The senator physically assaulted the daughter of the owner of the shop, simply identified as Kemi, and her friend who was with her at the time of the incident
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Adedayo spoke with PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday amid the uproar that greeted his appointment by Lawan
A book of essays in honour of frontline journalist, Dapo Olorunyomi, will be unveiled on May 27 at the Shehu Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja.
Under the British colonial regime the fundamental rights of Nigerians were brutally suppressed
Audio tapes released by the campaign team of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to PREMIUM TIMES quoted Amaechi as having spoken on the country and the President and his style of governance
The lawyer gave the advice in Lagos on Sunday at the presentation of: “Compendium of High-Profile Corruption and Financial Crimes Cases in Nigeria”
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has restated that getting rid of corruption and entrenching good governance will be better for Nigeria than simple geographical restructuring.
My attention has been drawn to a letter written to Premium Times in response to an essay on restructuring authored by me.
In a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer, Commander Bisi Kazeem, the FRSC stated this in response to a story by Premium Times on the issue
The organization in a statement on Thursday by its Director of Media and Publicity, Comrade O’Seun John, described the continuous incarceration of the reporter as an assassination of the values of democracy and a stampede on press freedom.
The position of the group, which is backing the presidential aspiration of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, was stated by its Convener, Adebowale Taiwo Jante, in a statement.
Ogundipe had been in the custody of the police, which had secretly gone to court on Wednesday to have him detained till August 20
The arbitrary detention of Premium Times reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, signifies a deliberate attempt by the Federal Government to target progressive media for attacks.
The News Agency of reports that Ogundipe was arrested on August 14 for alleged publication of the Inspector-General of police interim report on the investigation on the former Director-General of DSS, Lawal Daura.
Nihinlola Ayanda, Communications Coordinator, ActionAid, made this assertion in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.
The Peoples Democratic Party has called for the immediate release of Premium Times reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, who was arrested and detained by the police over a report.
A Federal lawmaker, Sen. Shehu Sani, has condemned the arrest and detention of Premium Times reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, by the Nigeria Police Force.
A statement signed by the Guild’s Publicity Secretary, Olumide Iyanda, on Wednesday also condemned the arrest by the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad and harassment of the online newspaper’s Editor-In-Chief, Musikilu Mojeed, and Education Reporter, Azeezat Adedigba, both of who have been released.
In a statement on Wednesday, CPJ urged the Nigerian Police to immediately release the detained journalist, stressing that Ogundipe is not a criminal
In the statement, IPC said it is particularly dismayed that the Police authorities want Ogundipe to disclose the source of information over a story published by the newspaper