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The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as ‘Shiites’, has petitioned the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu and Senate President Godswill Akpabio over allegations of extra-judicial killing against Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State and the state police commissioner, Mr. Ali Audu Dabigi. The Islamic group also wrote a petition to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr Solomon Arase, over the alleged attack and killing of its members by the duo.
Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong on Sunday morning accused the spokesman for the Nigeria Police Force, Muyiwa Adejobi of using an amended section of the Cybercrimes Act to threaten a citizen over a social media post. Effiong pointed out that the law mentioned by the police spokesman was no longer existent.
#RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore on Thursday addressed Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, informing the court that the police actions against him were an insult. SaharaReporters had reported that the defamation and cyber-stalking suit filed against the human rights activist by the FCT Commissioner of Police on behalf of Senator Ned Nwoko stalled on Thursday following the failure of the police to serve the 3rd defendant (SaharaReporters Media Group Incorporated) a hearing notice.
The media is often referred to as the "fourth estate" of the realm due to its role in providing citizens with information to hold the government accountable and to offer solutions to societal problems. In Nigeria, the media has been relentlessly attacked by the Nigerian government and its security agencies, who are uncomfortable with the media's reports exposing corruption and holding authorities accountable for their atrocities.
A pro-democracy and human rights group, Take It Back Movement (TIB) has asked the Nigeria Police Force to immediately release Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ). The group made the call in a post shared on its X account, describing the detention of Ojukwu by the Nigerian authorities as a means to suppress critics in the country.
The Indigenous People of Biafra has warned pan-Igbo organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo against apologising over the 1966 military coup on behalf of the Igbo people. IPOB made this known in a statement issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, at the weekend, threatening that an order would be given to treat anyone who identifies themselves as an Ohanaeze Ndigbo member - at home and in the Diaspora - as a criminal and traitor should the organisation apologise to northern Nigeria for the coup.
A 16-year-old boy armed with a knife has been shot dead by police in Australia. The teenager was shot after he stabbed a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth, officials said Sunday. The incident occurred in the parking lot of a hardware store in suburban Willetton on Saturday night, VOA reports.
Sylvester Oromoni Snr, father of the late 12-year-old Sylvester Jnr, a pupil of Dowen College in Lagos who died under questionable circumstances in November 2021 has faulted the coroner who investigated his son’s death. Mr Oromoni accused the coroner of covering up for the school management and the bullies, whom he blamed for Sylvester’s death. A Lagos State coroner’s court ruled that the death of Sylvester was caused by the negligence of his parents and doctor.
The Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has given a 7-day ultimatum to the school management to fully implement the 35 and 25 percent salary increments for workers of the institution, as approved by the government. Mr. Adegunle Tomisi, ASUP Chairman of the polytechnic, said this in a communique issued on Monday, April 29, in Abeokuta. He said the union would resume its suspended industrial action immediately at the expiration of the notice if the government fails to accede to its demand.
The Lagos State Government on Sunday stated that it would undertake enforcement action to remove over 100 shanties housing several people at Adeniji Adele Underbridge from Monday. It said on Sunday that operatives of the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI/LAGESC) and officials from the Monitoring Enforcement and Compliance (MEC) department of the ministry would be given security backup to conduct the operation.