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FIGHTING CORRUPTION OR OPPRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS

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Opinion Article President Muhammadu Buhari Last week saw the Carnival-like celebration of the international anti-corruption and human rights day in Nigeria. The significance behind marking international days should be for us to recounts the level of success we have achieved or retardation we have faced in achieving the objectives that set those days aside from others. While the finger points squarely at the politicians for being the primary perpetrators of corruption, the Nigerian masses are crying loud for their fundamental human rights being short-lived by the government and her mecinaries. Ahmad Lawan, President of the Senate Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker House of Representatives The 9th National Assembly of Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila seem to be fast and furious when it comes to initiating and passing bills. The regulation of the Social Media bill which is intended by  the sponsor to curb the peddling of fake news and hate speech have not only caught

BREAKING: Court gives DSS 24 hours to release Sowore, Bakare

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Breaking News Abuja Omoyele Sowore, former Presidential aspiration The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday 5 December, 2019, gave the Department of State Service, DSS  24 hours ultimatum to release the Publisher of Online News Media, Sahara Reporters, and former Presidential aspirant in the 2019 General elections Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare being held in detention. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu gave the order at the scheduled commencement of the defendants' trial on charges of treasonable felony against them by the Federal government. The judge noted after she signed the warrants for the release of the defendants from custody, and same was served on the defendants, and the DSS had no justifiable reason to continue to hold them in custody . The prosecuting counsel, Hassan Liman (SAN), had insisted that the DSS had not obeyed the court order for their release because the DSS had no power to constitute itself into a parallel court. The judge adjourn