Journalists, activists, and civil society organisations from African countries recently gathered for a 2-day hybrid workshop by the Human Rights Journalists Network Nigeria, HRJN, in Lagos, Nigeria. Their mission was to enhance their awareness of digital rights and cybersecurity practices in the digital space. At the end, 70 of the attendees’ agreed that their expectations were met as a result of the project by HRJN. The event, themed “Digital Security And Resilience Workshop,” took place on Thursday, July 18 and Friday, July 19, 2024. It was filled with presentations and the exchange of ideas by trainers and participants from various countries. The workshop was…
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Over 60 students from the University of Lagos were inducted as ambassadors for the Safe School Declaration campaign during a public hearing to mark African Youth Day on 15th July, 2024. The induction of the students as Ambassadors of safe schools on Wednesday, 17th July, 2024, marks the initial phase of creating awareness among tertiary students about the vulnerability of schools and the necessity for legal frameworks and government resources to support systems that will make schools more secure. The event took place at the Nigeria Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos. During…
The leadership of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs in Borno and Niger states have passionately appealed to President Bola Tinubu to in the spirit of humanity and performance, reinstate Dr. Betta Edu to office as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to reduce their suffering. The IDPs who separately made this appeal recently recalled with nostalgia, how they enjoyed a new lease of life during the four and half months when Dr. Edu held sway as Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Speaking at Muna Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs camp in Maiduguri, a camp hosting over 52,000 IDPs from…
The Police have arrested a crypto billionaire Linus Williams, a.k.a Blord on Tuesday. The Force Public Relations, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi disclosed the suspect’s arrest. He was apprehended following allegations bothering on cryptocurrency fraud, aiding internet fraud, computer-related fraud, terrorism funding, and non-compliance with regulatory frameworks. According to Police spokesman, the Force Criminal Investigation Department of the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre is currently investigating complaints lodged against Blord Group, Blord Real Estate Limited, Blord Jetpaye Limited, and Billpoint Technology. He further assured of diligent investigations. “We will do due diligence in our investigations. Our cyber space in Nigeria must…
The Lagos State Police Command has detained one of its officers, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, simply identified as Lanre, following allegation of defilement by a 17-year-old girl. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Adegoke Fayoade, has ordered a comprehensive investigation, a statement by SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Lagos State Command in Ikeja, communicated on Sunday. The Command has assured the public that there will be no cover-up, and the officer will face the full weight of police regulations and the law if found guilty.
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, inaugurated the reintroduction of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise campaign in the State on Sunday. The monthly environmental sanitation was a culture in Lagos State some years ago promote a clean and healthy environment, encourage community participation in waste management, and reduce the risk of disease outbreaks. Speaking at the occasion held at Campus Square, Lagos Island, Sanwo-Olu called for the cooperation of all residents and stakeholders in making the exercise a success. After a court judgement in 2016 declared the monthly environmental sanitation exercise unconstitutional, the Lagos State Government abolished the practice. This…
Justice Ganiu Aliu Safari of a Lagos High Court sitting in Badore, Ajah has granted an injunction restraining the execution of the judgement on the large expanse of land in the Eyin-Osa, Epe community in the Free Trade Zone in Lagos State. The presiding judge also ordered the respondents, who are the judgement creditor, the Ottun Family and the Lagos State Government “to maintain status quo, pending the determination of the suit at the Court of Appeal. Justice Aliu Safari had earlier in 2023 in a matter with the Suit No. LD/8916/2014 between Moshood Olushola Ottun & 1 other and the Governor of…
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in a landmark judgement, has ordered Alhaji Lai Mohammed, former Minister of Information and Culture and the Ministry of Information to disclose the details of the agreement between the Federal Government and X, formerly Twitter, to assess whether the agreement complies with the exercise of Nigerians’ human rights online. The judgement was delivered in May 2024 by Hon. Justice Nnamdi Okwy Dimgba following a Freedom of Information suit number: FHC/L/CS/238/2022, brought by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP. The certified true copy of the judgement was obtained last Friday. In his judgement,…
An official of Zenith Bank who is an Assistant Manager, Ms. Ifeoma Ogbonnaya at the continuation of trial of former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, told the trial judge that the defendant and his wife, Margaret were not signatories to companies accounts allegedly owned by the couple. She said this before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, on Wednesday during cross examination by the Defence Counsel to the first defendant, Mr. Olalekan Ojo, SAN, Emefiele is standing trial over abuse of office, alleged $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud while in office alongside Henry…
Zenith Bank official has narrated to Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja how the wife of the embattled former Governor of Central Bank, CBN, Godwin Emefiele assisted him in laundering huge amounts of money. A fifth prosecution witness, an Assistant Manager, Ms. Ifeoma Ogbonnaya with Zenith Bank Plc., disclosed this at the continuation of trial on Tuesday. Emefiele is standing trial over abuse of office, alleged $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud while in office alongside Henry Omoile. She was led in evidence by the the prosecution counsel to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN. The…