Public protests erupted in Abuja and Lagos on Tuesday over the non-release of Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare by the Federal Government in flagrant disobedience of a court order. The protesters had gone to the headquarters of the State Security Service in the Federal Capital Territory to demand their release. But the bullies, in whose …
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Publisher Omoyele Sowore detained in High Court appearance Sowore has been in prison for three months over protest call Muhammadu Buhari Photographer: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Nigeria’s secret police rearrested publisher Omoyele Sowore, a prominent critic of President Muhammadu Buhari, in chaotic scenes at the country’s Federal High Court. Scuffles broke out in the court room …
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On an industrial estate on the edge of central Birmingham, in a building nestled behind a car park and overlooking the city’s network of canals, I met a group of about 30 people who had come from all over the world but whose experiences of the UK’s immigration regime were remarkably similar. They formed a …
Patient being treated in London after contracting the rare viral infection similar to smallpox The patient has been transferred to the high consequence infectious disease centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London. Photograph: Ian Nicholson/PA A person is being treated for monkeypox in England, a rare viral infection similar to the …
A Christian congregation have been booted out of a former Dartford nightclub where they hold their services amid an unholy planning battle. The Redeemed Christian Church of God bought the disused club in 2017, and has been meeting there ever since. But the site sits at the heart of a proposed 548 home housing development …
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