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Human rights advocate and author, Dele Farotimi, has expressed heartfelt gratitude to Nigerians for their overwhelming support during his recent legal ordeal
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Farotimi Appreciates Nigerians for Uniting Beyond Divisions to Support Him During Trial

Human rights advocate and author Dele Farotimi has expressed heartfelt gratitude to Nigerians for their overwhelming support during his recent legal ordeal, transcending...

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Court Stops Police From Remanding TikToker “Seaking” For Insulting Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu

A Lagos Magistrate Court has rejected a request by the Nigeria Police Force to remand Olumide Ogunsanwo, popularly known as “Seaking,” over a...

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Speed Darlington Granted Bail After a Month in Detention

Popular rapper, Darlington Achakpo, widely known as Speed Darlington, has been granted bail after spending nearly a month in police custody. His lawyer,...

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Police Charge Activist Olamide Thomas for ‘Threatening’ Seyi Tinubu and Police Chiefs, Arrest DJ for Insulting President

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of activist and nurse, Olamide Abiodun Thomas, on charges of cyberbullying Seyi Tinubu,...

The Cost of Speaking Truth to Power in Nigeria
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Judge Forgets Ruling at Home, Grants Dele Farotimi N30m Bail Amid Protests

A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, witnessed dramatic proceedings on Friday as activist and lawyer Dele Farotimi was finally granted...

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Renewed Hardship: At Least 32 Children Killed in Stampede at Ibadan Carnival Over Cash, Food Giveaway

At least 32 children have died and many others injured in a stampede during a children’s carnival in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday....

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Police Arrest Activist Abiodun Thomas Over Criticism of Brutality and Misconduct

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested Abiodun Olamide Thomas, popularly known as “Horlarmidey Africano,” for criticising police brutality and misconduct. Her arrest, reportedly...

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Afe Babalola: Court Halts Sale of Dele Farotimi’s Book, “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System”

The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an ex-parte order stopping the production and distribution of the book Nigeria and Its Criminal...

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Just In: Court Grants Dele Farotimi N50 Million Bail with Surety in Like Sum

An Ekiti State Magistrate Court has granted human rights lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi bail of N50 million, with a surety required to...

Nigeria's Security Agencies
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Nigeria’s Security Agencies Under Tinubu Regime Unlawfully Arrest 17 Journalists, 87 Citizens In 2024

In 2024, Nigeria’s Security Agencies, especially the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), made headlines for all the wrong reasons, with a disturbing pattern of...

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58% of Women and Girls Across 22 Countries, Including Nigeria, Face Online Harassment

Jecinta Egbim is an Nguvu Change Leader, Educationist, Mental Health advocate and Counselor. She is the curator of Nigeria’s first Art Therapy event...

Disability Nigeria’s Failing Infrastructure
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“I Was Carried Upstairs to Attend Class” – Disability Advocate’s Video Exposes Nigeria’s Failing Infrastructure, Lack of Inclusion

A video shared by a Disability Advocate and a Nguvu Change Leader, Adaobi Chuma-Okeke, on social media the day before the International Day...