The plan for the revolution march and the arrest of the convener as well as the proceedings
on the bail application of detained Shiites leader are some of the trending stories in Nigerian
press on Monday.
The Nation reported that ahead of the planned revolution march by some civil society
groups, the Police, the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies
have been placed on red alert.
As all the agencies have been asked to strengthen security nationwide, the Coalition of
Northern Groups has dissociated itself from the march, which the police and security
agencies believe to be a plot to create a replica of the Arab Spring against the
administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Channels TV reported that the Department of State Security Service (DSS), has confirmed
the arrest of former Presidential Aspirant, African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore.
ThisDay quoted the Department of State Services (DSS) as saying that it would not allow any
forceful takeover of government in Nigeria.
The DSS stated this in its first official reaction to a series of planned protests on the state
of the nation tagged #RevolutionNow, scheduled for August 5, 2019.
The Nation also reported that as Kaduna State High Court decides today on the application
by leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, to travel
abroad for medical treatment, the state police command has reminded the public,
especially members of the movement, about the ban on procession/demonstration.
The IMN leader had requested to travel to India with his wife, Zeenat, for medical attention,
the Sun said the Police has beefed up security in Kaduna State ahead of a High Court ruling
on the application filed by the Shi’ite leader, Ibrahim Elzakzaky seeking for bail to travel to
India for medical attention.
It also reminded residents that the ban on protests, processions and demonstrations in the
state is still in force.
The Daily Trust reported that the oil-producing states are the most indebted across the
country despite the huge derivation revenue accruing to them.
The Guardian said that the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has stated that the shutdown last week
of telecommunications networks by its task force in Yenagoa was a warning to international
oil companies ((IOCs) operating in Bayelsa State.
The Punch reported that the Niger State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old man,
Abdullahi Abubakar, for allegedly sodomising 32 students of an almajiri school in the
Kontagora Local Government of the state.
The incident was reported to the police on July 22, 2019, by a Kontagora Hisba (Sharia
police) Commander, Murtala Abdullahi.
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