Amnesty International Nigeria (AIN) has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a musician who was sentenced to death by hanging in 2020 after being convicted of blasphemy. The organisation made this known in a statement posted on its verified Twitter handle on Friday, in which it called on the Federal Government to drop all charges against Sharif-Aminu. According to the organisation, the blasphemy sentence is a travesty of justice.
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By Modupeoluwa Adekanye 13 April 2021 | 9:01 am
Nigerians React As Twitter Builds Its Headquarter In Ghana
On Monday, Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s founder, announced that Twitter headquarters in Africa has been built in Ghana. Dorsey’s tweet announcing news of the hires on Monday said: “Twitter is now present on the continent.” x
Ghana’s support for free speech and online freedoms made it the company’s choice for its first African location, Twitter said.
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a tweet that the country would be the location of Twitter’s headquarters on the continent, although this information was not included in the company’s statement. He said:
#EndSARS: SERAP, Amnesty International demand release of arrested #OccupyLekkiTollGate protesters
Dozens of protesters have been arrested on Saturday for expressing their displeasure over the order by Lagos #EndSARS panel to reopen Lekki Tollgate.
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The Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded the release of protesters arrested at #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest in Lagos on Saturday.
PREMIUM TIMES reported how dozens of protesters have been arrested and whisked away in Black Maria by police officers at Lekki Tollgate.
The protesting youth are against the decision of the judicial panel for the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) to reopen the tollgate months after soldiers opened fire on unarmed #EndSARS protesters on October 20, 2020.