0:00
Justice Muhammad Garba Umar of the
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Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on
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Friday apparently rejected the plans by
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the Inspector General of Police IGP Care
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Eggbe token to stop the upcoming Monday
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October 20th planned mass protests by
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Nigerians to demand the release of the
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detained Bafra Republic agitation leader
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Mazi Nami Kanu. But according to the
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organizer of the protest, Omi Saware,
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after the judge initially declined to
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grant the Nigeria Police Force an ex
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party motion to stop the planned protest
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in the open court, the Federal High
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Court judge, Justice Umar reportedly
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granted the motion in chambers, imposing
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a ban on protests at Aso Rock Villa,
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National Assembly or Unity Fountain in
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Abuja. We await a certified true copy of
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the order which our lawyers will review.
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The protest remains unstoppable. While
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this is ongoing, the United States US
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Embassy in Nigeria has warned America
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citizens to whenever controversies
1:02
surround Rufi, the outspoken and
1:04
fearless broadcaster on Arise
1:06
television. One recurring argument often
1:09
resurfaces in public discourse. The
1:11
claim that Rufi is not a journalist.
1:14
Critics are quick to emphasize that he
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lacks a formal academic background in
1:19
journalism, having originally trained in
1:21
animal anatomy. But beyond the semantics
1:24
of qualification, a deeper question
1:26
emerges. What truly defines a
1:28
journalist? And what are the core
1:30
functions of journalism in society? As
1:33
mass communication teacher, we teach
1:35
students from the very first class that
1:37
the media exists to inform, educate,
1:40
entertain, and preserve cultural
1:42
heritage. Journalists also play the
1:45
crucial roles of agenda setting and
1:47
acting as watchd dogs. Holding public
1:49
officials accountable and amplifying the
1:51
voices of the governed. The media's
1:54
capacity to shape national conversations
1:56
is immense by highlighting specific
1:58
issues and giving them prominence.
2:01
Journalist Nigerian Army Authority has
2:03
issued a statement denying threat
2:05
messages issued against members of the
2:07
public ahead of the planned mass protest
2:10
slated for October 20th, 2025 to demand
2:13
for the release and freedom of the
2:15
detained Bafra Republic agitation leader
2:18
Mazi Nami Kanu. Just as the organizer
2:21
and chief campaigner Amayle Saware, the
2:24
publisher of Sahare Reporters News Media
2:26
met to seek understanding with the
2:28
former president of Nigeria. Good luck
2:30
Jonathan who according to Saware
2:33
promised to visit President Bola Ahmed
2:35
Tonubu to discuss the issue with him.
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Nigerian army in a statement on Friday
2:41
said the attention of the Nigerian army
2:44
NA has been drawn to a misleading
2:46
publication by Sahara reporters alleging
2:49
that a Facebook page purportedly
2:50
operated by military personnel issued
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veiled threats against certain
2:54
individuals ahead of a planned October
2:56
20th protest. The report is not only
3:00
false but a deliberate attempt to
3:01
misinform President Bola Ahmed Tonubu of
3:04
Nigeria has accepted the resignation of
3:06
the Minister of Innovation, Science and
3:09
Technology, Jeffrey Uchain Naji who had
3:12
been accused of forging the degree
3:13
certificate of the University of Nigeria
3:16
in Suker and the certificate of
3:18
completion of service for the one-year
3:20
mandatory national youth service corps
3:22
NYC after he allegedly failed an exit
3:26
course viology. ology repeatedly at the
3:29
university. Nigeria presidency in a
3:32
statement made available a few minutes
3:34
ago by the presidential spokesperson Beo
3:37
Onuga stated that President Bola Ahmed
3:40
Tonubu has accepted the resignation of
3:42
Jeffrey Aaraji the minister of
3:45
innovation science and technology
3:47
following some allegations against him.
3:50
President Tonubu appointed Naji in
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August 2023. He resigned today in a
3:56
letter thanking the president for
3:57
allowing him to serve Nigeria. Naji said
4:01
he has been a target of blackmail.
