Four prominent human rights groups have urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to commit to freedom of expression and assembly and end the arrests of citizens for expressing their opinions. They asked the government to immediately release those being detained solely for exercising their right to free speech and amend […]
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Nigerian Soldier Arrested After Making Video Saying Buratai, Service Chiefs Have Failed Nigerians Feared Dead
A Nigerian Soldier, Lance Corporal Martins, has been feared dead in a military detention facility. The soldier was arrested after making a video blasting the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, and other security chiefs in the country on the orders of Buratai. Recall that the soldier has […]
Blasphemy: We Support Death Sentence For Young Singer – Hisbah
The Kano State Hisbah Board has declared its supports for the death penalty for Sharif-Aminu. On Monday, Sharif-Aminu, aged 22, was sentenced to death for committing blasphemy against Prophet Mohammed in a song he circulated via WhatsApp. The offense was said to have taken place in March 2020 after which […]
Magu’s Lawyer Accuse Salami Panel Of Rights Violation
The Justice Ayo Salami-led panel has been accused by Wahab Shittu, the counsel to the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, of various acts of illegalities and violations of the right of the suspended EFCC boss to fair hearing. The letter dated August 11, […]
DSS invites Mailafia for accusing gov of sponsoring Boko Haram
The Department of State Services has invited a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, to its Jos office. Mailafia confirmed the development to The PUNCH on Tuesday. He said, “Yes, it true. The DSS invited me to appear in their Jos office tomorrow (Wednesday) […]
I spent 82 days in detention, says student who created Jonathan parody twitter account
Olusola Babatunde, a final year student of Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso, says he was detained by the police for 82 days and nearly contracted COVID-19 at the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Garki, Abuja for creating a parody account of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Babatunde said this during an exclusive interview with The […]
Resident Doctors begin 3 days strike
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) Chapter has commenced a 3-day warning strike over the alleged assault of one of its members by the family of a patient. Dr Lanre Olosunde, President of ARD-UITH, who disclosed this in Ilorin, said one of their members […]
Ibeku Kingship: Nnamdi kanu Replies Gov. Ikpeazu, Reveals What He Wants
The supreme leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has finally reacted to the possibility of losing the kingship of the Ibeku Kingdom he inherited from his late father. Recall that governor of Abia state, southeast Nigeria, Okezie Ikpeazu, gave Kanu 21 days to return to Nigeria […]