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Read More »Nigeria bill aims at punishing hate speech with death
28 November 2019 Nigeria is preparing legislation that could mean the death sentence for anyone found guilty of hate speech. It is also contemplating new media laws that have earned it the accusation of trying to curtail free speech. While hate speech on social media is a problem affecting the world, not many countries resort to such extreme measures as are in the …
Read More »Wilfred Ndidi is the driving force behind Leicester’s surge up the table
26 November 2019 The midfielder has made more tackles and more interceptions than any player in Europe’s top leagues this season Leicester City have more points now than they did at this stage of the 2015-16 season, when they went on to win the title. They are unlikely to repeat that 5,000-1 success, but they are giving Liverpool the closest run for …
Read More »A border patrol force is unlikely to solve Nigeria’s smuggling problem
25 November 2019 In August, Nigeria closed its border with Benin without notice. Then, in October, the customs service announced that all goods trade would remain entirely, and indefinitely, banned across all land borders. Finally, on November 14 came the announcement that Nigeria, Benin and Niger would form a joint border patrol force. Nigeria’s total land borders are 4,477 km long. The border with Benin is 809 km …
Read More »Sowore, Bakare and Jalingo declared Prisoners of Conscience
23 November 2019 Amnesty International has declared human rights defenders Omoyele Sowore, Olawale Bakare and Agba Jalingo prisoners of conscience, as they have faced ongoing arbitrary detention and unfair trials solely for exercising their right to freedom of expression. The Nigerian authorities at both federal and state levels have repeatedly targeted human rights defenders, activists and journalists including by stifling dissenting …
Read More »Itse Sagay: Tinubu already very rich before he became governor
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Read More »Wole Soyinka: Nigeria on a horrendous descent into an abyss of inhumanity
22 November 2019 Nobel literature laureate and activist Wole Soyinka described his country, Nigeria, as being in an “intractable situation” in which it was on what he called “a horrendous descent into an abyss of inhumanity”. This was due to the “astronomical rise in kidnapping for ransom, rape, paedophilia, sex trafficking” and other forms of inhumanity across the country. Soyinka …
Read More »Nigeria ranked 3rd most terrorised country globally in the latest global terrorism report
21 November 2019 Deaths from terrorism in Nigeria rose to 2,040 in 2018, a 33 per cent increase. This increase follows a steady decline in deaths since 2014. Terror-related incidents increased 37 per cent, from 411 in 2017 to 562 in 2018. The increase was due to a substantial escalation of violence by Fulani extremists, whilst Boko Haram recorded a …
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