Stop DSS Threat To Ban 𝕏 – SERAP Tells Tinubu Group warns ban over Sowore’s comments violates freedom of expression. ECOWAS court ruling cited as DSS pressure faces legal challenge. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to order the Department of State Services (DSS) to withdraw its threat … Read more
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was sentenced to death for supporting anti-government protests, has been released after spending two years in prison. Salehi, 34, was arrested in October 2022 for publicly backing protests that erupted across Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died in police custody for allegedly wearing … Read more
The Nigerian Police have clarified that their request for protest organizers’ details is a standard procedure to ensure safety and effective communication, not an attempt to undermine constitutional rights. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian Police Force has clarified its stance on the request for details of Nigerians planning to participate in the proposed nationwide … Read more
Arrested Abuja Journalist Released From Police Custody On Bail. Onuorah was granted bail by the Enugu State Police Command after being allegedly abducted by men from the Ebonyi Police Command. The management of Globalupfront Newspapers stands by Onuorah and insists that the police station is not a court of law for defamation cases. the Nigeria … Read more
Another Journalist Lands In Police Custody In Abuja. Onuorah’s family’s inquiries during arrest unanswered; phones seized; denied legal counsel access; whereabouts unknown. Globalupfront Newspapers demand Onuorah’s immediate release, citing his lawful conduct. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Madu Onuorah, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Global-upfront Newspaper (Online), was forcibly taken by Nigerian Police Force operatives. According … Read more
SERAP has called on the CBN to immediately delete unlawful provisions in its regulations, which mandate banks to obtain customers’ social media handles for identification. SERAP argues that such requirements violate the rights to freedom of expression and privacy. They have given the CBN a three-day ultimatum to reverse the policy and withdraw the directive. … Read more
BY IBRAHIM KEGBEGBE As far back as the 1990s while one was still in the primary tier of the education sector, a question that was usually asked, was: which of these professions is most critical to society – law, journalism, medicine or farming. Not only was this a subject of debate for academic purposes, it … Read more
President of the General Assembly (PGA), Amb. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, says the United Nations must continue to insist on protection of the freedom of expression and association around the world. Muhammad-Bande stated this at an interactive session with representatives of civil society organisations at the UN headquarters in New York on Monday. He noted that there … Read more