4:03
Princess owner Tora Majay Kadumanu from
4:06
Oan state and a commonwealth award
4:08
winner who is currently pursuing a
4:09
master degree in law has called on the
4:12
federal government of Nigeria under the
4:14
leadership of President Bola Ahmed
4:16
Tonubu to immediately release the
4:18
detained Bafra republic agitation leader
4:21
Mazi Nami Kanu stating in a statement
4:24
personally signed and made available to
4:26
media newsroom on Monday that 10 years
4:29
of detention without conviction is a
4:31
grave violation of The fundamental human
4:33
rights of Marzi Nami Kanu specifically
4:36
stated verbatim that the continued
4:39
detention of Mr. Kanu without conviction
4:42
is not merely a legal anomaly. It is a
4:45
profound failure of justice and a grave
4:47
violation of his fundamental human
4:49
rights. His prolonged detention exposes
4:51
the widening gap between Nigeria's
4:54
constitutional expectations and the
4:56
daily realities of citizens. We must
4:58
have a justice system that acts with
5:00
both fairness and decisive strength. not
5:02
one in Vadimir Zalinski. The president
5:05
of Ukraine may have given a clearer
5:07
picture on how some companies are
5:09
apparently aiding and making more money
5:11
from the ongoing war in his country
5:13
Ukraine saying since the start of the
5:16
war four years ago, some unnamed
5:18
companies in the United States, US,
5:21
United Kingdom, UK, China, Germany,
5:25
Taiwan, Switzerland, Japan, Korea
5:28
Republic, Netherlands are producing
5:30
components. Russia under President
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Vladimir Putin is using to produce
5:35
weapons of mass destruction to kill his
5:37
people. This Zalinski in his own words
5:40
said on Monday that in the fourth year
5:43
of the full-scale war, Russia continues
5:46
to obtain components for producing
5:47
weapons. During the massive combined
5:50
strike on Ukraine on the night of
5:52
October 5th, Russia used 549
5:55
weapons systems containing
6:01
foreignmade components from companies in
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the two separate courts in the Nigeria
6:06
Federal Capital Territory Abuja on
6:08
Tuesday fixed October 27th and November
6:11
20th, 2025 for the commencement of the
6:14
lawsuits brought before them by the
6:16
founder and publisher of Saher.
6:18
reporters Ammy Saware and the Department
6:21
of State Service DSS over issue of posts
6:24
published on X and Facebook social media
6:27
platforms that allegedly described
6:29
President Bola Ahmed Tonubu as a
6:31
criminal after the president allegedly
6:33
said there is no more corruption in
6:35
Nigeria while the president was speaking
6:37
at an event in Brazil in the month of
6:42
According to Omi Saware's lawyer to
6:45
Temokin, today at the Federal High Court
6:48
in Abuja, proceedings commenced in the
6:50
historic cases filed by rights activist
6:53
Amy Saware challenging the clampdown on
6:56
free speech and political expression by
6:58
the Department of State Services SSS in
7:01
collusion with global social media
7:03
giants Meta. Information from the
7:06
Nigerian presidency has indicated that
7:08
there is a plan by President Bola Ahmed
7:10
Tonubu to begin legal action against the
7:13
country. Former president Good Luck
7:16
Jonathan over sustained and continuous
7:18
rumors in certain quarters that
7:20
ex-president Jonathan may have indicated
7:22
interest to recontest as Nigeria
7:24
president in 2027. This the special
7:28
adviser to president Bola Ahmed Tonubu
7:30
on information and strategy. Beo Onuga
7:33
said Jonathan is welcomed to join the
7:36
2027 presidential electoral race, but
7:39
Jonathan will have his date in the court
7:41
of the land. Indeed, the jury will
7:43
determine whether Jonathan, who was
7:45
sworn in twice as president, satisfies
7:48
the constitutional requirements and is
7:50
eligible to contest the presidency and
7:52
be sworn in, if successful, for a third
7:55
term in office. It would be recalled
7:58
that ex-president Jonathan was one of
8:00
the most criticized presidents in
8:02
Nigeria with politicians including
8:05
President Israel Prime Minister Benjamin
8:07
Netanyahu on Friday stated that many
8:10
