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Temitope Temokun, a human rights lawyer, described how ten police officers “forcefully whisked” activist Omoyele Sowore from the Kuje Magistrate Court on Friday.

Temokun described the incident as “unnecessary and premeditated” in an exclusive interview with Channels Television’s Inside Sources on Sunday, adding that he had made violent arrest attempts.

The officers “treated those who attempted to capture the scene brutally.” He claimed that I was also assaulted and injured.

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Within 30 minutes of the magistrate’s ruling, Sowore and other defendants’ bail conditions were met, but officers stormed the premises and “bundled him into a car” according to him.

Temokun criticized the police, alleging that they were unable to transfer Sowore to Kuje Prison. The Kuje authorities initially rejected him, he said, “but they tried to disguise the situation and patch it up.”

Prior to the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest, Sowore was given a $ 50.000 bail with two sureties, along with other defendants. He was arrested on Monday, October 27, 2025, despite the conditions, and is scheduled to appear in court on that day.

The Chairman of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, Government Ekpemupolo, is known as Tompolo, but he has refuted reports that are out there saying he gave the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in its place.

Tompolo claimed in a statement signed by his media consultant, Paul Bebenimibo, that the publication was untrue and mischievous, and that he had no affiliation with the Nnamdi Kanu controversy or any other related issues.

“We firmly assert that High Chief Ekpemupolo did not write the article or approve it.” Detractors are trying to discredit him because of his firm opposition to illegal crude oil activities in the Niger Delta region. Tompolo continues to work hard to stop oil theft and pipeline vandalism, as these individuals have failed and will fail,” the statement reads in part.

Read more about Ned Nwoko’s release and Nnamdi Kanu’s creation of One More State.

Through his spokesperson, Tompolo reiterated his support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda and reiterated his support for the President’s second term.

In a raid on a nightclub in the state’s Victoria Island neighborhood, NDLEA agents detained Lagos socialite Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, alias Pretty Mike.

Femi Babafemi, a NDLEA spokesman, said more than 100 suspects were detained while the drug party was taking place, in a statement released on Sunday.

During the operation that took place on Sunday, October 26, 2025, Babafemi claimed that cartons of prohibited substances, including loud and laughing gas, were recovered from the location.

According to him, NDLEA agents acting on credible intelligence entered the club on Saturday night at 11 p.m. before swooing into the crowd at 3 a.m. based on accepted operating procedures.

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“Over 100 suspects, including Pretty Mike, the club’s owner, were detained and taken into custody for screening,” according to the statement. At the party and the club’s store, the statement read, “Cartons of illicit substances, including loud and laughing gas, were recovered.”

“The raid was conducted in response to information about the drug dealer. Despite Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), NDLEA operatives who were present at the party between 11 p.m. on Saturday, October 25 and 3 am, however, disrupted the gathering.

A total of 70 parcels of cocaine, which were packed in walls of cocoa butter and body cream containers bound for London, United Kingdom, were discovered at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, with three suspects detained in a number of follow-up operations across Lagos, according to the anti-narcotics agency.

On Wednesday, October 22nd, a 35-year-old Lesotho national, Lemena Mark, attempted to fly 103.59 grams of methamphetamine to the Philippines from the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA) Enugu. NDLEA said it thwarted the attempt.

“The cocaine consignments, which weighed 3.60 kilograms, were discovered on October 14th, 2025, during the examination of cargoes transported as personal effects to London, UK on an Air Peace flight.

While investigations lasted for two weeks and led to the arrest of two key suspects in relation to the attempted shipment of the concealed Class A drug to the UK, a cargo agent, Lawal Mustapha Olakunle, was immediately apprehended.

The African bloc of the National Committees of the International Press Institute (IPI) has agreed to host the first meeting in Nigeria.

Mohammed Idris, the minister of information and national orientation, confirmed this at a meeting in Vienna, Austria over the weekend.

He had a conversation with Raheem Adedoyin, a member of the IPI Executive Board representing Nigeria and Africa, and Marton Gergely, the chairman of the IPI Executive Board, Scott Griffen.

The African bloc’s inaugural meeting will be held in Nigeria. We should lead as we always do, Idris said.

A regional network within the International Press Institute named the IPI African Bloc was established to address the needs of Africa’s distinct media and press freedom issues.

Prior to this, the Board had approved the creation of regional blocs of national committees to serve specific regional needs within the global IPI community.

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The minister noted that Nigeria was able to host the 2018 IPI World Congress and General Assembly in Abuja, noting that the nation was “ready for another world-class hosting.”

Although there is no set release date for the event, Griffen disclosed that Adedoyin and the IPI Nigeria National Committee will work together to finalize the arrangements.

Gergely, the chairman of the IPI Executive Board, described Nigeria as “a leading light in democratic governance with a free press.”

The Nigeria National Committee’s “robust press freedom engagements” across the continent were praised by IPI Executive Director, Griffen.

The Minister brought up the IPI Nigeria National Committee’s long-standing request to the organization to support the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) in Ogba, Lagos during the meeting.

He explained to the IPI leadership that the Institute founded the NIJ in 1971 while Alhaji Lateef Jakande served on the institute’s board of directors, and that Aremo Olusegun Osoba, a former governor and IPI leader, is currently chairing its Governing Board.