Even With the Word “Revolution”; Protest Is Not Equal To Treason Or Terrorism, By Jibrin Ibrahim

I have been very perplexed about the whole debate over the “Revolution Now” issue in the past week. Let me start by stating that there are three elements of revolution that we have learnt from political sociology. The first is that when the revolution comes, the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Police (security […]

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Names of the three gallant police officers killed by soldiers released

Nigeria’s Force Headquarters, on Thursday, paid an emotional tribute to the three officers killed by Nigerian soldiers while on an operation in Taraba State. The inspector and two sergeants were amongst a team of crime-busting detectives who came under fire while transporting a suspected kidnap kingpin in a police bus on Tuesday evening. Many other […]

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Sowore’s court-ordered detention will be challenged –Femi Falana

Whether or not it is constitutional for a judge to order the detention of a citizen for 90 days as provided under the Terrorism Prevention Act, activist and lawyer, Femi Falana SAN said yesterday that it is time to find out. The senior lawyer said the detention of the convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore, […]

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Man who allegedly impregnated 10-year-old Benue IDP rape victim paraded

Among the 15 suspected criminals arrested for various crimes and paraded by Benue State Police Command on Thursday was 18-year-old Terna Taga, who allegedly raped and impregnated a 10-year-old girl at an Internally Displaced Persons’ camp in the state. The victim was delivered of a baby girl last Sunday in Makurdi. Taga confessed that he […]

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Sowore And Revolution: As Buhari Forgets Why And How He Became President, By SKC Ogbonnia

Most of us who held our noses to support President Muhammadu Buhari again in the last election had hoped for true change, if he was re-elected. Two months into the second tenure, while it may appear as if Buhari is indeed incorrigible, it is definitively clear that he has forgotten why and how he became […]

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Justice Archibong sentenced Archibong to 7 years imprisonment

Justice Archibong Archibong of the Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo, on Wednesday, August 7, 2019, convicted and sentenced Archibong Effiong Edem to seven years imprisonment over N28, 234, 735 fraud. The convict was arraigned by the Port Harcourt’s Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at a Rivers State […]

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The revolution did not fail, By Abimbola Adelakun

On Monday, security agents not only crippled the #RevolutionNow protests against government ineptitude by deploying all the armed forces to the venue, in Lagos, but also declared such repressive behaviour a “democratic victory”. The irony of that assertion hits one hard. No thanks to alternative facts such as this one, Nigeria these days sometimes feels […]

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Kissing on a bridge, couple tragically fall 50ft to their deaths (Video)

A couple tragically fell to their deaths while they were packing on the PDA after a night out in Peru, and the horrific moment was caught on CCTV. The pair, Maybeth Espinoz, and Hector Vidal were on their way home from a nightclub in Cusco last Saturday when they tragically plunged 50ft off the Bethlehem Bridge just after 1 am. In […]

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#RevolutionNow, Southwest’s conspiracy to overthrow Buhari – Northern group

Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has accused the Southwest of attempting to overthrow President Buhari through the RevolutionNow protest called by former presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore. The CNG claimed that the RevolutionNow was a Southwest conspiracy, hence Northerners refused to take part in the protest. in a statement by  the […]

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Serena Williams tops Forbes’ list of world highest-paid female athletes for 4 straight years

Serena Williams is Forbes’ world highest-paid female athlete for the fourth year in a row after she earned $29.2million in just 12 months. The 23-time grand slam singles champion made 29.2 million US dollars for the 12 months as of June 1, only £3.4m dollars of which was in prize money. Young Japanese tennis star, Naomi […]

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Witness to A ‘Revolution’, By Olusegun Adeniyi

FLASHBACK, 25TH SEPTEMBER 2003: Rally after elections? That was my immediate reaction to Hon. Farouk Adamu Aliyu, the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) House of Representatives member from Jigawa State who had called to inform me that he was in Kano for a rally to be addressed the next day by Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd). […]

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Justice Taiwo permits DSS to detain Sowore for 45 days

Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday granted permission to detain the publisher of SaharaReporters and convener of RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, for 45 days. Ruling on an ex-parte application by the Department of State Services (DSS), whose operatives arrested Sowore last Saturday, Justice Taiwo Taiwo held that the detention order would be renewable after […]

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Lawmaker kicked out of Parliament for bringing her baby to the chamber (Video & Photos)

A Kenyan lawmaker was kicked out of the Parliament for binging her baby to the chambers. Kwale woman Representative, Zulekha Hassan was on Wednesday, August 7, ordered out of the National Assembly for disrupting a parliamentary session. Speaker of the National Assembly Hon. Chris Omulele, MP Luanda described her move as unprecedented, and then ordered her out of the chambers. […]

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Nigerian soldiers killed three police officers, freed kidnap kingpin —Police

Nigeria Police has accused some unidentified Nigerian soldiers of shooting to death three police officers and a civilian while several other officers were also injured during the attack along the Ibi-Jalingo Road, Taraba State, Nigeria. The police officers, led by ASP Felix Adolije of the Intelligence Response Team, reportedly came under attack while taking a […]

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Sowore’s Aluta Activism: The Compelling Need For A Culture Of Protest, By Bamidele Ademola-Olateju

The arrest of Omoyele Sowore and deployment of soldiers and policemen to tear-gas protesters is an anti-climax. Buhari’s government made a mountain out of a molehill. He should have been left alone to test his organising powers, afterall his right to protest is guaranteed by the Constitution. The semantic and rhetorical use of #RevolutionNow is […]

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