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Injured Sowore in custody of the Nigeria Police A group, Pan-Afrikan Consciousness Renaissance, has called for support in Africa to condemn the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government for illegally arresting and detaining rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, and others on New Year’s Eve. Security operatives from Rapid Response Squad stormed Gudu junction in Abuja to arrest Sowore, Juwon Sanyaolu, Damilare Michael and Kimrere, where they were having a peaceful procession. Injured Sowore in custody of the Nigeria Police See Also ACTIVISM Arrest, Assault on Sowore, Others Confirm #EndSARS Protest Demands Not Met—Group 0 Comments 1 Day Ago In a statement released on Monday, Co-Convener of PACOR, Temitope Maberu Fagunwa, stated that the Nigerian government has been mischievously clamping down on opposition voices and peaceful gatherings that are against the excesses of the Buhari-administration. “The Pan-Afrikan Consciousness Renaissance reaffirms that the regime of Maj. Ge...

Three Nigerian nationals were on Sunday arrested in connection with the disappearance of a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Ruaka, Kiambu County, Kenya. Also arrested was a Kenyan woman identified as Neema Maisori, 20, who was found in the company with the three men. The Kenyan Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) disclosed this in a Facebook post on Sunday. According to DCI, the Nigerians identified as Morah Stanley Apple, Boniface Nnamdi Nkachukwulu and Godwin Ovoepeke were arrested at Courtyard Apartments where the teenager was last seen. The security agency said the missing teenager was seen visiting the said apartment and also in company with the three men at different times during the festive period. The post read, “The minor’s distraught parents have been looking for their daughter in vain, only to realise that she had on various occasions been lured to the apartment where the three men reside. “Neighbours also reported to have seen the minor in the company with th...

The police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, arraigned human rights’ activist, Omoyele Sowore, and his colleagues at the Wuse Magistrate Court. The police arraigned Sowore, Juwon Sanyaolu, Damilare Adenola, Peter and Kimrere in court. The activists, who were initially not allowed access to their lawyers, were arraigned on the trumped-up charges of unlawful assembly, criminal conspiracy and inciting public disturbance. The activists pleaded not guilty to the charges. The FCT police prepared the charges against the activists, despite calls from global and national rights groups condemning the police brutality, arrest and detention. In court, the case was between the activists and the FCT Commissioner of Police. One J.C.A. Idachaba is the lawyer leading the FCT command prosecution team that includes Adama Musa and D. J. Emenike, while Marshal from Femi Falana Chambers represented the activists. The Magistrate said that having heard from both sides on representation, b...

The police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have arraigned human rights’ activist, Omoyele Sowore, and his colleagues at the Wuse Magistrate Court for leading a peaceful protest on New Year’s Eve. However, the trumped-up charges on which he was arraigned are still shrouded in mystery. The FCT police have prepared trumped-up charges against the activists, despite calls from global and national rights groups condemning the police brutality, arrest and detention. SaharaReporters exposed last Friday how the police authorities had concluded plans to detain the activists till Monday as they went in search of a magistrate who would do their bidding. “What they are currently doing is to detain them till Monday and look for a magistrate who will grant them a detention order to detain the activists, especially Sowore for 45 or 90 days,” a source had informed SaharaReporters. See Also ACTIVISM EXPOSED: Police To Detain Sowore Illegally Till Monday, Shop For Magistrate To D...

Nancy Pelosi Long-time San Francisco Congresswoman, Nancy Pelosi, 80, has secured her fourth term as Speaker of the House of Representatives. She was elected on Sunday afternoon when the 117th Congress, which will serve until 2023, convened for the first day of the new session in Washington, DC. Nancy Pelosi Anadolu Agency Pelosi, a Democrat from California who has served in Congress since the 1980s, received 216 votes for speaker, seven more votes than the runner-up, Congressman Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from same state. Since she declared her intent to run for speaker again, Pelosi has not drawn any public challenges from other members of the caucus, although some have previously refused to disclose how they would vote. In a brief speech on the House floor, Pelosi thanked Congressional Democrats for electing her to the speakership position for a fourth time since 2007, saying she would “endeavour to meet the moment with courage, unity, and grace.” Pelosi also said it...

