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Two separate courts in the Nigeria
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Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on
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Tuesday fixed October 27th and November
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20th, 2025 for the commencement of the
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lawsuits brought before them by the
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founder and publisher of Sahare
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Reporters, Amy Saware, and the
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Department of State Service, DSS, over
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issue of posts published on X and
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Facebook social media platforms that
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allegedly described President Bola Ahmed
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Tanubu as a criminal after the president
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allegedly said There is no more
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corruption in Nigeria while the
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president was speaking at an event in
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Brazil in the month of August 2025.
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According to Omi Saware's lawyer to
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Temokin, today at the Federal High Court
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in Abuja, proceedings commenced in the
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historic cases filed by rights activist
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Amy Saware challenging the clampdown on
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free speech and political expression by
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the Department of State Services SSS in
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collusion with global social media
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giants Meta, Facebook, Instagram and
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Xcorporation, Twitter. The suits are saw
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versus SSS and Meta FHC ABJ CS1 1887
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Saware versus SSS and Xcorporation FHC
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Saware was represented by a formidable
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team of lawyers led by Topp Temokin, Abu
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Bakr Marshall, Alexander Aketa, Dr. SM
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OA Dr. Maxwell Opara Akin Saware and
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Akoj Saba representation for the
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respondents meta appeared through
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Mafessimote Teo Yeto San Xcorporation
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and the DSS had no council present in
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court proceedings. The court granted
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motions X party filed by Sares Council
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for leave to serve Meta and Xcorporation
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outside jurisdiction through electronic
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means. The originating motion against
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Meta was also served in court on Meta's
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council adjournment. The court adjourned
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both matters to November 20th, 2025 for
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hearing. These suits filed following the
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DSS attempted censorship of SOR's social
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media post calling the president a
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criminal mark a significant stand
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against both local repression and
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international collaboration in silencing
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dissenting voices. So war insists that
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no government agency or foreign
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corporation has the right to muzzle
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Nigerians in the digital space.
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Barristister totem stated on September
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at a separate court where the federal
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government of Nigeria filed a fivecount
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charges against the news media
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publisher. Omi Saware and the DSS had
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planned to arraign the publisher before
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the court. Vanguard newspaper reported
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that when the matter came up, Saware's
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council, Marshall Abuakar, objected to
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the charges being read, arguing that his
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client had not been properly served. He
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also noted the absence of legal
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representation for X. However, Meta was
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represented in court by a team led by
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senior advocate of Nigeria, Teo Yeto.
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Justice Muhammad Umar presiding directed
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that Saware be served in court, an order
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not opposed by any of the parties
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including Muhammad Babadoko, director of
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public prosecutions of the federation.
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The court then adjourned the case to
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October 27th for commencement of trial.
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Punch newspaper also reported that the
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DPPF then applied for an order to serve
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Sare in open court which the judge
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granted. Sore accepted the documents in
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court. He subsequently requested 3 days
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as provided by law to study the charge
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and prepare his defense. While the DPPF
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objected, Justice Garber upheld the
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request and adjourned the arraignment to
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October 27th. The court will adjourn to
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the 27th day of October for the
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arraignment of the defendants. Justice
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Garber said the suit dated the 16th of
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September 2025 was launched after Saware
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allegedly refused to delete the
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controversial posts about the president.
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The Sahara reporters publisher was
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accused of using his official exhandle
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to make the post. This criminal at
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official PBAT actually went to Brazil to
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state that there is no more corruption
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under his regime in Nigeria. What
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audacity to lie shamelessly. The alleged
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offending post said to be contrary to
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section 24 2b of the cyber crimes
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prohibition and prevention act 2024 was
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said to have been made on August 25th
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within the jurisdiction of the federal
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high court. The charges were brought on
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behalf of the DSS and the federal
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government by MB Abu Bakr, director of
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public prosecutions at the federal
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ministry of justice alongside four other
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council to the DSSM Earnest UB Bullah
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and EG Oravore social media companies X
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incorporation and Meta Platforms
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Incorporation are listed as
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Confirming the legal action in a
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Facebook post last week, Saware wrote,
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"The State Security Service alias at
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Officials Inc. Today filed a fivecount
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charge at the Federal High Court in
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Abuja against X formerly Twitter
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Facebook and myself. They claimed that
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because I called Asawaju Bola Ahmed
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Tonubu a criminal, I have somehow
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committed a set of novel offenses they
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invented and spread across five counts.
