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Facebook User Regains Freedom After Detention Over Post on Speaker Abbas’ Wife

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In what appears to be another case of freedom of speech under attack in Nigeria, Suleiman Barde , a Facebook user who was arrested and detained in Kaduna, has now been released following public outcry and intervention by rights activist Omoyele Sowore . Barde was arrested and thrown into prison after publishing a Facebook post critical of Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas , particularly involving allegations concerning his wife. According to Sahara Reporters, the arrest raised immediate concerns among civil rights groups and Nigerians online, who decried the growing trend of using state machinery to intimidate private citizens over online comments. Human rights advocate and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore led the charge for Barde's release, publicly criticizing the abuse of power and calling for his immediate freedom. Sowore emphasized that public office holders must learn to respect the rights of Nigerians to express their opinions—especially ...
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Osoba: Tinubu Met Void Depository, Should Get to Move Nigeria Along in Present moment

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  Senior legislator and previous two-term Legislative head of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba, yesterday contended that President Bola Tinubu met a vacant depository when he took over from President Muhammadu Buhari, making sense of that the Nigerian chief should get to fill the hole meanwhile. Talking on Emerge TV, THISDAY's transmission arm, the legislator noticed that Nigerians previously encountered the most horrendously terrible of the economy in 2023 and consequently ought to anticipate a superior way of life in 2024. Focusing on that Tinubu was striving to contain the broad difficulty in the land, the previous columnist noticed that Nigeria was nearly crashing on May 29 when Tinubu assumed control over the reins of government. Osoba, a clan leader of the All Moderates Congress (APC), expressed that over the most recent couple of days he had gatherings with the president, whom he demanded feels the torments Nigerians are presently going through. "At the point when the deposit...
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NNPCL, advertisers conflict over appropriation, administrators stake petroleum at N1,200/liter

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 The Nigerian Public Oil Organization Restricted and fuel advertisers under the aegis of the Free Petrol Advertisers Relationship of Nigeria, on Tuesday, conflicted again over the expulsion of appropriation on petroleum. This came against the scenery of the deterioration of the naira against the US dollar at both the authority Financial backers and Exporters Window and the equal market.  On Tuesday, the nearby cash shut down at 998/dollar at the authority market, while it exchanged at 1,225/dollar at the bootleg market. On the rear of the falling naira rate, financial analysts and oil advertisers said PMS appropriation was expanding lately, yet the NNPC immediately countered these positions and pronounced that it was recuperating its full expense on the importation of Premium Engine Soul, prominently called petroleum, countering the places of the CEO, Monetary Subordinates Organization, Bismarck Rewane, had during a live TV program on ChannelsTV on Sunday, made sense of that f...
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Anambra police kill three suspects who supposedly shot cops dead

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  The Anambra State Police Order said it has up to this point killed three individuals from a pack that went after and killed two cops at Uga Indirect in Aguata Neighborhood Government Area of Anambra State last Thursday. The state Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, disclosed this on Monday. Adeoye said the gangsters were killed during a strike on their camp in Ogboji, Orumba South Neighborhood Government Region, on Sunday night after a manhunt was sent off on them in view of knowledge gathering. The CP added that the punks, after the Thursday assault, had likewise sent off one more assault nearby on Saturday, where security officials unstuck them and saved a 51-year-old grabbed casualty simultaneously. He said a Lexus Jeep and different things, including four Ad libbed Unstable Gadgets, two siphon activities, and 16 live cartridges were recuperated from the criminals. He said, "The third body of the gangsters has quite recently been recuperated by the police, bringing the...
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Benin Republic, Niger enjoy smuggled fuel as Nigerians keep vigil at petrol stations

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While numerous Nigerians are keeping vigil at filling stations to fuel their vehicles, drivers in the adjoining nations of Benin Republic and Niger are getting a charge out of fuel snuck from Nigeria, a Saturday PUNCH examination has shown. Our journalists, who visited the two nations found that the snuck petroleum was being sold by dark advertisers, whose rates were less expensive than those working in filling stations. Discoveries show that drivers frequently belittle the dark advertisers on the grounds that their rates are less expensive than the people who purchase from the filling stations. Saturday PUNCH accumulated the higher worth of cefas (CFA) to naira made the Nigerian snuck fuel alluring to residents of the two nations. Nigeria is seeing the fifth significant fuel emergency since President Bola Tinubu accepted office on May 29, 2023, following his expulsion of the fuel appropriation. The evacuation prompted a sharp ascent in fuel costs, causing alarm purchasing, far and wid...
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Nigerian blogger Olufunke 'Angels Empire' Afeh is set to appear in court on April 8 following her recent arrest and detention in connection with allegations of cyberstalking and harassment.

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  Legal troubles are on the horizon for blogger and philanthropist Olufunke Afeh, famously known as Angels Empire. Her forthcoming arraignment at the Federal High Court in Lagos on April 8 has garnered public interest regarding the details of her arrest, extended detention, and eventual release on bail. On February 19, 2025, SaharaReporters brought to light that the police had leveled 11 charges against Afeh, accusing her of various offenses, including cyberstalking and harassment of multiple individuals, notably Mr. Obidi Anthony and his daughters, Nancy Ume and Korra Obidi. The Angels Empire Foundation reported that Afeh was taken into custody on February 6, 2025, in Abuja. She had responded to a deceptive phone call from the Nigerian Police, which involved a false allegation of phone theft.  Once at the police station, Afeh was swiftly detained at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Abuja, where she was denied access to legal representation, and her mobile ...
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Anambra Boutique Owner Sues NAFDAC Over Claimed Theft of Merchandise During Onitsha Drug Market Operation

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  Sophia Eberechukwu Okoye, a young entrepreneur from Anambra State, who owns a boutique in Onitsha, has taken legal action against the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). She claims that soldiers allegedly deployed by the agency looted her store during a raid at the Onitsha drug market, popularly known as Ogbo Ogwu. In a notice of legal action issued by her legal representative, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor of I. C. Ejiofor & Co. law firm, Ms. Okoye is seeking N22 million in compensation, which she asserts is the verified value of the goods taken from her shop. Reports indicate that Ms. Okoye expressed her distress after losing goods valued at over N15 million due to the purported looting by the soldiers. Her boutique, which had opened just a few months prior, was one of many shops that were reportedly broken into and ransacked during the operation. Sources reveal that the thieves stole clothes, shoes, and other valuable items from the boutique, le...
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