0:00
Justice Muhammad Garba Umar of the
0:02
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on
0:04
Friday apparently rejected the plans by
0:06
the Inspector General of Police IGP Care
0:10
Eggbe token to stop the upcoming Monday
0:13
October 20th planned mass protests by
0:15
Nigerians to demand the release of the
0:17
detained Bafra Republic agitation leader
0:20
Mazi Nami Kanu. But according to the
0:24
organizer of the protest, Omi Saware,
0:26
after the judge initially declined to
0:28
grant the Nigeria Police Force an ex
0:31
party motion to stop the planned protest
0:33
in the open court, the Federal High
0:36
Court judge, Justice Umar reportedly
0:38
granted the motion in chambers, imposing
0:41
a ban on protests at Aso Rock Villa,
0:43
National Assembly or Unity Fountain in
0:46
Abuja. We await a certified true copy of
0:49
the order which our lawyers will review.
0:51
The protest remains unstoppable. While
0:54
this is ongoing, the United States US
0:56
Embassy in Nigeria has warned America
0:59
citizens to be far from the protest
1:02
areas and limit their movements in the
1:04
Nigeria capital city Abuja saying the
1:07
planned protest may lead to disruptions
1:10
and violence. detailed of the court
1:12
action as captured by Punch newspaper.
1:15
The Federal High Court in Abuja has
1:17
refused the Nigeria Police Force's bid
1:20
to stop the free Nambdi Canyono protest,
1:23
allowing it to proceed as scheduled on
1:25
Monday, October 20th, 2025.
1:28
The Inspector General of Whenever
1:30
controversies surround Rufi Seni, the
1:33
outspoken and fearless broadcaster on
1:35
Arise television, one recurring argument
1:38
often resurfaces in public discourse.
1:41
the claim that Rufi Seni is not a
1:43
journalist. Critics are quick to
1:45
emphasize that he lacks a formal
1:47
academic background in journalism,
1:49
having originally trained in animal
1:51
anatomy. But beyond the semantics of
1:53
qualification, a deeper question
1:55
emerges. What truly defines a
1:57
journalist? And what are the core
1:59
functions of journalism in society? As
2:02
mass communication teacher, we teach
2:04
students from the very first class that
2:06
the media exists to inform, educate,
2:09
entertain, and preserve cultural
2:11
heritage. Journalists also play the
2:14
crucial roles of agenda setting and
2:16
acting as watchd dogs, holding public
2:18
officials accountable and amplifying the
2:20
voices of the governed. The media's
2:23
capacity to shape national conversations
2:25
is immense. By highlighting specific
2:28
issues and giving them prominence,
2:30
journalists help raise awareness and
2:32
influence public perception. It is
2:34
through such agenda setting functions
2:36
that societies engage in dialogue,
2:39
debate and reform, thereby playing
2:41
participatory role in the process of
2:44
governance. When examined through this
2:46
functional lens, it becomes clear that
2:48
Rufi has consistently fulfilled these
2:51
journalistic responsibilities over the
2:53
years. his incisive questioning,
2:56
fearless commentary and commitment to
2:59
public accountability. Nigerian Army
3:01
Authority has issued a statement denying
3:04
threat messages issued against members
3:06
of the public ahead of the planned mass
3:08
protest slated for October 20th, 2025 to
3:12
demand for the release and freedom of
3:13
the detained Bafra Republic agitation
3:16
leader Mazi Nami Kanu. Just as the
3:19
organizer and chief campaigner Om
3:21
Saware, the publisher of Sah reporters
3:24
news media met to seek understanding
3:26
with the former president of Nigeria,
3:28
Good Luck Jonathan who according to
3:31
Saware promised to visit President Bola
3:34
Ahmed Tonubu to discuss the issue with
3:36
him. Nigerian Army in a statement on
3:39
Friday said the attention of the
3:41
Nigerian Army NA has been drawn to a
3:44
misleading publication by Sahara
3:46
reporters alleging that a Facebook page
3:48
purportedly operated by military
3:50
personnel issued veiled threats against
3:52
certain individuals ahead of a planned
3:55
October 20th protest. The report is not
3:58
only false but a deliberate attempt to
4:00
misinform the public and discredit the
4:02
noble institution of the Nigerian Army.
