A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja will on Thursday rule on an application filed by the Department of States Services seeking to detain the Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC and the organizer of the Revolution Now protest, Omoyele Sowore for 90 days.
The Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the last election and the organizer of the Revolution Now protest, Omoyele Sowore says he is being treated well by officials of the Department of State Services.
Paramount ruler, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba LamidiAdeyemi, has on Thursday, 1st August 2019 opinedway the eight National Assembly led by BukolaSarakifrustrated the appointment and subsequent confirmation of Mr Ibrahim Magu as substantive EFCC Chairman. This according to him was to cover the skeletons in their cupboards.
In the wake of a trending hashtag #RevolutionNow on the various media outlet, the Presidency has placed a right group, Amnesty International (AI)operating in Nigeria, under security watch list. The move became necessary following the retweeting of the said hashtag by the organization, calling for a national revolution in the country.
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria Edward Kalon has reacted to the attack on aid workers in Northern Borno. Country Director of Action Against Hunger, Shashwat Saraf had earlier said that a vehicle belonging to the organisation was ambushed by an Armed Group 15 kilometres away from Damasak town, with some of the occupants reportedly abducted.
Action Against Hunger (ACF) a humanitarian organisation said in a statement that a member of staff was among the missing after a convoy of aid workers was ambushed on the road to Damasak near the border with Niger on Thursday.“One of the drivers was killed, while one Action Against Hunger staff member, two of the drivers and three health workers are missing,” the statement said.