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It's hard to believe there's anyone
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sensible left in these offices that
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should be making Nigeria work.
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Regardless, I will be present whenever
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this case is assigned for trial.
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Revolutiono Punch Online had earlier
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reported that the Human Rights Activist
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and African Action Congress candidate in
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the 2023 election vowed not to delete
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the controversial tweet despite a
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request from the DSS to X demanding its
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removal. Restating his stance, Sare
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wrote, "This morning X, formerly
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Twitter, officially contacted me about
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the despicable threat letter they
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received from the lawless DSS over my
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tweet on Tanu. One option I will not be
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taking is deleting the tweet. Thank you
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Bringing you the news in a more digital
6:41
Information from the Nigerian presidency
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has indicated that there is a plan by
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President Bola Ahmed Tonubu to begin
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legal action against the country. former
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president Good Luck Jonathan over
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sustained and continuous rumors in
6:55
certain quarters that ex-president
6:56
Jonathan may have indicated interest to
6:59
recontest as Nigeria president in 2027.
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This the special adviser to President
7:05
Bola Ahmed Tonubu on information and
7:07
strategy. Beo Onuga said Jonathan is
7:11
welcomed to join the 2027 presidential
7:14
electoral race but Jonathan will have
7:16
his date in the court of the land.
7:18
Indeed, the jury will determine whether
7:20
Jonathan, who was sworn in twice as
7:22
president, satisfies the constitutional
7:25
requirements and is eligible to contest
7:27
the presidency and be sworn in, if
7:30
successful, for a third term in office.
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It would be recalled that ex-president
7:35
Jonathan was one of the most criticized
7:37
presidents in Nigeria with politicians
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including President Bola Ahmed Tonubu
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who was then a chieftain of the Action
7:44
Congress of Nigeria ACN forming a
7:47
coalition of All Progressives Congress
7:50
APC to defeat the incumbent president in
7:54
Currently, there is also a coalition
7:56
formed by politicians in Nigeria, the
7:59
African Democratic Congress, ADC, to
8:01
defeat and remove President Tonubu from
8:04
office in 2027. And lately, reports
8:07
indicated that the former president,
8:09
Good Luck Jonathan, is considering
8:11
joining the African Democratic Congress,
8:13
ADC, but no official announcement has
8:16
been made. The speculation intensified
8:18
after Jonathan met with ADC National
8:21
Chairman David Mark in late September
8:24
2025 amidst ongoing discussions about
8:27
the 2027 presidential election. And
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Jonathan's closed door meeting with ADC
8:33
leaders on September 25th, 2025 fueled
8:37
widespread speculation about his
8:39
potential run for the presidency on
8:41
their platform. In a statement issued on
8:44
Monday, Beao Onuga, the spokesperson to
8:47
President Bola Ahmed Tanubu said, "As we
8:51
begin the march towards the 2027
8:53
elections prematurely foisted on the
8:55
nation by the desperation of the
8:57
opposition ganging up against President
9:00
Boler Tonubu, despite his glaring giant
9:02
economic strides, we are once again
9:05
regailed with a cacophony of voices,
9:07
most of them full of sound and fury,
9:09
signifying nothing to paraphrase an
9:11
imitable Williams Shakespeare in one of
9:14
his classic works McBth. One recent
9:17
statement that stands out in its
9:19
absurdity is Professor Jerry Garner's
9:22
the former minister of information and
9:24
national orientation moving to draft
9:26
former president Good Luck Jonathan into
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the 2007 presidential race affirmed that
9:32
the former president would contest the
9:34
coming election on the platform of the
9:36
discredited people's democratic party
9:38
PDP which bequeathed a legacy of
9:40
economic ruins after 16 years of bad
9:44
governance. Garner even deluded himself,
9:47
asserting that the former president
9:49
would defeat President Tonubu to reclaim
9:51
power after 12 years. Professor Garner
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of the defunct Mamms fame is free to
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delude himself and engage in his usual
10:00
comedy. After all, Jonathan's entering
10:03
the race would provide another job for
10:05
the Niger stateborn former university
10:07
dawn. However, we should caution former
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President Jonathan to be wary of the PDP
10:13
sugarcoated cheerleaders. Politicians of
10:16
Jerry Garner's ilk merely want to lure
10:18
him into the race to satisfy their
10:20
personal, political, religious, and
10:23
ethnic interests. They will abandon him
10:26
midstream as they did in 2015 and leave
10:29
gentleman Jonathan in the lurch. Don't
10:32
get us wrong, President Jonathan
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reserves the right to run if he wishes.
