Following its support of the #RevolutionNow Protest across major streets in Nigeria, Civil Society Organizations (CSO) under the aegis of the Concerned Citizens’ on Monday, 5th August 2019 appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to expel Amnesty International from Nigeria. The group made the call at a conference held at the Organizations headquarters in Abuja.
The Presidency has on Sunday accused Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka of blackmail and playing double standard for condemning the arrest of an activist, Omoyele Sowore.
Kaduna High Court on Monday granted the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky leave to go to India for medical treatment.
The Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has yesterday warned all and sundry who are nursing intention to participate in the Sowore-planned “RevolutionNow” protest to stay clear of Rivers state.
In a shocking revelation, Sheikh Muhammad Yakubu, the elder brother to MallamIbraheemYakubu El-Zakzaky, the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), a shootout of the popular heretic Islamic group called Shi’ite, has reacted to the recent proscription of IMN asserting that the proscription of IMN by the Federal Government was long overdue.
Contrary to reports that organized labour has perfected plans to go on a nationwide strike following the alleged non-implementation of the new minimum wage, the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) has refuted the claims. President of the NLC, MrAyubaWabba, in a statement made available to the press on Friday, disclosed that the congress would apply all available means to resolve disputes in the country.
