The Department of State Services (DSS) has released Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement, who has been in detention since August 3.A DSS source disclosed this to TheCable on Thursday night. Marshall Abubakar, one of the lawyers of Sowore, later confirmed the development."He has been released. I am with him as we speak," he told TheCable over the phone, adding [...]
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Amnesty International Nigeria says shooting of peaceful protesters by security agencies is a stain on Nigeria’s human rights record.Commenting on the attack on members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) in Abuja on Wednesday, the human rights organisation asked the federal government investigate the incident.A secondary school student was shot when policemen opened fire to disperse IMN members who [...]

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President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after actively participating in the three-day Russia-Africa summit held in Sochi, Russia.The presidential aircraft conveying the president and some members of his entourage landed at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 5:25pm.While in Sochi, Buhari, on October 23, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, where the duo [...]

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed Ayuba Chashe, a resident of Yebu community in Kwali area council of the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja.The attackers also abducted two children of Chase.Danladi Chiya, chairman of Kwali, confirmed the development to journalists, narrating how the gunmen struck on Monday night.The chairman assured the residents that measures were in place to get the [...]

The Nigeria Customs Service says it raided Fraser Suites, Abuja, after receiving an intelligence that some exotic cars without duty payment were parked in the hotel.Joseph Attah, customs spokesman, said the service learnt the cars, suspected to have been smuggled into the country, were removed from a car mart.TheCable had reported that operatives of the service had besieged the hotel after [...]

Three suspected kidnappers were on Monday burnt alive in the Dutse Alhaji area of the federal capital territory.The three men were said to have been caught in a moving vehicle while trying to abduct a lady.Aminu Umar, a Vehicle Inspection Officer (VIO), said the lady was heard screaming for help from inside the vehicle around 8am on Monday.“The lady was [...]