I covered the Osun 2018 rerun election in PU 1, Orolu LGA in Kajola. Police officers, soldiers and APC thugs unleashed terror in that polling unit. I was arrested but far terrible things happened.
THREAD. #OsunDecides2022
Time was around 7.40a.m. I’d just arrived at the polling unit wearing full INEC accreditation. The commission had declared the Osun election inconclusive and the fate of the state lay in the decision of voters in 7 polling units in four LGAs.
Jun 1, 2020 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Where is the Nigerian Press Council(NPC) in fight for press Freedom?
Today, I submitted my thesis titled: “A tsunami of legal limitations of press freedom? An analysis of Nigerian laws that impact journalists’ freedom.” A long walk with one important unintended finding.
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Due to growing concerns for press freedom in the country, I decided, last September, to research the efficacy of three laws in muzzling the press in Nigeria. These laws: the Cybercrime Act, Penal Code and Criminal Code.