In a troubling development, 17-year-old Alabi Quadri, who gained national attention in 2023 after a viral photograph captured him standing with arms outstretched before the convoy of Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, has been detained since January on questionable charges. Human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong disclosed this information via a Facebook post following a visit to the Magistrate Court of Lagos, Apapa Magisterial District, on 9 April 2025. According to Mr. Effiong, Quadri was...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has issued a stern warning to South East youths against joining the Nigerian Army, urging them to reconsider enlisting due to the dangers they could face in volatile regions. In a statement released on Tuesday by IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful, the group claimed that the Nigerian military has shown a history of ethnic bias, often deploying recruits from the South to northern regions where terrorist groups like Boko Haram...