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Jun

30

2022

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2023: Buhari Warns Diasporan Nigerians Against Irresponsible Social Media Use

NEWS#2023PresidentialElection, #MuhammaduBuhari, crisis, social media, Twitter, violence

2023: Buhari Warns Diasporan Nigerians Against Irresponsible Social Media Use President Mohammadu Buhari has appealed diasporan Nigerians to resist the urge to incite crisis in the country using Social Media, as the 2023 general elections draw closer. Buhari, Wednesday, has reassured Nigerians of the commitment of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deliver peaceful, transparent, free, fair and credible elections in 2023. President Buhari reiterated that the exercise would be held devoid of any form of interference, whatsoever his administration. President Buhari gave the assurance in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal while speaking at a…

Nov

05

2021

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Sit-At-Home Order: IPOB has proven it’s not a terrorist organisation – Okupe

NATIONAL NEWSBIAFRA, Dr. Doyin Okupe, Sit-at-home, terrorism, Terrorist, violence

Sit-At-Home Order: IPOB has proven it's not a terrorist organisation - Okupe Nnachi, E.U, Abakaliki A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, has said the cancellation by the Indigenous People of Biafra, of its planned one-week Sit-At-Home in the South-East zone, had proved the group was not a terrorist organisation. According to the former Presidential Aide, the decision of IPOB to cancel the one-week Sit-At-Home, was indicative of the fact that it believed in the principle of justice, equity and self determination, for its people. Okupe stated this in a statement he…

Sep

24

2021

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Abia State Polytechnic Student’s Rape: FENRAD Insists on Investigation and Justice.

CRIMEAdvocacy and Development, Assault, FENRAD, FERNARD, Foundation for Environmental Rights, Gender abuse, intimidation, investigation, rape, Rape of Abia State polytechnic student, Victimization, violence, Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act of 2015

Abia State Polytechnic Student Rape: FENRAD Insists on Investigation and Justice. Press Release Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development, FENRAD, a pro-democracy, human and environmental rights advocacy group received with anger the news of the rape of a female student of Abia State Polytechnic allegedly by men of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the Rapid Response Squad, RRS formation in Aba. The ogreish act, according to FENRAD, was perpetrated when, on the pretext of investigating drug and substance abuse by students, the men of the RRS team stormed New Haven, a students' lodge whereupon the poor victim was…

Oct

20

2020

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#EndSArs Protest: Lagos State Gov, Sanwo-Olu Declares 24-Hours Curfew as protest turns violent

NEWS#EndExtraJudicial killing, #EndSARsProtest, bloodbath, brutal killing, curfew, violence

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has imposed a 24-hr curfew as protests against police brutality turned violent in the State. In a tweet Tuesday, the governor said: “Dear Lagosians, I have watched with shock how what began as a peaceful #EndSARS protest has degenerated into a monster that is threatening the well-being of our society. Lives and limbs have been lost as criminals and miscreants are now hiding under the umbrella of these protests to unleash mayhem on our state. As a government that is alive to its responsibility and has shown a commitment to the movement #EndSARS, we will…