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It is his inalienable right to contest
10:39
the presidency again. President Tonubu
10:42
will wholeheartedly welcome him if he
10:44
decides to enter the race. But Jonathan
10:47
will have his date in the court of the
10:49
land. Indeed, the jury will determine
10:52
whether Jonathan, who was sworn in twice
10:55
as president, satisfies the
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constitutional requirements and is
10:59
eligible to contest the presidency and
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be sworn in, if successful, for a third
11:04
term in office. Shan of all those
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selfish considerations for which some
11:09
PDP big guns find his candidacy
11:11
appealing, President Jonathan will also
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have his encounter with the people as to
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whether he has anything new to offer
11:18
after his disastrous 6 years for which
11:20
they voted him out in 2015.
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Let us remind ourselves about Jonathan's
11:26
record. We cannot forget in a hurry how
11:28
his regime devoid of any clear economic
11:31
agenda engaged in frivolous spending ran
11:34
the economy ground and put the country
11:36
in dire straits. The nation's economic
11:39
downturn which President Tanubu is
11:42
working very hard to overcome actually
11:44
began under President Jonathan. The
11:47
Jonathan administration severely damaged
11:49
the economy and all key indicators
11:51
declined under his watch. Under him, the
11:54
so-called business mogul allocated
11:56
foreign exchange to import fuel, simply
11:59
pocketing the dollars without importing
12:01
anything. Some of those big men still
12:04
have court cases on the issue today.
12:07
Jonathan and his national security
12:09
adviser, Colonel Duki, retired,
12:12
freely distributed security funds to
12:14
friends and cronies. In 2010, President
12:18
Jonathan inherited a total of $66
12:20
billion, of which $46 billion was in
12:24
foreign reserves and $20 billion in the
12:26
noble but abused excess crude account.
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By 2015, when the people democratically
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removed him from office, the foreign
12:34
reserves had fallen below $30 billion
12:37
and the excess crude account had been
12:39
depleted to $2 billion, despite
12:42
generating record revenue from crude oil
12:44
sales that the country had never
12:46
achieved in more than 25 years combined.
12:50
It is on record that between 2010 and
12:52
2013, crude oil sold for an average of
12:55
$1100 per barrel. By December 2014,
12:59
however, the Jonathan le federal
13:02
government could no longer pay salaries
13:04
to federal civil servants. At least 28
13:07
states across the country owed workers
13:09
huge salary arars. In contrast,
13:12
President Anubu has taken bold decisions
13:15
over the last 28 months to reset the
13:17
economy, removing the ruinous fuel
13:20
subsidy and abolishing multiple exchange
13:22
rates, which paved the way for arbitrage
13:24
to flourish. The president has
13:26
stabilized the economy in slightly over
13:29
2 years in office. In 2025 Q2, the gross
13:34
domestic product grew by 4.23%,
13:37
the highest in 4 years, outpacing the
13:40
3.4% projected by the International
13:42
Monetary Fund. Inflation decreased to
13:47
in August 2025, the lowest level in 3
13:51
years. The foreign reserves stand
13:53
presently at $42 03 billion. The Naira
13:58
has virtually stabilized. Investor
14:01
confidence in our economy has been
14:02
restored and investors are betting on
14:05
Nigeria. In plain language, the nation
14:08
has turned the corner and our people
14:10
have started reaping the gains of the
14:12
bold reforms instituted by the Tonubu
14:16
Road infrastructure is being boosted.
