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The federal government has directed Magistrates across the federation to periodically inspect police stations and other detention facilities within their jurisdiction to uncover cases of human rights violation as part of their oversight responsibility. The Deputy Director of Information at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Ogundoro Modupe, in a statement Sunday, said the directive was handed to Magistrates by the Federal Justice Sector Reform Coordinating Committee at the opening of a two-day sensitization workshop for the South East geo-political zone on the implementation of sections 29, 33 and 34 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA. According to the…

Coordinator of the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, Chido Onumah, has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS. The journalist, who was returning from a trip to Spain was picked up at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, yesterday, Mr. Mart Obono, a lawyer, told The Cable. “We traveled together for a conference in UK. But we didn’t come back together because he went to Spain to finalize his Ph.D thesis and I went to London but got back last week Sunday. He was just returning from the trip today (yesterday) when he was picked…

The Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos Catholic Archdiocese, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, has says the nation’s democracy is sick and on the throes of death because it is dominated by men and women who have never stood up for democracy. Speaking as Nigeria turns 59th independence anniversary Tuesday, “The truth is, at 59, our country is wounded, bleeding and dying, having being nailed to the cross of governmental inefficiency and falsehood. We and our leaders must quit the path of deceit. ”Our President and governors, ministers and commissioners, members of the National and State Assemblies, our judges and legal practitioners, we…

Two more housemates of the Big Brother Naija have been evicted, bringing the number of evictees to 21. The eviction of Ike and Elozanam were evicted on Sunday heightened tension in the house as Cindy and Tacha got the boot two days ago. Elozonam was the first housemate to be evicted followed by Ike. Mercy was seen crying after Ike who was her closest buddy left the building. Ike is a 26-year-old Steve Ikechukwu Onyema, is originally from Imo State, but bides his time between Houston, Texas and Maryland, Lagos. The host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu did the usual by showing the…

By Akanimo Sampson Families of victims of the September 2009 massacre by Guinea’s security forces are still awaiting justice 10 years later, 6 human rights groups said today. The groups released a video to mark the massacre’s tenth anniversary, featuring victims pleading for the trial to go ahead. The security forces killed more than 150 people demonstrating in a stadium in the capital, Conakry, in the massacre, which began on September 28, 2009. Hundreds of people were wounded and more than a hundred women were victims of rape and other forms of sexual violence in the events of September 28…

By Akanimo Sampson A Western Nigeria group, Coalition of Yoruba Nationals, has threatened to pull the Yoruba ethnic nationality out of Nigeria, a supposed African giant that has refused to grow up as an all-inclusive country, since according to the group, the country has allegedly slipped into ‘’anarchy’’ and can no longer protect Yoruba interests. A political song of this nature is not unfamiliar. It dominated the air waves and the entire landscape during chaotic days of the June 12 crisis. And it seems Nigeria is gradually returning to that path with the way some entrenched interests are demeaning Vice…

US sprinter Christian Coleman stormed to 100 meters gold at the World Athletics Championships in Doha Saturday, shrugging off the controversy that had threatened his participation in the global showpiece. Coleman was a hot favorite going into the final and did not disappoint with a blistering winning time of 9.76 seconds, the fastest time in the world this year and sixth best of all time Reigning world champion Justin Gatlin took the silver medal, with Canadian Andre De Grasse completing the podium in 9.90 seconds, with the first five men crossing the line in under 10 seconds in perfect conditions.…

The Big brother housemate was disqualified from the reality show on Friday. The 23-year-old Anita Natacha Akide, popularly called Tacha for assaulting her housemate, Mercy. The fight may have been triggered by the fact that Tacha’s billboard was pulled down in Imo State, Mercy’s home state by some irate youths coupled Mercy provoking her of having body in which she sprayed body deodorant. Yet, Mercy also got two strikes as a result of the fight they both had earlier today. Their disagreement started when the Head Of House, Seyi, called everyone to the lounge so they could read their task for…

By Akanimo Sampson In the next decade, an estimated 60 million Africans will be at risk of being forced to move from degraded land, migrating within and outside the continent. Currently, at least 11 million young Africans enter the job market each year. The obviously worried Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Guy Ryder, says 73 per cent of all migrants are migrant workers of working age, pointing out, ‘’it will be important to examine the interplay between environmental challenges, migration and employment, and support more integrated and coherent policy approaches.’’ In a bid to smash the impending crisis,…

By Akanimo Sampson Former Ekiti State Governor in the South West of Nigeria, Ayodele Fayose, has come under a severe bombardment by an Islamic group just as the rampaging Jihadists in the North-East axis of Nigeria forced Borno State to bleed again. Seven citizens were allegedly killed along Damaturu-Biu Road on Thursday, when a golf car ran into an IED planted on the road by suspected Boko Haram fighters. Commuters along the road claimed the golf car was carrying seven passengers, and that the insurgents also abducted 10 other persons during the attack. Before this latest development, news had filtered…