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For Buhari regime, criticisms come at a price

Punch Newspapers Sections JESUSEGUN ALAGBE writes about the trend by the government in stifling criticisms through attacks on dissenting voices What happens when the government stifles criticisms and freedom of expression? Oftentimes, bad decisions are made and tragic situations occur – sometimes on a breathtaking scale that can leave everyone wondering: how did this happen? Naturally, governments hate to be criticised, and the Nigerian government is not an exception. Sometimes, criticism-hating governments come up with terms like “hate speech” to stifle commentary and to avoid being held accountable. Also, sometimes when governments want to censure criticisms, they attack the messengers, classifying their messages as anti-patriotic, just to justify repressing legitimate difference of opinion.

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Insecurity In the South-East: Between Scylla and Charybdis, By Osmund Agbo

Insecurity In the South-East: Between Scylla and Charybdis, By Osmund Agbo The horrifying reality of today is that there are not many options available to salvage the situation. ADVERTISEMENT The horrifying reality of today is that there are not many options available to salvage the situation. The only way out is for the region’s political leaders to wake up from deep slumber. They should worry less about their political future and take firm and decisive actions. Anything short of that, we would be attempting to escape Charybdis, while falling into Scylla… “Around evening time on Monday, we saw some people in a bus approach the police station, shoot the gate open, killing all the six officials who tried to resist them.” That was how one eye witness account narrated the dare-devil attack on a police facility in Imo State that happened on Monday, April 26. Meanwhile, in the nearby city of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, five security officers, including two soldiers, were also

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The New Humanitarian | Nigeria fails to come to grips with separatist New Biafra

LAGOS A treason trial will start next month in a Nigerian high court that has major implications for the country’s stability. In the dock will be Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Along with three other men, he is facing a charge of “treasonable felony”. Biafra was the secessionist Igbo enclave of southeastern Nigeria that existed between 1967 and 1970 – its defeat may have claimed as many as one million lives. The Igbos are the third largest ethnic group in Nigeria, and Kanu the leading light in a growing movement reviving the idea of separation. Kanu was director of London-based Radio Biafra, which transmits via the internet and shortwave to southeastern Nigeria. A skilled propagandist, his message was simple: for their future survival, Igbos must leave the “zoo” that is Nigeria, which he claims is dominated by an Islamic Hausa-Fulani (the majority ethnic group) elite.

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IPOB Calls Igbo Governors Puppets, Mocks Them Over Attacks, Killings

IPOB Calls Igbo Governors Puppets, Mocks Them Over Attacks, Killings
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Ikpeazu, Uzor-Kalu, Ogah… the heavyweights that will shape Abia by-election

Ikpeazu, Uzor-Kalu, Ogah… the heavyweights that will shape Abia by-election
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