14:19
Old roads are being reconstructed while
14:21
new ones like the Lagos calabar coastal
14:24
highway and the sockettoagri highway
14:26
among others are springing up. The
14:29
government is addressing security issues
14:31
in some parts of the country. We can go
14:34
on and on reeling out the many
14:36
macroeconomic gains of the Tonubu
14:40
However, the point is that the PDP and
14:43
Jerry Garner's co-traers broke the
14:45
economy. President Tonubu is fixing it.
14:48
President Jonathan and others are
14:50
welcome to the 2027 race. They broke the
14:54
economy before, but millions of
14:56
Nigerians who will not easily forget the
14:58
recent past will not allow him to return
15:00
and run it down again.
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Bringing you the news in a more digital
15:09
way. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin
15:11
Netanyahu on Friday stated that many
15:14
world leaders who do come out publicly
15:16
to condemn the Israel war in Gaza do
15:19
privately thank Israel for staging the
15:21
war against Hamas. And according to
15:23
Benjamin Netanyahu, the world leaders
15:26
tell me how much they value Israel's
15:28
superb intelligence services that have
15:30
prevented time and again terrorist
15:32
attacks in their capitals. Time and
15:35
again saving countless lives. General
15:37
George Keegan, former head of US Air
15:40
Force intelligence, once said, "If the
15:43
United States had to gather on its own
15:45
the intelligence that Israel gives us,
15:47
we would have to establish five CIS.
15:50
Five CIS." This past June, when Israel
15:54
struck Iran's nuclear facilities, German
15:56
Chancellor Mertz admitted the truth.
15:58
This Benjamin Netanyahu stated when the
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speech was being broadcast live via huge
16:04
loudspeakers that were placed on the
16:06
Gaza border while the Israel Prime
16:08
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking
16:11
at the United Nations General Assembly,
16:14
which his appearance drew a mix of
16:16
applause and protest with some delegates
16:18
walking out of the hall as he took the
16:20
stage. You know deep down that Israel is
16:23
fighting your fight. I want to tell you
16:26
a secret. Behind closed doors, many of
16:28
the leaders who publicly condemn us
16:31
privately thank us. Benjamin Netanyahu
16:34
stated in response, Prime Minister
16:36
Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated and blamed
16:39
the Israel war in Gaza on Iran, saying,
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"Iran terror access threatened the peace
16:44
of the entire world." Some parts of the
16:47
long speech by Prime Minister Benjamin
16:49
Netanyahu at the United Nations General
16:51
Assembly are presented verbatim below.
16:54
Mr. President, the families of our dear
16:57
hostages languishing in the dungeons of
16:59
Gaza. Ladies and gentlemen, last year I
17:03
stood at this podium and I showed this
17:05
map. It shows the curse of Iran's terror
17:08
axis. This axis threatened the peace of
17:11
the entire world. It threatened the
17:13
stability of our region and the very
17:15
existence of my country, Israel. Iran
17:18
was rapidly developing a massive nuclear
17:20
weapons program and a massive ballistic
17:23
missile program. These were meant not
17:26
only to destroy Israel, they were meant
17:28
also to threaten the United States and
17:30
blackmail nations everywhere. From Gaza,
17:33
Yahin were dispatched waves of Hamas
17:36
terrorists. They stormed into Israel on
17:38
October 7th and committed acts of
17:40
unspeakable savagery. From Lebanon,
17:43
Hassan Nazallah had launched thousands
17:46
of missiles and rockets at our cities,
17:48
terrorizing our citizens. In Syria, the
17:52
murderous dictator Assad hosted Iran's
17:54
forces, tightening a noose of death
17:56
around our throats. In Yemen, the
17:59
Houthis launched ballistic missiles at
18:01
Israel while choking global trade at the
18:04
mouth of the Red Sea. So, what's
18:06
happened over the past year? We've
18:08
hammered the Houthis, including
18:10
yesterday. We crushed the bulk of
18:12
Hamas's terror machine. We crippled
18:14
Hezbollah, taking out most of its
18:17
leaders and much of its weapons arsenal.
