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FG wades into NLC/Kaduna face-off On By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA- THE Federal government yesterday waded into the national strike and picketing in Kaduna State by the two Labour Centres, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige appealed to the Kaduna State Governor,  Mallam Nasiru el Rufai, the President of NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba as well as President of TUC, Comrade Rasheed Olawale  to immediately cease fire. The Minister in a statement issued by the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the ...

This resulted in several arrests, detentions, and life-threatening treatment by government officials. In January 2017, the Lagos State Police Command arrested Sowore over a petition by a magazine publisher, Lekan Fatodu. The police assaulted Sowore at the Area F Police Command, Ikeja, an incident that drew the condemnation of many Nigerians. In August 2019, Sowore was arrested by the Department of State Services, ahead of a planned nationwide #RevolutionNow protest. The arrest prompted massive public outcries, as the Nigerian government, which later admitted to the arrest of Sowore, was round...

#RevolutionNow: Nigerian Government Plots To Revoke Sowore’s Bail, Convert To Jail The DSS witness and also an operative had noted that there was no record of any revolution in any part of the country on the said date. by Saharareporters, New York Feb 04, 2021 The Nigerian government is perfecting its plan to revoke the bail of human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, and jail him on trumped-up charges at a court sitting in Abuja for leading the #RevolutionNow agitation. A Federal High Court in Abuja has been hearing the case since operatives of the Department of State Services on August 5, ...

#RevolutionNow: Court Dismisses Nigerian Government’s Application To Revoke Sowore’s Bail The Federal High Court has been hearing the #RevolutionNow case since operatives of the Department of State Service on August 5, 2019, arrested and kept Sowore incommunicado for several days. by Saharareporters, New York Feb 04, 2021 A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the application of the Nigerian government through its prosecutors to revoke the bail of human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, who is being tried on trumped-up charges for leading the #RevolutionNow agitation. The Nig...

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri— Abuja The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, declined to revoke the bail it earlier granted to the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoleye Sowore, and his co-Defendant, Olawole Bakare. However, the court, in a ruling by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, awarded a punitive cost of N150,000 against Bakare owing to his failure to appear for the continuation of their trial. The ruling followed an application that was made by counsel to the Federal Government, Mr. Aminu Alilu, who came from the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Ju...