Operatives of the Nigerian police in Kaduna State have arrested a human rights activist and community leader, Comrade Daniel Ejembi, over his role in a protest against the controversial relocation of Kaduna Polytechnic’s Television Campus, SaharaReporters has learnt.  Ejembi, who also chairs the Kaduna-based human rights organisation Eagle’s Brain, confirmed his arrest in a distress […]

   

Julius Malema, a South African opposition politician has been convicted of multiple firearm-related offences after a video showed him firing a gun during a party rally seven years ago. Malema, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), was convicted on five counts, including the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, reckless endangerment, and

   

Human rights lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has declared that Nigeria’s democracy is hollow at the state level, accusing governors of running their states like private estates with little or no accountability. In an Independence Day statement, Adeyanju said while Abuja may showcase some democratic structures, governance at the subnational levels is “almost non-existent,” as governors continue