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#FreeOlamide: Court Cautions Police Over Delay, Adjourns Hearing to December 31
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has postponed a decision on the bail application for Olamide Thomas, a female activist accused of threatening Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, via social media. The hearing was adjourned after Victor Okoye, the counsel for the Inspector General of Police, explained that…
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Berekete Family Anchor Ahmed Isah Warns Against Tinubu’s Handouts, Says Nigerians Deserve More Than Beans and Rice
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Ahmed Isah, the renowned activist and radio personality behind the popular “Brekete Family” programme, has issued a stern warning to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Isah asserts that despite potential attempts to sway voters with food handouts such as beans, rice, and soap, Tinubu’s reelection in 2027 will ultimately hinge on…
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Adeola Soetan Sounds the Alarm on Systemic Land Embezzlement by FCT Ministers
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Social critic Adeola Soetan has openly condemned the practices of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) ministers, describing them as “crooked land grabbers who will later embezzle the land with their friends and fronts.”. Taking to his Facebook page on Sunday, Soetan argued that, “All FCT ministers, past & the present one…
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Inibehe Effiong Raises Alarm Over Police Indiscriminate Arrests, Torture in Southern Nigeria
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Inibehe Effiong, a prominent human rights lawyer, has expressed grave concern over numerous reports of indiscriminate arrests and torture conducted by police forces in various southern states of Nigeria. Expressing deep concerns over the alarming level of police extortion in the South, Effiong issued a stark warning on Saturday via…
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Nigerian Journalist Decries Police Brutality in Kwara State
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Human rights activist and journalist Buhari Olanrewaju Ahmed has denounced the alleged killing of Jimoh Abdulquadri while in police custody at the Kwara Police Command. Jimoh, who hails from the Balogun Fulani community in Erubu/Asunnara, Ilorin, Kwara State, reportedly died in police custody in the early hours of Friday. It…
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Free Transportation to Ibadan; An Analogy – Written by Adeola Soetan
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Can the government arrest and charge for murder or manslaughter, a woman /man who announced free transportation to Ibadan by 10am, but the crowd of poor people rushed to the motor park she hired by 6-7 am and stampeded themselves to death even when the good Samaritans were still at…
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Activist Decries Police Misconduct at Ajuwon Division, Details Series of Troubling Event During Release Effort
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Folayemi Akinfolarin, Organizing Secretary of the Lagos African Action Congress (AAC), has reported a series of troubling events during a visit to the Ajuwon Division Police Station on Thursday, 27th December 2024. In an incident report shared by Akinfolarin, which she titled “Incident Report at the Police Station Ajuwon Division on…
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Ibadan Stampede: 35kids with Limitless Potentials Died of Hunger not Stampede, the Govt Should Take Note – Written by Oluwaseyifunmi Oyetunbi
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The law may succeed in convicting the organisers, which may be a solace to those who’ve lost their loved ones in the tragic event, but it might not make much difference if the government doesn’t realise that hunger killed those children not Oriyomi and Naomi. There’s famine in the land.…
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#FreeOlamide: Legal Expert Chidi Odinkalu Condemns Imprisonment of Olamide Thomas on Her Birthday
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Nigerian human rights activist and legal expert Chidi Odinkalu has taken to social media to condemn the ongoing incarceration of Olamide Thomas, calling it “a brazen act of abuse of power and civic intimidation.” Odinkalu’s statement came on Thomas’s birthday, as he joined the growing chorus of voices demanding her…
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A NOT-SO-MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR NURSE OLAMIDE AND MAJORITY OF NIGERIANS, WRITTEN BY PRECIOUS GIFT
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Unlike the usual Christmas season filled with joy and happiness like we used to know, Christmas 2024 would be a different one. People can no longer afford to travel to celebrate Christmas with their loved ones. Even before now, many struggled to afford basic meals. In their bid to appear…