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Protest: When national interest should supercede
In recent days, no topic has dominated Nigeria’s media space as the planned 10-day protest by civil rights activists. Not even the Olympics going on in Paris, nor the decamping of Anyim Pius Anyim, one of the remaining political heavyweights in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party has attracted the same media attention as the protest, which its planner tagged #Endbadgovernance#.…
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Nigerian Government Drops Treason Charges Against Omoyele Sowore
Abuja, February 15, 2024:Â The Nigerian government has officially discontinued treasonable felony charges against Omoyele Sowore, the prominent figure behind the RevolutionNow movement. In a notice of discontinuation dated February 14, the termination was submitted to the Federal High Court in Abuja. Sowore had been facing charges of “conspiracy to commit treason” and “insulting” former President Muhammadu Buhari, following a…
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Court awards N2m fine against DSS over seizure of Sowore’s iPhones
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay the Convener, #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, the sum of N2 million over unlawful seizure of his mobile phone in 2019 at the point of his arrest. Justice Anwuli Chikere, in a judgment, also ordered the DSSÂ to release forthwith the iPhones and the sum of N10,000…
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