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Injured Sowore in custody of the Nigeria Police The Socialist Workers and Youth League, a civil society organisation, has joined the growing voices calling for the immediate release of human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, and his colleagues, Juwon Sanyaolu, Michael Adenola, Peter, and Kimrere.  The SWL on Saturday described the arrest and brutalisation of Sowore and others by the police on New Year’s Eve as a clear indication that “the basic conditions for the #EndSARS revolt last year still persist”.  Injured Sowore in custody of the Nigeria Police The SWL, in a release by its National Secretary, Lai Brown, said, “The Socialist Workers and Youth League calls for the immediate release of Omoyele Sowore, Juwon Sanyaolu, Michael Adenola, Peter, and Kimrere. The five activists of the African Action Congress were unjustly arrested at Gudu junction in Abuja during a peaceful crossover demonstration.  “We want to make it abundantly clear to the Nigerian police and the ruling re

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana, who is also lawyer to the detained human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has said the police authorities have flagrantly refused his client’s application for bail.  Falana noted on Saturday that his client had given his counsel permission to sue all the police officers involved in the brutality.  In an interview with Punch, the renowned human rights lawyer said, “Since Mr Sowore’s fundamental right to dignity has been recklessly violated by the police, we have his instructions to press for charges against all the officers who subjected him to physical and mental torture in contravention of the letter and spirit of the provisions of the Anti-Torture Act of 2017.  “Sowore, who was covering an event at the time of his arrest, has maintained that he did not breach any of the COVID-19 regulations. He has been detained indefinitely on the basis of order ‘from above.’” The lawyer said his client had been tortured and locked up in a dete

The author, Omoyele Sowore The Youth Rights Campaign has condemned the arrest of human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, and his colleagues, Juwon Sanyaolu, Damilare Adenola, Peter and Kimrere by policemen on New Year’s Eve, for staging a peaceful protest. The YRC added that such a repressive action showed that President Muhammadu Buhari’s New Year speech to listen to the youth and Nigerians with divergent opinions lacked sincerity. The campaign in a release signed on Saturday by its National Coordinator, Adaramoye Michael, and National Secretary, Francis Nwapa, noted that Sowore’s arrest showed that the Buhari government was not about to change its “dictatorial tendencies, rather it intends to sustain its attacks on democratic rights and state repression in 2021”. The YRC said, “YRC condemns any form of continuous repression and attack on democratic rights by the Buhari-led government and demands the immediate and unconditional release of Sowore and other arrested ‘crossover

IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has identified the enemies of the agitation for the secession of the South-East from Nigeria as the British government and not the Fulani. Kanu revealed this in his New Year address to members of the proscribed IPOB in a broadcast on Radio Biafra on Friday. IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu The statement was made available to SaharaReporters on Saturday by the Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful. Kanu described the British government as hell-bent on supporting the unity of Nigeria, at the detriment of the “South-East region that is part of the components that hold the centre”. “You people think we are fighting Fulani. Who is Fulani? Those stopping Biafra is (sic) Britain because they know what Biafra is all about. Because (Governor Dave) Umahi wants to be the vice president, then I must allow Fulani from Mali to come and kill our people.” Kanu also said IPOB would resist any attack on

A pupil of the Deeper Life High School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Don Davis Archibong, who has been in the news over the alleged assaults he suffered in the hands of a teacher and some senior students of the school has finally spoken out, narrating his ordeal. It would be the first time Archibong would be speaking publicly about what happened to him. He narrated how pupils in his dormitory sexually assaulted him by putting their hands in his anus whenever others were sleeping. Archibong added that the two bullies threatened to kill him if he ever reported the incident to the school authorities. The pupil stated this during a Facebook video live session on Saturday. The 11-year-old boy explained that because he was a bed-wetter, he was allegedly assaulted by his teacher, whom he identified as Akpan, saying he beat him with a belt, stick and stones.   See Also CRIME Deeper Life: Parents Of 'Molested' Schoolboy Demand N100m Compensation 0 Comments 10 Hours Ago He

