COVID-19: IPU Raises Concern On 43 Detained Lawmakers 

Around the world, 43 members of Parliament are currently in detention. This is a matter of serious concern to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). There are such cases in Venezuela, Côte d’Ivoire and Turkey. IPU is increasingly concerned about legislators in detention during the COVID-19 pandemic due to greater risks of infection in overcrowded and confined […]

You can frame me up, detain me but can’t silence me – Shehu Sani 

Senator Shehu Sani has described his recent detention by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) as the most traumatizing interrogation. Sani, who represented Kaduna South in the 8th Assembly, also described his detention as unfair, unjust and a clear breach of his fundamental human rights. In a statement he issued on Saturday, Senator Sani […]

Sowore floored in Court, to spend more days in Detention

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to grant the motion filed by Mr Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow protests, challenging his detention for 45 days by the Department of State Security. Justice Nkeonye Maya, who declined all applications by Counsel to Sowore, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, sent the case back to Justice Taiwo for […]