The organisation also demanded that the government provide proof of life and immediately release those still in detention.
Amnesty International says Nigerian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Ojukwu and drop all charges brought against him solely in connection with his legitimate journalistic activities.
Human rights groups say the move raises “concerns about the use of judicial processes to intimidate journalists and undermine the right to freedom of expression and media freedom in Nigeria.”
The latest Freedom in Africa Report shows Africans enjoy more political freedom and less economic freedom
During the panel discussions, Tolulope pointed out that policy declarations on paper must match ground realities, explaining that transit bottlenecks often undermine nominal visa waivers.
The magazine, titled ‘Regulate the Harm, Not the Fear,’ features insightful articles discussing the recurring challenges affecting Africa and its economy, as well as progress recorded by some countries in the continent.
In the first part of this series, I argued that Gambia’s greatest challenge is not simply choosing better leaders but building stronger institutions. This time, I’m tempted to ask why do the same national problems keep returning, no matter who occupies the State House?
Street traders are not a problem to be managed. They are entrepreneurs creating value under difficult conditions. South Africa should make it easier, not harder, for them to trade.
Kano passed a law to end multiple taxation. Its market traders are still paying everyone
In this second part of the investigation, The Liberalist exposes how charcoal merchants poison the air with thick plumes of smoke, polluting communities, fueling respiratory illnesses, and aggravating the suffering of asthmatic patients.
These were powerful stories, written in a hostile environment with a distinctive voice, as Tijani dug deeper and deeper into the story of ‘blood gold’ and the links across Nigeria’s borders to the arms industry
This is the first of a two-part investigation titled “Forest for Sale”, where The Liberalist’s reporter, Usman Yakubu Usman, spent two months combing forest communities across Nasarawa state, exposing a dangerous underground forest-leasing trade accelerating environmental degradation in the area.
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