18:19
Remember those beepers, the pages? We
18:22
paged Hezbollah and believe me, they got
18:25
the message and thousands of terrorists
18:27
dropped to the ground. We destroyed
18:30
Assad's armaments in Syria. We deterred
18:32
Iran's Shiite militias in Iraq. And most
18:35
importantly, and above everything else
18:37
that I could say to you all that we did
18:39
in this past year, in this past decade,
18:42
we devastated Iran's atomic weapons and
18:44
ballistic missile programs. Here's where
18:47
things stand today. Half the Houthi
18:50
leadership are Yemen gone. Yahi Sinma in
18:53
Gaza gone. Hassan Nazella in Lebanon
18:57
gone. The Assad regime in Syria gone.
19:01
Those militias in Iraq, well, they're
19:03
still deterred. And their leaders, if
19:06
they attack Israel, will also be gone.
19:08
And for Iran's top military commanders
19:11
and its top nuclear scientists, well,
19:14
they're gone, too. Israel's 12-day war
19:17
with Iran, which I renamed Operation
19:19
Rising Lion. That's from the Bible. This
19:23
12-day war will go down in the annals of
19:25
military history. Our daring pilots
19:28
neutralized Iran's missile defenses and
19:31
took control of the skies over Tehran.
19:34
You saw this. Israeli fighter pilots and
19:36
American B2 pilots bombed Iran's nuclear
19:39
enrichment sites. I want to thank
19:42
President Trump for his bold and
19:44
decisive action. President Trump and I
19:47
promised to prevent Iran from developing
19:49
nuclear weapons and we delivered on that
19:52
promise. We removed an existential
19:54
threat to Israel and a mortal threat to
19:57
the civilized world. We lifted a dark
20:00
cloud that could have claimed millions
20:01
and millions of lives. But ladies and
20:05
gentlemen, we must remain vigilant. We
20:08
must remain absolutely clear-minded and
20:10
vigilant. We must not allow Iran to
20:12
rebuild its military nuclear capacities.
20:15
Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium.
20:18
These stockpiles must be eliminated. And
20:20
tomorrow, UN Security Council sanctions
20:23
on Iran must be snapped back. Thanks to
20:26
the resolve of our people, the courage
20:29
of our soldiers, and the bold decisions
20:31
we took, Israel rebounded from its
20:33
darkest day to deliver one of the most
20:35
stunning military comebacks in history.
20:38
But we're not done yet. The final
20:40
remnants of Hamas are hold up in Gaza
20:42
City. They vow to repeat the atrocities
20:45
of October 7th again and again and
20:47
again, no matter how diminished their
20:49
forces. That is why Israel must finish
20:52
the job and that is why we want to do so
20:55
as fast as possible. Ladies and
20:57
gentlemen, much of the world no longer
21:00
remembers October 7th. But we remember
21:03
Israel remembers October 7th. On that
21:06
day, I'll tell you, you can remember
21:09
October 7th, too. You see this large pin
21:12
here? It's a QR code. What I ask you to
21:15
do is hold up your phones, zoom in, and
21:18
you two will see why we fight and why we
21:21
must win. It's all in here. On October
21:24
7th, Hamas carried out the worst attack
21:26
on Jews since the Holocaust. They
21:29
slaughtered 1,200 innocent people,
21:32
including over 40 Americans and foreign
21:35
nationals from dozens of countries
21:37
represented here. They beheaded men.
21:40
They raped women. They burned babies
21:42
alive. They burned babies alive in front
21:45
of their parents. What monsters? These
21:48
monsters took more than 250 people
21:51
hostage. Those included Holocaust
21:54
survivors, grandmothers, grandmothers,
21:56
and the grandchildren. Who takes hostage
21:59
grandmothers and grandchildren? Hamas
22:02
does. So far, we've brought home 207 of
22:05
these hostages, but 48 still remain in
22:08
the dungeons of Gaza. 20 of them are
22:11
alive, starved, tortured, deprived of
22:14
any daylight, deprived of humanity.
