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A Federal High Court in Abuja has approved on Thursday the request by the Department of State Services (DSS) to further keep Omoyele Sowore in detention for 45 days pending the conclusion of its investigation, according to local media reports. The ruling has reportedly said that the DSS will be allowed to keep Sowore in custody for 45 days in the first instance and this detention could be renewed upon application to enable the DSS to complete its investigation.

The Department of State Security arrested Omoyele Sowore, claiming that his call for nationwide protests on August 5, called Revolution Now, was an insurrection aimed at a forceful takeover of the government.

The Human Rights Watch called the arrest of Sowore " a sign of growing intolerance in Nigeria that signifies the Nigerian government’s growing intention to shut down dissent."

Sowore, the publisher of a New York-based Nigeria news website, Sahara Reporters, ran against President Muhammadu Buhari in the March 2019 presidential elections. His political party, Africa Action Congress, declared August 5 the beginning of “Days of Rage” to protest, among other things, an alleged lack of a level playing field in the March elections.

Former Ghana, Nottingham Forest and Bristol Rovers striker Junior Agogo has died at the age of 40.


Agogo, who began his career at Sheffield Wednesday, played 27 times for his country and scored 12 goals.



He finished his career at Hibernian in 2012 having also had spells in the United States, Cyprus and Egypt.



Agogo suffered a stroke in 2015 and struggled with his speech afterwards, telling a BBC Four documentary in 2017 he felt anxious about his language

The United States Department of Justice has just released the statement below announcing that 80 defendants, most of whom are Nigerians have been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud, conspiracy to launder money, and aggravated identity theft. A number of the defendants, the statement said, are also facing substantive fraud and money laundering charges.
The indictment was unsealed after law enforcement authorities this morning arrested 14 defendants across the United States, with 11 of those arrests taking place in the Los Angeles region. Two defendants were already in federal custody on other charges, and one was arrested earlier this week. The remaining defendants are believed to be abroad, with most them located in Nigeria.

Don't complain that 
@MBuhari

 gave the largest number of Ministries and the biggest and most strategic Ministerial portfolios to the NW. What do u expect? His is a Govt of the Fulani, by the Fulani and for the Fulani.Under him non-Fulanis are regarded as nothing more than slaves"

FANI KAYODE on Twitter .