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24 people detained since 2021 over links to Nnamdi Kanu, lawyer claims

Nnaemeka Ejiofor, a lawyer in the legal team of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says 24 persons are being detained by security agents over their

‘Respect rule of law’ — lawyer asks DSS to release detained Igboho supporters

Yomi Alliyu, counsel to Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader better known as Sunday Igboho, has asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to release the detained supporters of the youth

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Mali president, prime minister released — after 3 days in detention

Mali’s interim President Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane have been released after their arrest and detention by the military in a coup. The two men were detained on

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‘SARS victim’ narrates how he was thrown into the cell on his first day in Lagos

Marc Chidebere Nwadi, a resident of Lagos, says he was detained and tortured by police officers hours after he arrived the state from the south-east in 1999. Nwadi narrated his

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