A cross-section of Nigerians has condemned the Managing Director of the First City Monument Bank, Adam Nuru, over a marriage scandal which involves him and one of the bank staff members, Moyo Thomas. They described the alleged sexual relationship between Nuru and his subordinate as unprofessional, while calling for the sacking of the MD. Ladunliadinews A few other Nigerians insisted that they were two adults and had the right to befriend each other and marry.   No fewer than 1,400 petitioners as of Saturday afternoon had signed a petition calling for the sacking of the MD over the marriage scandal, which has allegedly claimed the life of the aggrieved husband. The deceased husband of Moyo Thomas, a staff member of FCMB whom Nuru was alleged to have had a romantic affair with, was identified as Tunde Thomas. Thomas reportedly died of depression on December 16, 2020, after he realised that his wife allegedly had their two children with Nuru, as a result of the affair. See A

Ogun State Commissioner for Environment, Abiodun Abdul-Balogun A 16-year-old girl, Barakat Mayowa, has accused the Ogun State Commissioner for Environment, Abiodun Abdul-Balogun, of sexual harassment which allegedly occurred at Ita Otu, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of the state. Mayowa recounted that the sexual harassment occurred on Thursday, December 31, in the commissioner’s apartment, where he allegedly fondled her breasts and muttered incantations while she screamed and struggled to free herself from his grip. The victim, in her confession to the police at the Abigi Division, narrated that the commissioner’s aides lured her to his house and to his bedroom, after which the commissioner came in and bolted the door. In the video recording, believably done by a police investigator and obtained by SaharaReporters, the victim, a Senior Secondary School 3 student, added that the commissioner allegedly caressed her body, while offering her money. She said she resisted

Deborah Okezie, mother of a Junior Secondary School 1 pupil of Deeper Life High School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has dismissed claims that she demanded N100 million as compensation from the school.  There have been media reports that Okezie, through her lawyers, demanded the money as compensation for the alleged assault and molestation of her son at the school. But during a Facebook live broadcast on Saturday, Okezie said she only wants justice for her son. She added that she did not instruct her lawyer to demand compensation.  She said, “I have not openly told any lawyer to demand N100 million from anybody; what I want is justice for Don Davis, justice for children that cannot talk. I know the value of money. I am an Igbo woman. I am a businesswoman. See Also CRIME Deeper Life: Parents Of 'Molested' Schoolboy Demand N100m Compensation 0 Comments 10 Hours Ago “I will not sell my child’s rights for money; I want justice. If Pastor (William) Kumuyi was molested a

The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka, has urged the Nigerian government to provide jobs for the country’s teeming unemployed youths. Mbaka, who stated this during a crossover service early Friday, advised the government to take swift moves to create jobs to prevent an uprising that may consume the government, Punch reports. He said “The Holy Spirit of God asked me to warn the government of the day to be very careful; to change policies and take care of the youths without politicising their (youths’) condition. “That the government should rise and urgently create jobs and innovate opportunities that would benefit the youths of the nation because they have suffered so much. “Don’t politicise the condition of the youths. Otherwise, they will arise and end the political system. “Should the government fail to do so as soon as possible that time is coming when the youths will rise against the government, and that any attempt to stop them will en

Katsina youths protest Youths from many towns along Funtua-Dandume-Birnin-Gwari Road in Katsina State on Saturday blocked the major highway to protest against repeated attacks by armed bandits on their communities. They said the protest followed an attack in which women were raped and many residents got injured and lost their valuables. Katsina youths protest PM News SaharaReporters gathered that the youths blocked the highway with stones, worn out tyres and other things. They were also said to be chanting songs depicting their displeasure with the insecurity in the communities. The youths vowed not to open the road nor return to their houses until the government took action to protect them from incessant bandit attacks. It was learnt that the development prevented many commuters from making use of the highway in the morning. Katsina is one of the states in northwestern Nigeria suffering from repeated attacks by armed bandits on their communities. Insecurity Terrorism