world leaders who do come out publicly
8:12
to condemn the Israel war in Gaza do
8:15
privately thank Israel for staging the
8:17
war against Hamas. And according to
8:19
Benjamin Netanyahu, the world leaders
8:22
tell me how much they value Israel's
8:24
superb intelligence services that have
8:26
prevented time and again terrorist
8:28
attacks in their capitals time and again
8:31
saving countless lives. General George
8:33
Keegan, former head of US Air Force
8:36
intelligence, once said, "If the United
8:39
States had to gather on its own the
8:41
intelligence that Israel gives us, we
8:43
would have to establish five CIS." Five
8:46
CIS. This past June, when Israel struck
8:50
Iran's nuclear facilities, German
8:52
Chancellor Merz admitted the truth. This
8:55
Benjamin Netanyahu stated when the
8:57
speech was being broadcast live via huge
9:00
loudspeakers that were placed on the
9:02
Gaza border while the Israel prime
9:04
minister Benjamin Justice Jameso of the
9:08
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on
9:10
Friday ruled that the detained Bafra
9:12
agitation leader Nami Kanu has case to
9:15
answer because the Nigeria government
9:17
prosecution team have provided some
9:20
evidence that requires explanations from
9:22
the detained Bafra leader.
9:24
This the coordinating lawyer to Nambdi
9:27
Kanu barristister a lawyer Gi Mccor said
9:29
the judgment of the court does not mean
9:31
Nambdi Kanu has been pronounced guilty
9:34
rather the ruling indicated that he
9:36
should give explanations to certain
9:38
evidences the federal government of
9:40
Nigeria brought before the court. It
9:42
would be recalled that the ruling on the
9:44
no case submission filed by Nami Carano
9:47
that was earlier slated to be held on
9:49
October 10th, 2025 was abridged and
9:52
rescheduled to Friday the 26th of
9:57
Justice James Omatosho also rejected
9:59
request by Caro to be transferred from
10:02
custody of the Department of State
10:03
Services DSS to the National Hospital of
10:06
President of France Emanuel Macarron and
10:09
its US counterpart Donald Trump on
10:11
Tuesday engaged in a tough talk over the
10:14
recognition of Palestine State and the
10:16
Israeli war in Gaza during the bilateral
10:19
meeting both held on the sideline of the
10:22
UN General Assembly in New York where
10:25
the French president insisted that
10:27
Israel has already achieved more by
10:29
killing the top militia leaders of
10:31
Hamas, saying it doesn't work to
10:34
dismantle the Hamas. This is not the
10:36
right way to proceed, he said. While
10:38
President Trump had reiterated and
10:40
insisted that things will not work the
10:42
way the French president had suggested
10:45
that the October 7th, 2023 hostages
10:48
still in the custody of Hamas cannot be
10:51
honored with such suggestions. The
10:53
meeting was held when videos of the
10:55
French president Emanuel Macarron and
10:57
Turkish President Reep Erdogan went
11:00
viral on the internet where both
11:02
presidents were stopped or blocked
11:03
separately by New York police operatives
11:06
as they There is no doubt that this week
11:08
may be an interesting week in the
11:09
international community as world leaders
11:12
gather for the 2025 United Nations
11:14
General Assembly meeting to discuss and
11:17
take a stand over decades of conflicts
11:19
between Israel and the people of
11:21
Palestine, especially some of them well
11:23
known as Hamas fighters over territorial
11:26
integrity and sovereignty, most
11:28
especially ever since the state of
11:30
Palestine was officially declared by the
11:32
Palestine Liberation Organization PLO on
11:35
the 15th of November 1988, claiming
11:39
sovereignty over the West Bank, which
11:41
includes East Jerusalem and the Gaza
11:43
Strip. And as at the end of 1988, over
11:47
78 countries approved the declaration,
11:49
including Nigeria that recognized
11:51
Palestinian state barely 3 days after
11:54
the declaration on November 18th, 1988.
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And the numbers have been increasing,
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particularly since the beginning of
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2024, like never before, as at September
