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The police have arrested Victor Ogungbenro and Tosin Olajuwon, journalists with SaharaReporters, while the Lagos office of the organisation is reportedly being monitored by security agents. While Ogungbenro, a video editor, was arrested alongside some #RevolutionNow protesters in Lagos...

The Nigeria police on Monday morning barricaded the entrance to the National Stadium, Surulere ahead of the #RevolutionNow protest spearheaded by Omoyele Sowore on Monday. Area Commander, Area C, ACP Tijani Fatai, told NAN that the operatives were on ground to stop any form of protests at …...

Members of the #RevolutionNow movement who converged on the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, on Monday, were forcefully dispersed by soldiers and policemen. The protesters, who arrived at the stadium around 7am on Monday, for the kick-off of the protest met a detachment of policemen at the...

A high court in Kaduna state has ruled that Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), should be allowed to travel to India for medical treatment. The IMN leader, who has been in detention since 2015, had applied for medical bail, citing poor health. He and Zeenat...

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