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Lagos Braces for Friday Protest as Group Seeks End to Treason Charges Against Lenin, Others
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The city of Lagos is bracing for a planned protest this Friday as activists from the #EndBadGovernance movement demand the immediate dismissal of treason charges against Michael Lenin and other EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Protesters. The group contends that the accusations are baseless and they are calling for a peaceful demonstration to express…
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#EndBadGovernance: Falana Presses Tinubu Regime to Offer Schooling to Freed Minor and Withdraw Charges Against Lenin, 10 Others
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Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has made an appeal to Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday. Falana urged Fagbemi to drop charges against Adaramoye Michael Lenin and 10 others, who are set to appear in…
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#EndBadGovernance: Group Calls for Police Chief’s Dismissal, Demands N30M Compensation for Arraigned Minors
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A non-governmental organization, the Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has demanded the immediate removal of Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, for subjecting children to inhumane conditions while in police custody. In the statement, the Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN) asserted that the detainment and…
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“The Questions I Could not Answer”, Written by Adeola Soetan
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This was the title of the article by Justice Akinola Aguda published by the Guardian many years ago during Saint Abacha regime of terror and looting .The late eminent jurist wrote the reflective piece after returning from the civilized world where he met other eminent judges, law practitioners at a…
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THE CRIMINALIZATION OF POVERTY AND PROTESTS BY THE TINUBU REGIME IS NATIONAL, WRITTEN BY ADEYEYE OLORUNFEMI
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The APC not knowing how to respond to the international embarrassment of criminalizing protests and the persecution of minors as we all saw yesterday, has now mobilized its e-rats to start a North versus South propaganda in order to distract Nigerians, as if its strategy of weaponizing poverty and criminalizing…
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Prof Chidi Odinkalu Condemns Nigerian Judiciary’s Complicity in Oppressing Citizens and Violating Fundamental Human Rights
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Prof Chidi Odinkalu, a distinguished human rights activist and senior lawyer, has strongly criticized the Nigerian Judiciary for colluding with the executive branch to oppress citizens and strip them of their basic human rights. Odinkalu’s outrage was prompted by the arraignment of malnourished children at the Federal High Court in…
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Address Hunger Crisis, Stop Unjust Detention & Malnourishment of Minors, Amnesty Int’l Blasts Tinubu Gov’t
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Global human rights organization Amnesty International has issued a demand for the immediate release of all #EndBadGovernance protesters detained by President Bola Tinubu’s Nigerian government. Responding to the resumption of treason trials against #EndBadGovernance protesters, Amnesty International’s press release on Friday made it clear that the Tinubu government must immediately…
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Engineer Khalid Aminu Recounts Harrowing 60-Day Ordeal of Torture and Inhumane Treatment in DSS Detention Following #EndBadGovernance Protest Arrest
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Engineer Khalid Aminu, one of 39 protesters arrested during August’s #EndBadGovernance demonstrations, has recounted his harrowing 60-day ordeal of torture and inhumane treatment at the hands of the Department of State Services (DSS). He was arrested during the #EndBadGovernance protests in Kano alongside fellow protesters. He narrated how the DSS…
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Coalition of Abuja Left Groups Demands Release of 76 Protesters, Including 32 Minors, Condemns Tinubu Regime’s Suppression of Dissent & Abuse of Power
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The Network of Abuja Left Groups has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of 76 protesters, including 32 minors, arrested during August’s #EndBadGovernance demonstrations. The coalition, comprising seven human rights organizations, condemned the prolonged detention and called for an end to judicial intimidation and the suppression of dissent. Furthermore, they…
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17.5 Million Nigerian Children Living in Vulnerable Conditions
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A group, SOS Children’s Villages, has shed light on the alarming number of orphaned children living in vulnerable conditions in Nigeria, with a staggering 153 million in total. This was made known during the commemoration of the World Development Information Day in Nigeria. The Fund Development Manager, SOS Children’s Villages…