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Tinubu Security Agencies
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SERAP Urges Tinubu to Stop Weaponising Security Agencies Against Citizens Exercising Human Rights

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to cease using Nigeria’s security agencies to intimidate citizens exercising...

Police Arrest Protesters Commemorating EndSARS Anniversary at Lekki Tollgate, Lagos
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Police Arrest Protesters Commemorating EndSARS Anniversary at Lekki Tollgate, Lagos

Police have arrested several protesters who gathered at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos to mark the 4th anniversary of the EndSARS protests. The...

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Kebbi Govt to Go After Guardians Embezzling Donated Funds for Orphans, Constitutes Probe Committee

Kebbi State Government has vowed to take swift action against guardians found to have fraudulently removed money meant for orphans, following the disbursement...

Court Halts Lagos Polio Vaccination Over Consent Issues
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Court Halts Lagos Polio Vaccination Over Consent Issues

Justice A. Lewis-Allagoa of the Ikoyi Federal High Court has ordered the Lagos State Government to suspend its planned mass polio vaccination of...

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Kenyan Advocate Files Lawsuit Against Four U.S. Companies Over Chemical-laced Sanitary Products

Wakili Joseph Mwai, a Kenyan-based Consumer Protection and Human Rights Advocate, alongside Taifa Mpya, has filed a lawsuit against four U.S.-based sanitary products...

In Violation Of International Law, Netanyahu Orders Ghanaian Peacekeepers To Yield For Planned Israeli Assault On Lebanon
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In Violation Of International Law, Netanyahu Orders Ghanaian Peacekeepers To Yield For Planned Israeli Assault On Lebanon

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered Ghanaian, Irish and Italian peacekeepers under UN mission to move up north (5km away) to allow...

Ghana's President Calls for Strike Suspension, Repeating Vows to Eradicate Illegal Mining
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Ghana’s President Calls for Strike Suspension Over Illegal Mining Activities

Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the Organised Labour to halt the planned “strike action” over illegal ‘galamsey’ mining poisoning water...

#EndBadGovernance
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Court halves bail for 5 #EndBadGovernance protesters from N10m to N5m each

A Federal High Court in Abuja has reduced the bail amount for five of the 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters previously charged N10 million each...

HURIWA Opposes Wike and Tinubu's Plan to Build Judges' Houses, Citing Political Capture of Judiciary
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HURIWA Opposes Wike and Tinubu’s Plan to Build Judges’ Houses, Citing Political Capture of Judiciary

HURIWA, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, has ascribed corruption in the judiciary to undue influence exerted by the executive arm of...

Isaac Bristol Regains Freedom After Meeting Bail Conditions
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JUST IN: Isaac Bristol Regains Freedom After Meeting Bail Conditions

Isaac Bristol, whom the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) alleged to be behind anonymous whistleblower @PIDOMNIGERIA on X, has regained freedom, having met the...

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Protesters In Ghana Demand Release Of Detained Anti-Galamsey Activists

Protests began in Accra, Ghana on Thursday, calling for the release of 53 activists who were arrested last week during demonstrations against illegal...

Nigerians Commence Protests Against Bad Governance on 64th Independence Day
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Nigerians Commence Protests Against Bad Governance on 64th Independence Day

Nigerians have commenced the announced #FearlessOctober protests on Tuesday at the Ikeja Underbridge in Lagos State and the country’s capital, Abuja. The protest...