In a weekend phone call, President Trump urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the state and repeatedly made unfounded assertions about voting irregularities. President Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state’s presidential election, repeatedly citing disproven claims of fraud and raising the prospect of “criminal offence” if officials did not change the vote count, according to a recording of the conversation. According to the Washington Post, the phone call with Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, on Saturday was the latest step in an unprecedented effort by a sitting president to pressure a state official to reverse the outcome of a free and fair election that he lost. In a weekend phone call, President Trump urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the state a...

The Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture, NCAC, Segun Runsewe, on behalf of the Nigerian government has thrown his weight behind the demolition of a house allegedly billed to host a sex party in Kaduna State. The house located in Sabon Tasha, on the outskirts of Kaduna metropolis, was demolished by Kaduna State Urban Planning Development Agency, KADUSPA, following the directive of Governor Nasir El-Rufai, who was displeased at the public show of disrespect for Nigerian culture. Runsewe, whose agency last year had constant conflicts with crossdressers and socially deviant people, particularly Bobrisky, said Governor El-Rufai deserves praises for his swift reaction to the planned sex party in the state by promptly destroying the structure to serve as a deterrent to others. He said, “But for this intervention by the governor, Kaduna State possibly would have become the new capital and destination for sex tourism in Nigeria, leading to social disconnect and dis...

Some members of the National Association Of Academic Technologists, NAAT, have revealed that they are asked to pay bribes before getting their dues from the Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPIS).  The Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) department was created in 2007 in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), and in 2016, the Nigerian government began moves to automate the payroll and human resource database for the Federal Civil Service. Before IPPIS, salaries of federal civil servants were paid into the accounts of different ministries, departments and agencies for disbursement. At the association’s National Executive Council meeting on Sunday, there was a resolve for members to pay a levy of N30,000 each for renegotiation and strategic projects. This was contained in a letter addressed to its members titled, “NAAT special levy of N30, 000 per member for renegotiation and strategic projects.” In a re...

The Adamawa State Police Command has prevented a beach party from holding over concerns of “immorality”. In a statement on Sunday by its spokesman, Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, the police said there are concerns that the party might promote nudity. It also threatened to arrest the sponsors of the party, planned to be held in Yola, the state capital. The statement read, “We restricted this event to protect the social dignity, culture, values and morals of the state; any person caught promoting the party or engaged in anyways will be charged to the law (sic). “Personnel have been deployed to conduct a ground survey on the organisers, sponsors and venue where the immoral party scheduled to hold.” The advertisement of ‘Yola Beach Party’ had indicated that the event was slated for January 3. Interested participants were asked to pay N2,000 as gate fee for the show marked “18+”. The development is coming few days after Asher Kings and Queens Restaurant in Kaduna State was demolishe...

Deborah Okezie, mother of Don Davis Archibong, the JSS 1 student of the Deeper Life High School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom,  who was molested, says her Facebook account has been disabled.  Okezie, who had always utilised the Facebook page in her quest for justice, had earlier decried the removal of the video she made about her son’s ordeal at the school. The distraught mother alleged that people she believes are supporters of the Deeper Life Church reported the video to Facebook. In a chat with SaharaReporters on Monday, the distraught mother said she could be reached via Graceful Johnson John where she already uploaded a video. She added that she would be live by noon on Monday. She told SaharaReporters, “My Facebook has been disabled. Follow me on Graceful Johnson John. Send a request here, Graceful Johnson John.” Scandal News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDU...

FCMB Managing Director, Adam Nuru A cross-section of Nigerians has threatened to close their accounts with the First City Monument Bank if the bank authorities fail to investigate and sanction its Managing Director, Adam Nuru, over an affair he allegedly had with a former female employee of the bank– Moyo Thomas.  The Nigerians expressed anger and frustration that with the alleged affair between the FCMB MD and Moyo, which allegedly produced two children and led to the death of Moyo’s husband, Tunde Thomas, the MD ought to have been suspended for investigation to be carried out. FCMB Managing Director, Adam Nuru The FCMB MD, Nuru, has been enmeshed in a marriage scandal with Moyo, one of the bank’s former female staff members.  Tunde Thomas, the husband of the woman in contention – Moyo – had died on December 16 reportedly from depression and cardiac arrest. Thomas reportedly died of depression after he realised that his two children were allegedly fathered by Nuru...