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Breaking: Soldiers free arrested kidnap kingpin, kill 3 policemen & one civilian

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2019

Some rogue Nigerian soldiers have opened fire on police operatives, who arrested a suspected kidnap kingpin in Ibi, Taraba State and were taking him, in handcuffs to Jalingo, the capital. The soldiers killed 3 of the police operatives, who were members of the IG Intelligence Response Team and a

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Breaking: Judge denies FG’s request to detain Sowore for 90 days

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2019

A Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, has denied the request of the Federal Government for an ex-parte order to keep convener of RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, for at least 90 days. The human rights crusader was picked up in a Lagos hotel in the early hours of Saturday by operatives of the Department […]

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#RevolutionNow: Court to rule on Sowore’s detention order Thursday

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2019

An Abuja Federal High Court will, on Thursday, rule in the application filed by the Department of State Service (DSS), seeking an order to detain Mr. Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC)’s presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, for 90 days pending the conclusion of its investigation. In an exparte order with number: FHC/ABJ/CS/915/19, […]

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Buhari to swear-in ministers August 21

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, swear in designated ministers, according to a report by The Nation. This was contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babatunde lawal. Recall that the National Assembly ended the screening of nominees for ministerial […]

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#RevolutionNow: Presidential aspirant, Moghalu calls for real electoral reforms

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2019

The 2019 presidential candidate of Young Progressives Party, YPP, Kingsley Moghalu, has urged Federal Government to embrace dialogue and allow real electoral reforms as he added his voice to the growing calls for the release of his former rival, Omoyele Sowore. DSS arrested the presidential candidate and the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, over the weekend after he

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Police arraign 6 over #RevolutionNow protest

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2019

The police on Tuesday arraigned five people and a lawyer for the #RevolutionNow protests, in an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The police charged Ehis Omoshomio, 35; Gabriel Ojumah, 51, Juwon Sanyaolu, 22; Stanley Anobi, 28; Elias Ozikpu, 30; Kenechukwu Ukachukwu, 25, with two counts of unlawful assembly and conduct likely to cause […]