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Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian Government to drop all trumped up charges brought against human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, and restore all his rights as guaranteed by Nigerian and international laws. The group made the call in a Twitter post on Monday to mark one year of Sowore’s arrest by the Department of State Services. Amnesty International had on November 20, 2019 designated the activist as prisoner of conscience following his arbitrary detention and unfair trial for exercising his right to protest. The rights group said President Muhammadu Buhari should stop using security agents and judiciary as a tool for persecuting people, who voice dissenting opinions, challenge abuse and call for accountability. The organisation said, “Today marks exactly a year after Nigerian authorities unlawfully detained Omoyele Sowore. “He was put through an unfair trial based on bogus charges. In November 2019 we declared him a Prisoner of Conscience; who was deprive

Nigerians students studying abroad under the Niger Delta Development Commission scholarship have again held a protest to demand their two-year allowance. The students are demanding their take-off fee and tuition as they risk termination of their academic programmes by the foreign institutions due to the non-release of funds by the NDDC. The young citizens picketed the Nigerian High Commission, London, United Kingdom. Some of the affected persons, who spoke with SaharaReporters, said their institutions had terminated their academic programme and have listed them for deportation. Speaking at the scene of the protest, one of the scholars said the protest will continue until the government paid their funds. “We spoke with the consular and they said they will contact the presidency. “We have been deregistered from school and we will be deported within 60 days maximum. “We came here to send a strong message that you can no longer trample on us and think that we will not

Human rights activist and Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari would be remembered for presiding over the most corrupt government in the history of Nigeria. He accused the President of suppressing the opposition and using security agents to harass persons, who speak truth to power. Adeyanju spoke in commemoration of the first anniversary of #RevolutionNow protest – an occasion that saw Nigerians in large numbers taking to the streets to demand better governance by Buhari’s administration. The protest led to the arrest of many activists and ordinary Nigerians, who participated in the demonstration. He said, “Buhari will be remembered for looting and relooting the loot and for selling the sovereignty of Nigeria to China by taking the loan he could not account for. “The loot that was recovered was also relooted by his government. “He oversees the most corrupt regime in the history of our country. He will be remembered for en

A boy walks past the remains of a village burnt down by Boko Haram on the outskirts of Maiduguri Boko Haram terrorists have kidnapped many people mostly women and children during an attack on an internally displaced persons camp in Garin Wanzam area of Diffa, Niger Republic. SaharaReporters gathered that the attack took place on Sunday night while many Muslim families were still celebrating the Id el Kabir festival. A security source said those abducted were displaced people from Abadam and Mobbar local government areas of Borno State. He said despite the fact that the area was well guarded by soldiers, the insurgents easily made their way into the camp to carry out their mission before leaving. A boy walks past the remains of a village burnt down by Boko Haram Audu Marte/AFP/Getty “Most Nigerians from Abadam and Mobbar staying in a refugee camp in Garin Wanzam were abducted last night by Boko Haram,” the source said. “The total number of people taken away can’t be ascert

Nigerian airline operator, Air Peace, has announced the sack of 70 of its pilots as part of efforts to cushion the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. It also reduced staff salaries by up to 40 per cent. In a statement on Monday, Stanley Olise, spokesperson of the airline, said the decision was taken for the greater good of the company. He said, “The management of Air Peace wishes to state that it has taken a very painful but rightful decision in the circumstances the airline has found itself as a result of the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on its operations and financial health, to terminate the employment of some of its pilots. “This decision was taken for the greater good of the company and its almost 3000 workforce, the affected pilots inclusive. “The airline cannot afford to toe the path of being unable to continue to fulfill its financial obligations to its staff, external vendors, aviation agencies, maintenance organisations, insurance companies, bank