Why Sunday Igboho hasn’t been released from detention

The battle to get Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, released from detention is delayed by the vacation embarked upon by judges in Benin Republic. This is according to the spokesperson for the Umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, Maxwell Adeleye, on Tuesday. The PUNCH had reported that the Beninese Court had ordered …

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‘Only God Can Release Me From Here’—Sunday Igboho Speaks From Beninese Prison

Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, says he has accepted his detention at a prison facility in the Republic of Benin as his “journey in life between me and God.” On July 20, Igboho and Ropo, his wife, were arrested at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou by Benin Republic’s security forces while he was trying to …

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2023: Why APC Bigwigs Have Eyes On Jonathan

Pundits have given reasons why the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders are keeping an eye on former President Goodluck Jonathan to dump the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pitch tent with the ruling party. Since the visit of APC governors led by Yobe State governor and chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni, on the occasion …

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CJN to Probe 7 Chief Judges Today

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Mohammad will today grill seven Chief Judges over conflicting court orders that emanated from their various states. Although only six of them were initially summoned by the CJN over the issue, the summon has equally been extended to the Chief Judge of Delta State. Those to be quizzed are the Chief Judges of …

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Insecurity: Adamawa Suspends Boarding Schools

The Adamawa State Government has suspended operation of 30 junior secondary schools hitherto operated as boarding schools across the state.  A statement announcing the development said the suspension of all boarding arrangements for the schools takes effect from Monday, 6 September, evidently in a move to forestall possible abduction of students by men of the underworld. Prior to this decision, …

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World University Rankings 2022: LASU drops, UI maintains top spot

The University of Ibadan maintained its top spot in Nigeria and ranked 401–500 out of over 1,600 institutions across the world. This was according to the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankingsreleased in September 2021. However, the University of Lagos moved a step ahead to rank second in Nigeria and 501–600 across the world. Covenant University took the 3rd in …

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CDHR Berates Police Attempt To Unlawfully Arrest OpenLife Publisher

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has furiously condemned and berated the reckless, unlawful and provocative intimidation, harassment and threat of invasion and arrest of Mr. Adumonza Isiahomhen, an Online Journalist, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of OpenLife, by Police Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department of Ekiti State Police Command, led by one Ade.  The attempt of forceful …

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NAOSRE Condoles CP Odumosu Over Mother’s Death

The National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE, has commiserated with the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Alhaji Hakeem Odunmosu, over the death of his mother, Alhaja Sikirat Odunmosu, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 88. NAOSRE’s message was detailed in a statement on Friday by the association National President, Femi Oyewale. He noted that the late …

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Obasa condoles CP Odumosu over mother’s death

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, has commiserated with the Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, over the loss of his mother, Alhaja Sikirat Odumosu. Alhaja Odumosu passed on at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilisan Remo, Ogun State on Thursday after a brief illness. She was aged 88. …

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