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Mon, 06 Sep 2021 21:20:03 +0000
Nigerian Institute of Journalism Summons Students’ Activist To Disciplinary Panel Over Social Media Comments
Babalola Ayoola The Nigerian Institute of Journalism has summoned a student activist, Ayoola Babalola, to a disciplinary panel over allegations of “unruly behavior” and “inciting comments” made on social media and offline. Babalola, w...

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 21:19:24 +0000
Olajide Sowore’s Death Is Irreparable Loss – Igbinedion University
Felix Olajide Sowore The management of Igbinedion University in Okada, Edo State has described the death of Olajide Felix Sowore, brother of human rights’ activist, Omoyele Sowore, as an irreparable loss. This was made known in statement on...

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 20:07:49 +0000
Lawless Nigerian Police Finally Charge Enslaved 21-year-old Woman, Glory Okolie To Court
The Nigerian Police Force has charged Gloria Okolie, a 21-year-old young woman arrested and enslaved by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in Imo State. The suit was in accordance with the cour...

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 20:00:07 +0000
Buhari Appoints New Boss For Nigeria Centre For Disease Control
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday approved the appointment of Dr Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa as the new Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Buhari also approved the establishment of a health sector reform committee to ...

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 19:31:38 +0000
Preferential Treatments In Education Have Made Northern Region Lazy – Governor El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufai The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has urged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to stop giving “preferential scores” to Northern Nigerian students who sit for the Unified Te...

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 18:59:02 +0000
Plateau Government Orders Police To Arrest Peaceful Protesters Demanding End To Rising Killings
Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong. The Plateau State Government has warned residents against staging a protest over the recent killings in the state. There has been tension in the state of recent after 22 travellers returning to Ondo St...

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 18:20:01 +0000
South-East Governors Will Start To Consider 2023 Presidency By Next Year – Governor Umahi
Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi. The Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, has said he and other South-East governors will begin to examine the clamour for 2023 presidency coming to the South-East by May 2022 when their tenure remains one y...

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 17:48:35 +0000
Olajide's Murder: Buhari Regime Must Drop All Charges Against Sowore, Says TakeItBack Movement
The TakeItBack Movement has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari regime to drop all charges levelled against human rights' activist, Omoyele Sowore, following the brutal murder of his brother, Olajide Sowore, by suspected kidnappers on S...

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 17:28:31 +0000
Sunday Igboho Blows Hot From Beninese Prison In Leaked Audio, Lambasts His Lawyer For 'Disrespecting Him'
Sunday Igboho The Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, more commonly known as Sunday Igboho, has berated one of his lawyers, Ibrahim Salami, for allegedly disrespecting him. In a leaked audio obtained by SaharaReporters, Ighoho claimed the...

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 17:16:44 +0000
Jide Sowore’s Murder: How Fulani Herdsmen Blindfolded Us, Demanded N10million Ransom, Victim Recounts Ordeal
File photo used to illustrate story. One of the victims of last Saturday’s kidnapping incident in the Okada axis of Benin City, Edo State, during which Olajide Sowore, the younger brother to human rights' activist, Omoyele Sowore, was kille...



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