@CNNAfrica In Aoko v. Fagbemi, the Supreme Court held that only a crime defined by law with punishment prescribed thereto can cause an arrest and prosecution. Similarly, in Okafor v. Governor of Lagos State, our court made it clear that the mere directives of government cannot stand as law.
@CNNAfrica#TwitterBan: AGF Malami's order for the arrest and prosecution of Twitter users is illegal and unconstitutional. S 36(12) of the 1999 Constitution provides that there can be no crime without a law. FG's press statement is an executive fiat which cannot take the place of law.
In Nigeria, Twitter is our 911, it's our crowd funding community, e-commerce platform, our fact checker and the main CRM tool for most companies.
It is some people's source of livelihood. If the government can't give Nigerians food, they shouldn't take our plate.
#KeepitOn
#IamIgboToo Trends As Tweeps React To Buhari’s Threat
Some Nigerians on Twitter are trending the #IamIgboToo hashtag to express their solidarity with the people of South-East, Nigeria, a day after a threat was issued against the region.
Twitter has deleted President Buhari's tweet in which he threatened to deal with Nigerians "misbehaving" in "the language they understand". https://t.co/99cQUSQozl #Buhari#IAmIgboToo#Nigeria
President Buhari unmasked fully, his bigotry & hatred. But Nigerians shud go back & read between the lines. Remindin us about 3rd term, was that really necessary? Is the Constitution not explicit on 4yrs tenure, renewal only once? I’m more worried about the things Bubu didn’t say
@SWAdeniran1@OvieNews Nigeria government to should recover this money, use it to kick start INFRACO, boost security, industrialization Education and Agriculture.
@seyimakinde Oyo is 8m, Singapore is 6m. A state in Nigeria can build a modern nation of its own without seceding. Start from scratch, restart our education, new 100 year master plans for critical skills, curriculum, cities, industrialization, industrialization,tourism-happy to engage offline
@seyimakinde The definition of insanity is doing the same things over again and expecting different results. Just spend a week in Singapore to learn building nations from scratch & Japan for how to rebuild our value systems. We had Omoluabi as a philosophy, Happy to engage you offline
@Kdenkss @cchukudebelu Between d corruption & ineptitude of the 3 govts of Obasanjo, Jonathan & Buhari, Nigeria lost an opportunity to become a first world nation & 2 generations of brilliant people to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UK and USA. Imagine celebrating handshake btw Tinubu & Atiku in 2021
@cchukudebelu What a lesson, but with it a lost generation. Nigerians who came of age from 2015 - 2025 will always have lower incomes, delayed career starts, and more psychological trauma due to these wasted years. The brain drain was also something.
Senior Ogun State government official charged with defrauding Washington State Employment Security Department of over $350,000.
Abidemi Rufai, aka Sandy Tang, 42, is a Senior Adviser to the Ogun State Governor @dabiodunMFR
@BashirAhmaad@MBuhari Allah ya kiyaye, since the 1970s till date African countries have been surviving at the mercy of debt and debt relief from IBRD (World Bank), IMF, Paris Club, London Club etc.
How does the continent that produce half of the world's wealth ended up being so messed up.
@seeclearly21@smerconish@CNN@cnni Imagine your crap about giving credit in a country that’s still mourning over 500,000 avoidable deaths, or maybe you didn’t know about 6th Jan. It’s this stupid whataboutism and “the other side” that’s withering @CNN credibility. Tone deaf bollocks
Displacement
Poverty
Food insecurity
And now, economic crisis.
COVID-19 has made things much harder for refugees. Too many will be observing Ramadan this year amid dire conditions. https://t.co/CVyT4ellDR