Tag: activist
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Bayelsa State High Court orders DSS, AGIP to pay N300m to Activist over Illegal detention
A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has ordered the Department of State Security (DSS) to pay N300 million in damages over the illegal arrest and detention of a youth activist, Mr Collins Opumie, for over two years. Acccording to reports, Opumie had in 2022 approached the court to seek redress and demanded N…
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Bayelsa State High Court orders DSS, AGIP to pay N300m to Activist over Illegal detention
A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has ordered the Department of State Security (DSS) to pay N300 million in damages over the illegal arrest and detention of a youth activist, Mr Collins Opumie, for over two years. Acccording to reports, Opumie had in 2022 approached the court to seek redress and demanded N…
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Activists Condemn Abduction of Journalist Investigating alleged Corruption, Abuse of Public Trust
By Perpetua Onuegbu, NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA Over 30 groups of activists have frowned at police abduction of Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) by the Nigerian Police Force . The group made this known in a joint statement released to newsmen on Monday in Abuja. This came on the heels…