Femi Falana, human rights lawyer and counsel to publisher, Omoyele Sowore, has described as ”extremely embarrassing”, the rearrest of Sowore by DSS operatives at the Federal High court Abuja this morning. Falana who spoke on Channels TV after the re-arrest, said it has never happened before in Nigeria where a person is arrested right inside the court. “The […]
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168 Nigerians deported from Libya were on Friday December 6, received by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The returnees which includes 38 adult females, five female children,109 adult males, six male children and 10 infants arrived Nigeria at about 5: 42am on an Al Buraq airline flight after a 12 hour delay. They were reportedly received at the Murtala Muhammed
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Barely 12 hours after they were released from detention on the order of the court, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Friday morning re-arrested the convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant Olawale Bakare (mandate) on fresh charges. The DSS is yet to disclose the reason for the re-arrest. Sowore was re-arrested following
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An Indian woman was in a critical condition Thursday after allegedly being set on fire by two men she had accused of rape as she travelled to give evidence against them in court, police said. The victim told police that she was attacked by the two men and three others on her way to the
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A smuggler who hid 385 litres of premium motor spirit (PMS) better known as petrol in 2 caskets, has been nabbed by the joint anti-bunkering team of the Nigeria Customs Service. Abdullahi Maiwada, Nigerian Customs Service Ogun 1 Area Command spokesperson confirmed the arrest on Wednesday December 4. He said the petrol kept in 13 Jerry cans of 25 litres
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A Lagos Division of the Federal High Court, on Thursday, sentenced a serving senator and ex-governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, to 12 years in prison for N7.65 billion fraud. Justice Mohammed Idris who delivered the sentence had earlier declared him guilty of the charge in the case that had been on for 12 years.
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Diane Yashim, former housemate of the 2019 Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality show, has featured Iyanya Mbuk, Nigerian entertainer, in her debut movie titled ‘The Therapist’. The movie, which also had Lynn Nardia Bentley, a Kenyan actress, centers on love. The reality star took to her social media page on Wednesday to drop a trailer
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Ebuka Obi-Uchendu his wife, Cynthia and their two children, Jeweluchi and Irubinachi, had a photo shoot recently and the pictures are so adorable. Ebuka shared the photos online today, December 3, with the caption: “Still completely surreal that we have two whole children; a 3 year old and an 8 month old…Jeweluchi (God’s messenger) Irubinachi (My
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At least 100 fake professors have been uncovered by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed who revealed this, said that about 100 fake professors’ details were posted on the NUC website and the commission had to send the names to the various universities for verification. This
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A mother and father in Arkansas are mourning their son who died in a house fire while attempting to save his pet puppy. 23-month-old Loki Nicholi Mason, the son of Kurtis and Caitlin Sharp, died on Saturday night, November 30, when his home went up in flames. Kurtis, Caitlin, and their children were not inside
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