists have kidnapped three girls in the Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State. SaharaReporters gathered that the girls were abducted during the week at a guinea corn farm in Dar village. The insurgents were said to have stormed the farm, rounded the teenagers up and forcefully taken them away. “The three of them, all teenagers were abducted by the terrorists. Sadly, they have yet to communicate with us, maybe they want ransom or not,” a resident of the community told SaharaReporters. Boko Haram had in April 2014 kidnapped about 276 girls from their school dormitory in Chibok, Borno State with about 100 still missing. The group has also kidnapped other young girls as well as thousands of people across North-East Nigeria.    Boko Haram Terrorism News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift....

Noise making, fireworks to gun shots to church bells are the traditional ways of welcoming New Year across the world.  During a peaceful candlelight protest by Omoyele Sowore and other activists in Abuja, the killer squad from the Rapid Response Squad descended on the activists and whisked them away. According to reports, “Sowore was particularly singled out for torture by the security operatives, who gave him a bloodied nose before whisking him away.” They are currently being detained and tortured at Abattoir police station, Logokoma, Abuja. The start of a new year carries a special symbolism. With the arrest of Sowore and other activists, it means General Muhammadu Buhari in 2021 will continue his politics of blood characterized by repression, abuse, beating, maiming, and killing of peaceful protesters. Nigerians have had enough of the year 2020. If you thought 2020 was an unpredictable year, you’re ain’t seeing nothing yet. Prepare yourselves for  Buhari’s most bru...

North Korean President, Kim Jong-un, has appreciated citizens of the country for backing his leadership during “difficult times” in a rare New Year message. The letter, released on Friday, comes ahead of a crucial ruling party congress that will set the country’s economic goals. It also comes shortly after a New Year celebration in North Korea amid the coronavirus pandemic which the country has consistently said has yet to reach its shores. Kim had stirred heated controversies last year when he skipped his New Year speech – which usually provides insights into his administration’s plans for the year – in January 2020. The North Korean leader is expected to drop the televised speech again this year ahead of the country’s first congress in five years billed for early January, according to state media. “I sincerely wish all the families across the country greater happiness and beloved people, good health,” Kim said in the letter carried by the official Korean Central News Agen...

North Korean President, Kim Jong-un, has appreciated citizens of the country for backing his leadership during “difficult times” in a rare New Year message. The letter, released on Friday, comes ahead of a crucial ruling party congress that will set the country’s economic goals. It also comes shortly after a New Year celebration in North Korea amid the coronavirus pandemic which the country has consistently said has yet to reach its shores. Kim had stirred heated controversies last year when he skipped his New Year speech – which usually provides insights into his administration’s plans for the year – in January 2020. The North Korean leader is expected to drop the televised speech again this year ahead of the country’s first congress in five years billed for early January, according to state media. “I sincerely wish all the families across the country greater happiness and beloved people, good health,” Kim said in the letter carried by the official Korean Central News Agen...