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The Association of State Chairmen of the African Action Congress has described the stalling of the bail process of its National Chairman, Omoyele Sowore, by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government as an attempt to keep him in custody so he could be allegedly killed extrajudicially. The association however vowed to mobilise its members from across the country to go to the streets next Monday to demand the release of the human rights activist. The Nigerian government on Friday refused to produce the activist alongside four others at a magistrates’ court. Their bail applications were to be determined by the Chief Magistrate, Mabel Segun-Bello. The party said the delay was deliberate and a plot aimed to perpetuate an alleged evil plan. In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, which was jointly signed by Murtala Adamu, (Niger); Rex Elanu, (Benue State); Usman Zush (Kano); Buhari Olanrewaju (Kwara); Ameen Abdul (Federal Capital Territory) and Kunle Wizeman Ajayi (Lagos), o...

Nancy Pelosi Democrats in the Congress have told the US President, Donald Trump, to step down or risk being impeached.  On Friday, Trump had put on a final, unrepentant display of division by announcing on Twitter that he would skip the inauguration of Joe Biden as president on January 20. Nancy Pelosi Anadolu Agency In a recent development, the top Democrat in Congress who doubles as the House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, announced she had discussed with the military how to block the “unhinged” leader from the nation’s nuclear arsenal. She warned that Democrats will launch impeachment proceedings unless Trump leaves willingly, or Vice President Mike Pence invokes the 25th Amendment, where the cabinet removes the president. “If the President does not leave office imminently and willingly, the Congress will proceed with our action,” Pelosi wrote. She also revealed that she had spoken with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley about “preventing an unstable pr...

Cameroon on the map Thirteen civilians, eight of them children, died Friday when a woman suicide bomber blew herself up in a jihadist attack on a village in northern Cameroon, a traditional chief and a police officer told AFP. Cameroon’s Far North region is grappling with deadly incursions from neighbouring Nigeria, where an insurgency launched by Boko Haram in 2009 has killed tens of thousands of people. Cameroon on the map Cameroon Concord News Mahamat Chetima Abba, the traditional chief, or lamido, in the village of Mozogo, said the attackers arrived in the middle of the night, shouting “Allah Akbar” (“God is greater”) and brandishing machetes. The panicked villagers tried to run off into the nearby forest, and in the stampede the suicide bomber detonated her device, he said. The account was confirmed by a member of the local defence committee, who said his group had tried to repel the attack. “Thirteen civilians died, two of them children aged four and five as well as...

One thing is constant in the human ecosystem – class struggle. According to Karl Marx: “The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles.’’ There is perhaps, no other country where the fault lines of class are well accented like in Nigeria — where the rich secrete themselves in vulgar mansions with ramparts flanked by slums and where the elite hedge themselves about with phalanxes of police officers, and even conscripting the security officers into their household servantry.  But I think Nigeria is where there is ‘’no’’ class struggle. The deprived class have been viciously emasculated to even revolt against the predatory order. The elite keep the people down, adding layers and layers of yokes on their burdened backs.  Even during a deadly pandemic that should ordinarily unite humans of all classes, the emphasis on class is loud. I understand there were some isolation centres in Abuja, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, uno...

A gospel musician, Biodun Badejo, popularly known as Jovani, has been accused of rape by his female friend. The lady, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said she was not in a relationship with him though the singer had expressed his interest in dating her. She said: “I am not his girlfriend. I am only his friend, even though he talks about dating sometimes but I’ve yet to give him a reply. He is a gospel musician truly but he feels he is well known abroad and not in Nigeria.” The young woman, who is in her 20s, said she had gone with Badejo to buy a new phone and after that, she remembered she needed to use a laptop, which prompted her visit to his house at Fagbuyi Street, Ipaja, Lagos, so she could use his. She said, “I told him to go with me to get a mobile phone around 5pm on Tuesday so we went there and we were done around past 6pm. I needed to do something with his laptop so I followed him to his place. Before then, he had gone to his mum’s place to get the key. When ...

The Director General, Centre for Justice on Religion and Ethnicity in Nigeria, Kallamu Musa Ali Dikwa The Director General, Centre for Justice on Religion and Ethnicity in Nigeria, Kallamu Musa Ali Dikwa, has blamed two non-governmental organisations for the continued stay of a clergyman, Policarp Zongo, in Boko Haram custody.  Dikwa made this allegation when he was speaking with SaharaReporters on Friday. The Director General, Centre for Justice on Religion and Ethnicity in Nigeria, Kallamu Musa Ali Dikwa Policarp Zongo was reportedly kidnapped on October 19, 2020 on his way to Gombe from Jos, Plateau State by members of the terrorist group. Dikwa said the clergyman would have been released but for the politicking by two NGOs. See Also Insecurity Plateau Cleric, Reverend Polycap Zango, Five Others Missing After Trip To North-Eastern Nigeria 0 Comments 2 Months Ago “The NGOs want the negotiation to come through them. I am strongly suspecting a connection between...

There have been angry protests at the Magistrates’ Court sitting in Wuse, Zone 2, Abuja, after the Nigerian government failed to produce human rights’ activist, Omoyele Sowore, and his four colleagues, for the final hearing of their bail application as ruled by the magistrate. The magistrate had on Tuesday reserved its ruling on the bail application filed by the human rights’ activist, Omoyele Sowore, and four others till today, Friday, January 8. SaharaReporters Media However, between Tuesday and today, the President Muhammadu Buhari regime, the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the police again displayed their disregard for the rule of law by transferring the case elsewhere, and failing to produce the activists against the court’s directive. FLASH: @PoliceNG Fail To Bring @YeleSowore To Court For Bail Application, Say No Vehicle #FreeSoworeNow — Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) January 8, 2021 Sowore’s defence counsel from Falana & F...

Donald Trump President Donald Trump of the United States has finally condemned the attack on the US Capitol by his supporters, saying those who broke “the law will pay”. Trump, in an address he posted on Twitter, also announced he was “outraged by the violence, lawlessness, and mayhem” witnessed in the country on Wednesday. Donald Trump Medium Trump’s supporters had invaded the Capitol during a joint session of Congress held to certify the electoral victory of President-elect Joe Biden. Five persons lost their lives in the process, including a policeman, while 14 other police officers were injured. The police said 68 persons had been arrested in connection with the attack and violence. Trump, in his address, said he was fully committed to the transition process that would ensure a smooth handing over of power to Biden. He said, “I will like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the United States Capitol. Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence, lawlessnes...

The National Universities Commission, NUC, has given Nigerian universities approval to reopen for academic activities on January 18, 2021.  This comes a few weeks after the commission ordered all tertiary institutions to remain shut indefinitely, in response to the second wave of COVID-19.  According to Vanguard, the commission said universities should adhere strictly to safety measures put in place to curtail the spread of the virus.  It said on resumption of academic activities, universities must not under any circumstance, violate the full circle of semester system, consistent with the benchmark minimum academic standards (BMAS) approved by the National Universities Commission as well as other extant quality standards and guidelines.  The National Association of Private School Teachers, NAPST, had appealed to the Nigerian government not to close down schools beyond January 18, 2021, despite the second wave of the COVID-19.  National President of t...