22:17
These are the names of the 20 living
22:19
hostages. Matan Angress, Gari, and Ze
22:23
Burman. Brothers Elcana Bobot, Rom
22:26
Braslavski, Nimrod Cohen, Ariel, and
22:29
David Cunio. Another pair of brothers,
22:31
Gilboa Dalal, Evitar David. You saw the
22:35
picture of Evatar David emaciated forced
22:39
to dig his own grave. Maxim Herkin, Aton
22:42
Horn, Sev Calfan, Bar Kooperstein, Omry
22:46
Maran, Aan Moore, Yseph Him Moana,
22:50
Alonohal, Aanin, and Matan Zanga. Now,
22:54
ladies and gentlemen, I want to do
22:56
something I've never done before. I want
22:59
to speak from this forum directly to
23:01
those hostages through loudspeakers.
23:03
I've surrounded Gaza with massive
23:05
loudspeakers connected to this
23:07
microphone in the hope that our dear
23:09
hostages will hear my message. I will
23:11
say it first in Hebrew and then in
23:14
English. Hebrew. Our brave heroes. This
23:17
is Prime Minister Netanyahu speaking to
23:20
you live from the United Nations. We
23:23
have not forgotten you, not even for a
23:25
second. The people of Israel are with
23:28
you. We will not falter and we will not
23:31
rest until we bring all of you home.
23:34
Ladies and gentlemen, thanks to special
23:36
efforts by Israeli intelligence, my
23:39
words are now also being carried their
23:41
streamed live to the cell phones of
23:43
gazins. So to the remaining Hamas
23:45
leaders and to the jailers of our
23:48
hostages, I now say lay down your arms.
23:52
Let my people go. Free the hostages. All
23:55
of them. The whole 48. Free the hostages
23:58
now. If you do, you will live. If you
24:02
don't, Israel will hunt you down. Ladies
24:04
and gentlemen, if Hamas agrees to our
24:07
demands, the war could end right now.
24:10
Gaza would be demilitarized. Israel
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would retain overriding security control
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and a peaceful civilian authority would
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be established by Gazans and others
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committed to peace with Israel. Of
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course, you understand that the war in
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Gaza has affected every Israeli. But I
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am sure there are people in New York,
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London, Melbourne, and elsewhere who are
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probably thinking, "What does all of
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this have to do with me?" The answer is
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everything. Because our enemies are your
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enemies. Let's do something else.
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Another first at the UN. Let's do a pop
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quiz. Raise your hand if you know the
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answer. First question. Who shouts death
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to America? Is it A. Iran, B. Hamas, C.
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Hezbollah, D, the Houthies, or E, all of
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the above. All of the above. Correct.
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All of the above. Second question. Who
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has murdered Americans and Europeans in
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cold blood? Uh, Alqaaida, B. Hamas, C,
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Hezbollah, D, Iran, or E, all of the
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above. Correct again, all of the above.
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So, here's the point I want to make. Our
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enemies hate all of us with equal venom.
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They want to drag the modern world back
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to the past, to a dark age of violence,
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fanaticism, and terror. I think many of
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you are already feeling in your own
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societies the radical Islamist surge.
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I'm sure you do. You know deep down that
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Israel is fighting your fight. I want to
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tell you a secret. Behind closed doors,
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many of the leaders who publicly condemn
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us privately thank us. They tell me how
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much they value Israel's superb
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intelligence services that have
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prevented time and again terrorist
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attacks in their capitals time and again
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saving countless lives. General George
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Keegan, former head of US Air Force
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intelligence, once said, "If the United
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States had to gather on its own the
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intelligence that Israel gives us, we
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would have to establish five CIAs."
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Five CIAs. This past June, when Israel
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struck Iran's nuclear facilities, German
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Chancellor Mertz admitted the truth. He
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said, "Israel is doing the dirty work
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for all of us. President Trump
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understands better than any other leader
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that Israel and America face a common
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threat." He showed the world that when
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Iran and its proxies murder Americans,
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take Americans hostage, shout death to
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America, burn American flags, and try to
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assassinate the president of the United
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States, not once but twice. He showed
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him there is a price to pay for all
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that. Regrettably, many leaders who are
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represented in this hall, they send a
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very different message. Sure, in the
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days immediately following October 7th,
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many of them supported Israel, but that
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support quickly evaporated when Israel
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did what any self-respecting nation
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would do in the wake of such a savage
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