August 5, 2019

#RevolutionNow: Governor Wike condemns protest in Rivers

August 5, 2019 10:00 am

Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike Sunday said the organisers of #RevolutionNow are not allowed to hold any anti-government protest in the state.

“Rivers State does not subscribe to what the RevolutionNow protest represents and Rivers State is not part of the protest,” Wike said in a statement.

“Security agencies in the state should arrest anybody involved in the RevolutionNow protest and also take all necessary steps to prosecute such persons.”

The convener of the protest and publisher of SaharaReporters Omoyele Sowore was arrested in the early hours of Saturday for alleged inciting a regime change.

Sowore, the presidential candidate of …

Challenges, problems, and hurdles are part of our existence on Earth, and as our faces differ so do the things we pass through. A lot of times, they appear neck-breaking, and we quickly move to the edge of giving up.

Don’t be discouraged even in the midst of chaotic disorder

August 5, 2019 8:50 am

By MarkAnthony Nze

Challenges, problems, and hurdles are part of our existence on Earth, and as our faces differ so do the things we pass through. A lot of times, they appear neck-breaking, and we quickly move to the edge of giving up.

In spite of the circumstances that are bedeviling us, we should realise that our handling of such situations go a long way to determine, the impression that would leave us with subsequently. The same challenge that marred one was the very one that made another extremely successful financially, and otherwise.

Irrespective of every smiling face you see …

Algeria, Sudan revolutions, and the myopia of Nigerians

August 5, 2019 8:01 am

By Odumodu Gbulagu

In quick succession, Algerians and Sudanese people crippled economic activities of their respective countries, occupied the streets and ousted the dictators that had held their countries down for decades.

The sick 82 year old Bouteflika who is confined to the wheelchair, and has ruled for 20 solid years, and was gunning for his fifth term was roundly rejected and ousted.

Both the military, police and other security agencies downed their tools and joined the masses in protest as the society belongs to them too.

The Algerian protest which was called the Smile Revolution, started on 16 February …

Soyinka, others protest as DSS moves Sowore to Abuja

August 5, 2019 7:06 am

The condemnation of the arrest of Omoyele Sowore continued yesterday with the Noble laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, lamenting that the country had been thrown into a cycle of suppression of citizens’ rights.

The police, at the weekend, accused Sowore, the convener of #RevolutionNow protests and the Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria of trying to force a regime change in the country. They alleged that the move by the pro-democracy activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the last general elections amounted to treasonable felony and an act of terrorism. Consequently, Sowore was arrested

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Court grants El-Zakzaky leave for medical attention abroad

August 5, 2019 6:55 am

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A Kaduna High Court Monday granted the Islamic Movement of Nigeria’s leader Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat permission to travel out of the country for medical attention.

El-Zakzaky’s lawyer Femi Falana had filed a suit seeking his client’s release from detention since 2015 to treat his dimming sight and deteriorating health.(The Guardian)…

Provide land for RUGA, presidency urges states

August 5, 2019 12:46 am

The Federal Government at the weekend urged states to make land available for the controversial RUGA settlement, even as it said N2.258 billion was allocated for the initiative in the 2019 budget.

Disclosing the position of the government when he hosted Akwa Ibom State indigenes from the Law School, Abuja, Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters to the President, insisted that the word ‘RUGA’ does not derive from Hausa or Fulani but is an acronym for Rural Grazing Area (RUGA), and is not intended to foist any religion or ethnic group on other sections of the country.…

Gov Umahi petitions S/African govt over murder of indigene

August 5, 2019 12:18 am

Gov Dave Umahi of Ebonyi has petitioned the South African government over the alleged murder of a Nigerian, Mr Benjamin Simeon in South Africa.

Simeon, 43, a native of Okposi, Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi and resident in South Africa was allegedly shot dead by gunmen in Johannesburg.

Umahi, in a statement signed by Mr Emmanuel Uzor, Chief Press Secretary and made available to newsmen in Abakaliki on Sunday requested for a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the gruesome murder of Simeon.

Simeon was allegedly shot by yet to be identified gunmen on Aug 3, 2019 at Verona …

COZA pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo returns to pulpit

August 5, 2019 12:17 am

Just about one month after taking leave of absence, senior pastor of the Common Wealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo Sunday returned to the pulpit.

Fatoyinbo on July 1 announced his leave of absence from pulpit duties after he was accused of rape by Busola Dakolo, a celebrity photographer and wife of singer Timi Dakolo.

Bukola alleged that Fatoyinbo raped her twice in a week when she was still a teenager.

The allegations prompted hundreds of protesters to march on COZA premises in Lagos and Abuja, demanding the resignation and prosecution of the pastor.

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