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Published 10 June 2021
The US President Joe Biden and other world democratic leaders need to know fully that Nigerians’ fundamental rights, especially the right to expression are under siege by their President, major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), a man with apparent conservative attitude to present-day Nigeria, a highly populated multi-ethnic and multi-religious nation.
At the time of this writing, the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, that is somewhat modelled after the American Constitution, continues to fully guarantee the right of expression. Now, these freedoms are under threat in today’s Nigeria.
Some hours after Twitter removed Buhari’s ‘abusive’ civil war tweet, he tweeted his anger in response. His regime decided to ‘indefinitely’ and/or temporarily suspend Twitter in Nigeria.
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The Senate on Wednesday referred the name of the Special Assistant on Social Media to the President, Lauretta Onochie, to the Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for screening as a National Commissioner of INEC representing Delta State. This is coming about eight months after President Muhammdu Buhari.The Advocate
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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said that the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) called off its strike too early without achieving its aim of financial autonomy of the judiciary. African Examiner reports that the 64-day-old strike, the longest industrial action in the Nigerian judiciary was suspended […]