AI stated that it is beginning the campaign to protect the “freedom of expression in Nigeria as critics, journalists and individuals who express dissenting views face intimidation, and threats.
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Attahiru and 10 other military officers were on board a Beechcraft 350 aircraft that crashed near Kaduna International Airport on Friday.
The president had asked Bashir Magashi, defence minister, to represent him at the funeral which took place at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja but this did not sit well with some Nigerians as they took to Twitter to show their disappointment.
“This funeral of former Chief of Army staff held in Abuja, Buhari and his VP Osinbajo were absent. The most irresponsible govt in the history of this country,” Somto Onuchukwu tweeted.
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This funeral of former Chief of Army staff held in Abuja, Buhari and his VP Osinbajo were absent.
When you have a family to look for in your life, being a critic is not your profession, more especially in a toxic society like ours where leaders go mad to an extent that they can afford to get rid of you the more you move to touch their power even if you are on the right lane.
The asylum seeker Ja’afar Ja’afar and the Dadiyata of unknown whereabout saga should serve as lessons to all of us (emerging critics) because both of them have family to look after, yet they lost the most precious gift of nature ‘family’ for being critics of tyrants.
23 people booked for helping quack escape in Kudligi
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Following a complaint by the Kudligi Tahsildar H.J. Rashmi, Kudligi police filed a case on Wednesday against 23 people from Ankanal village in Kudligi taluk of Ballari district on charges of assaulting and preventing government servants from discharging their duties.
Ms. Rashmi had, in her complaint, alleged that the people in question had prevented her and the other officials including Sandur Government Hospital doctor Chandrappa and Panchayat Development Officer Subramanya Malagi from nabbing a person, Jaffer, who was practising the medical profession without any valid qualification and licence and helped him escape on Tuesday.
In the word of Joseph E. Stiglitz, “Information is a public good, and as a public good, it needs public support.” The very least Nigerian media deserve is the support from all stakeholders to enable it to continue playing its role of “Fourth Estate of the Realm” and of course the fourth arm of government that consistently checkmate other arms of government.
However, the recent sanctions of some media houses in Nigeria for providing information that serves the public good is not a good sign. Recently, the Publisher of Daily Nigerian newspaper, Jaafar Jaafar had to run into hiding after he received threats to his life. This may not be unconnected to the video he released in 2018 showing a governor allegedly receiving kickbacks in foreign currency. Similarly, the Editor of The Weekly Source newspaper, Jones Abiri who was arrested and detained on terrorism allegations just for exposing the rot in the system through journalism. He was held in secret for more than two years withou