Embattled Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Igboho, through his lawyers, has demanded N500million from the Federal Government as reparation for the recent destruction of his home and cars. His lawyer, Chief Yomi Aliyu SAN, is also demanding for public apology for his client from the State Security Service for the unconstitutional invasion of his residence on…
Dennis Amachree, a former Assistant Director with the DSS, has said it is procedural for the secret police to issue a wire to sister agencies such as Nigeria Immigration Service and the Nigeria Customs Service for a wanted person to not be allowed out of the country. “If the DSS declares somebody wanted, the person…
Afenifere, the pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, has condemned the police attack on Yoruba Nation agitators at the Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota Lagos, on Saturday. The group stated that if the Lagos rally supported President Muhammadu Buhari, it would likely not be stopped. In a statement issued by the group’s National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, it…
Oyo Governor, Seyi Makinde has named the Emir of Katagum, Azare in Bauchi State, HRH Umar Faruq Umar II, as the Chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso. Faruq, a first-class monarch, was named Emir on December 14, 2017, following the transition of his father, Muhammad Kabir Umar (CON). A letter of…
Gunshots have been fired by policemen present at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos as the Yoruba nation rally begins. This was after the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, addressed journalists at the venue saying no rally is allowed in Lagos. However, some Yoruba nation agitators dared the security operatives by spreading…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the Department of State Services, DSS, of plotting to inject its leader, Nnamdi Kanu with a poisonous vaccine. IPOB’s Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, alleged that the poisonous vaccine was meant to kill Kanu slowly. In a statement he signed, Powerful warned that such an attempt should be…
Popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Igboho has slammed the federal government over the raid on his residence by the Department of State Services (DSS). In a statement issued on Friday by Olayomi Koiki, his media aide, Igboho denied being the owner of the items said to have been recovered by the DSS. Igboho expressed that…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Saturday said some bandits terrorizing the state are currently targeting his seven-year-old son, Abubakar Al-Sadiq El-Rufai. In an interview with BBC Pidgin, Governor El-Rufai said he secretly withdrew his son from Kaduna Capital school following intelligence that the bandits were planning to attack the school to kidnap his…
Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has claimed he is currently in his house at Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The DSS had declared Igboho wanted after a raid on Thursday, when its operatives allegedly recovered arms and ammunitions from his Soka, Ibadan residence. On Friday evening, there were rumours that the freedom…
The Ijora ramp of Eko Bridge will be closed from midnight to be able to fix a major expansion joint undergoing rehabilitation. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, said this during an inspection of the bridge. He said that construction works on the Costain section of the bridge had been completed,…