#EndSARS: Uber driver manhandled by policemen (Guardian) An Uber driver, Adedotun was beaten, brutalized, pepper-sprayed and forcefully dragged into a black maria by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force during the #EndSARS memorial which took place at the Lekki tollgate…
*Masked gunmen kill Lagos director, steal phone, files (Punch)*Why boys must be involved in curbing gender/domestic violence (Nation)
Masked gunmen kill Lagos director, steal phone, files (Punch) Aggrieved family members of a civil servant, Abiodun Adenuga, have called on the Lagos State Police Command to track down the gunmen who shot him at the Sindende Guest House in…
Full text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s address on the occasion of Nigeria’s 61st Independence Anniversary, Friday 1st October 2021
Citizens of Nigeria. It is with full gratitude to God that today, we celebrate Nigeria’s sixty first Independence Anniversary. 2. For 1st of October 1960 to happen, all hands were on deck. East, West, North all came together…
IPOB suspends weekly sit-at-home
. . . Now to hold whenever Kanu appears in court The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has announced the suspension of the weekly sit-at-home exercise. The group had earlier announced a weekly Monday lockdown in the entire South-East as…
*47 Yoruba Nation agitators regain freedom (Guardian)*Lagos Island may go under by 2050 (Nation)
47 Yoruba Nation agitators regain freedom (Guardian) Forty-Seven out of the 48 Yoruba Nation agitators arrested by the police during the July 3 rally in Ojota, Lagos, have regained their freedom from custody. The Guardian learned yesterday they were released…
Sowore regains freedom after arrest at Nnamdi Kanu trial
Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, says he has been released after he was arrested at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. Sowore and other supporters of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), were in…
Court adjourns Kanu’s trial till October 21
The trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, has been adjourned till October 21. His trial was scheduled to start Monday in Nigeria’s capital Abuja with many journalists barred…
Let’s start calling Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho, Bandits!
As far as the Nigerian government is concerned, Sunday Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu are the enemies of the state who must be caught and jailed for treasonable offences! Both IPOB, (Indigenous People of Biafra) and Sunday Igboho’s Yoruba Nation have…
I’ll not throw Nnamdi Kanu under the bus -Chimamanda
Yesterday I announced that I would unveal my thoughts regarding the IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu. Several people reached out, advising me to be neutral and steer clear of political discourse. They meant well for a young female writer with a…
Southern govs meet in Lagos today on Kanu, Igboho
The re-arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), and the recent attack on Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, are expected to top the agenda, as 17 Southern governors meet in…