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Ayoola Babalola Today, I had the second DSS encounter as we gathered for the #RevolutionNow protests in Abeokuta, Kuto roundabout.  I was arrested at around 11:55 am and immediately whisked to the state Headquarters of the agency. Just like the government that gives it orders, the agency itself is clueless. We engaged in discussions for more than an hour. I was later transferred from the office of the Director to their investigation room and then to a special investigation officer. By the time we were done, there was no charge to lay against us but they cannot appear like fools, so they transferred us to the office of the commissioner of police in Ogun state.  Quite a nice, reasonable man. After my brief ‘speech’ the man was left with no option than to give us fatherly advice on how we should channel our energy as youths and how we must be careful about the conceptualization of good ideas. It was a nice moment in his office. He later granted us bail (at no cost), and w...

A new political movement, NCFront, has said that Nigeria under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration had degenerated into a full blown police state. The group said this on Wednesday in a statement by its Head of Public Affairs, Dr Tanko Yunusa, while condemning the attack on harmless Nigerians, who participated in the RevolutionNow protests across the country. The statement reads, “For these reasons, those forcefully taken into custody by security agents today deserve unreserved apology and compensation for abuse of their constitutional and fundamental human rights of free speech, association and movement apart from also deserving immediate release from illegal detention. “NCFront is constituting a shadow government to proffer credible alternative positions and programme to self serving governance presently being dished out to Nigerians by the ruling government, said it is not surprised that the Buhari administration has finally degenerated into a full blown p...

Youth leader of the All Progressives Congress in Yau-Yau/Mallamawa ward under Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State, Malam Sadi, has been killed by bandits. SaharaReporters gathered that Sadi was killed after the hoodlums besieged his residence at Garwa Village. According to a source, the assailants came from a forest on a motorcycle and opened fire, killing him on the spot. SaharaReporters Media Katsina State has in recent times witnessed an upsurge in activities of bandits, leading to the loss of many lives and displacement of hundreds others. CRIME Politics Breaking News News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2XwM4SK via EDUPEDIA

A coalition of over 70 labour and civil society organisations known as Alliance for Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, has condemned the attacks launched on peaceful RevolutionNow protesters by security agencies in parts of Nigeria on Wednesday. The coalition said the protests were legitimate and sum up an outburst of anger against the increasingly intolerant Nigerian state. The coalition said the arrest of scores of the protesters by security agents violates fundamental human rights as enshrined in the country’s constitution. “The arrests violate the constitution of Nigeria since avery citizen has the right to peaceful assembly. The protesters did not break any known law. What they did was to expreas their democratic rights as aggrieved citizens” ASCAB National Chairman, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), a foremost human rights lawyer, said. Falana praised the protesters for conducting themselves in a peaceful manner without resorting to violence. He added, “We saw young men and women com...

Emmanuel Afolabi, a student of the Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, has been suspended indefinitely by the institution’s management for hacking into the website of online newspaper, Premium Times.  Emmanuel in February 2020 attacked the news website using IT infrastructure of the university. His suspension was contained in a statement on Wednesday by the university’s Deputy Director, Corporate Communication, Mr Adegbenro Adebanjo. The statement reads, “The university received a complaint from Premium Times about an attack on its website between 28th and 29th February 2020 through a concerted vulnerability scanning by a person  using IT infrastructure of the university. “Following the complaint the university management initiated an investigation and it was discovered that Emmanuel carried out the alleged act of misconduct using the log in credentials of two members of staff, without authorization, to perpetrate the act.   “In the extant...