Sowore: Your bail condition illegal – Femi Falana blasts Nigeria Police
Nigerian human rights lawyer, Femi Falana SAN has said the bail condition for Omoyele Sowore’s release from police custody had been declared illegal. Newspot reports that Sowore, who was invited by the Nigeria Police on Monday, was asked to produce a level 16 civil servant and surrender his international passport as condition for his bail…
Governors Attempting To Influence Cash Transfer Register – Minister
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Nentawe Yilwatda, says some politicians including state governors are trying to influence beneficiaries captured in the social register for the federal government’s conditional cash transfer. The minister, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, said some persons want his ministry to bend for political reasons...
JUST IN: Activist planning protests arraigned in court for ‘pretending to be an activist’
Nigerian police have charged Henry Nwodo, a member of the Take It Back (TIB) Movement, with the offence of “impersonation of a human rights activist” following his arrest on Sunday. Nwodo was apprehended ahead of a protest organized by the TIB Movement against police extortion and unlawful roadblocks…
JUST IN: Sowore detained indefinitely after rejecting bail conditions set by police
Human rights activist and politician, Omoyele Sowore has been detained indefinitely by the Nigeria Police Force following his outright rejection of bail conditions, which he described as “illegal.” Sowore, who was invited for questioning over his exposé on alleged police extortion in Lagos, refused the bail terms requiring him to produce a level 16 civil…
Police Quiz Sowore Over Viral Extortion Video
AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rights activist Omoyele Sowore was on Monday grilled at the Force Intelligence Bureau in Abuja over his recent viral extortion video involving some police officers. In the video, Sowore alleged that the officers were engaged in some illegalities on the Murtala Muhammed Airport Road in Lagos State…
Some Politicians Trying To Influence Cash Transfer Register – Minister
AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Minister and Poverty Reduction, Nentawe Yilwatda, says some politicians are trying to influence poor Nigerians who make the social register to enjoy the government’s conditional cash transfer. He said, “Some people want us to bend and allow the governors or the states to just generate the list and…
Court Adjourns Speed Darlington’s N300m Suit Against I-G For Adoption
News Investigators/ A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, adjourned the N300 million fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the Singer, Darlington Achakpo, popularly known as Speed Darlington, against the police, until March 19 for adoption of processes. Justice Musa Liman fixed the date after counsel for the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police…
Telecom Tariff Hikes: Should Load Shedding Be an Option? By Zekeri Idakwo Laruba
Telecom Tariff Hikes: Should Load Shedding Be an Option? By Zekeri Idakwo Laruba There are three basic needs for human survival: food, shelter, and clothing. However, as society progresses and technology evolves, our needs expand beyond these essentials. Today, electricity and telecommunications services have become indispensable for daily life…