COVID-19 And The NIN Debacle By Seun Awogbenle
A government that will in one breath caution people on the danger of mass gathering and the need to distance physically, while in another breath has a super spreader policy that not just encourages people to gather
by Seun Awogbenle
Jan 13, 2021
Everything in Nigeria is going to kill you, says Author and Human rights lawyer Ayo Sogunro. Frankly, nothing else can describe the directive by the Federal Government over the deadline for the enrolment of the National Identity Number, the integration of subscriber information Module (SIM) cards with the National Identity Number (NIN) and the order to enforce the blocking of SIM cards not linked to NIN.
By Alex Enumah
Justice Bello Kawu of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Kubwa, Abuja on Wednesday halted the trial of Comrade Deji Adeyanju and 49 others accused of promoting the #ENDSARS protest that rocked the entire country last October.
Justice Kawu halted trial of the defendants in a ruling on an exparte application brought by Adeyanju.
Following a Direct Criminal Complaint filed by the Police last November, Magistrate Omolola Akindele of a Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja had ordered the Commissioner of Police in the FCT to investigate the role played by the defendants in the protest that saw the loss of dozens of lives and properties worth billions of naira across states in the federation.
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