4:05
For the avoidance of doubt, the Nigerian
4:08
Army has only two official social media
4:10
handles, namely at HQ Nigerian Army and
4:13
at Nigerian Army Info, which are duly
4:16
verified on Facebook X, formerly
4:18
Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Any
4:21
other page or account outside these
4:23
verified handles does not belong to the
4:25
Nigerian army and should be disregarded
4:28
in its entirety. It is president Bola
4:31
Ahmed Tonubu of Nigeria has accepted the
4:33
resignation of the minister of
4:35
innovation science and technology
4:38
Jeffrey Uchain Naji who had been accused
4:40
of forging the degree certificate of the
4:42
University of Nigeria in Suker and the
4:45
certificate of completion of service for
4:47
the one-year mandatory national youth
4:49
service corps NYC after he allegedly
4:53
failed an exit course viology repeatedly
4:56
at the university Nigeria President
4:59
presidency in a statement made available
5:01
a few minutes ago by the presidential
5:03
spokesperson Beo Onuga stated that
5:06
President Bola Ahmed Tonubu has accepted
5:09
the resignation of Jeffrey Aaraji the
5:12
minister of innovation science and
5:14
technology following some allegations
5:17
against him. President Tonubu appointed
5:20
Naji in August 2023. He resigned today
5:23
in a letter thanking the president for
5:25
allowing him to serve Nigeria. Naji said
5:28
he has been a target of blackmail by
5:30
political opponents. President Tonubu
5:33
thanked him for his service and wished
5:35
him well in future endeavors. Earlier
5:39
Nigeria state controlled media NTA had
5:42
reported that the Minister of
5:44
Innovation, Science and Technology Buché
5:47
Jeffrey Naraji has dismissed reports
5:49
questioning his academic qualifications
5:52
describing him as politically motivated
5:54
attempts to tarnish his image. The
5:56
minister has firmly defended the
5:58
authenticity of his universe. Princess
6:00
owner Torera Majay Kadumanu from Oan
6:03
state and a commonwealth award winner
6:05
who is currently pursuing a master
6:07
degree in law has called on the federal
6:09
government of Nigeria under the
6:11
leadership of President Bola Ahmed
6:13
Tonubu to immediately release the
6:15
detained Bafra Republic agitation leader
6:18
Marzi Nami Kanu stating in a statement
6:21
personally signed and made available to
6:23
media newsroom on Monday that 10 years
6:26
of detention without conviction is a
6:28
grave violation of The fundamental human
6:31
rights of Marzi Nami Kanu specifically
6:34
stated verbatim that the continued
6:36
detention of Mr. Kanu without conviction
6:39
is not merely a legal anomaly. It is a
6:42
profound failure of justice and a grave
6:44
violation of his fundamental human
6:46
rights. His prolonged detention exposes
6:49
the widening gap between Nigeria's
6:51
constitutional expectations and the
6:53
daily realities of citizens. We must
6:55
have a justice system that acts with
6:57
both fairness and decisive strength, not
7:00
one in snared in endless procedural
7:02
limbo and mired in public distrust.
7:05
According to the princess, across the
7:07
span of a decade, Mazi Nami Kanu has
7:10
endured one of the longest and most
7:12
troubling pre-trial detentions in
7:14
Nigeria's history. Arrested in 2015,
7:18
accused, pleading not guilty, and never
7:20
convicted, he remains confined in a
7:23
blatant defiance of the most fundamental
7:25
human rights principles. Where is
7:27
justice when a man stands unconvicted?
7:30
Vladimir Zalinski, the president of
7:32
Ukraine, may have given a clearer
7:34
picture on how some companies are
7:36
apparently aiding and making more money
7:38
from the ongoing war in his country,
7:40
Ukraine, saying, "Since the start of the
7:43
war four years ago, some unnamed
7:45
companies in the United States, US,
7:48
United Kingdom, UK, China, Germany,
7:52
Taiwan, Switzerland, Japan, Korea
7:55
Republic, Netherlands are producing
7:57
components. Russia under President
7:59
Vladimir Putin is using to produce
8:02
weapons of mass destruction to kill his
8:04
people. This Zalinski in his own words
8:07
said on Monday that in the fourth year
8:10
of the full-scale war, Russia continues
8:13
to obtain components for producing
8:14
weapons. During the massive combined
8:17
strike on Ukraine on the night of
8:19
October 5th, Russia used 549
8:22
weapon systems containing
8:28
foreignmade components from companies in
8:30
the United States, China and Taiwan, the
8:33
United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland,
8:36
Japan, the Republic of Korea and the
8:39
Netherlands. Nearly 100,688
8:43
of foreign made parts were in the
8:44
launched attack drones, about 1,500 were
8:50
192 in Kinsel missiles, and 45 in
8:54
calibers. Zilinski stated this in a
8:57
statement made available through his
8:59
personal social media. Two separate
9:01
courts in the Nigeria Federal Capital
9:03
Territory, Abuja on Tuesday fixed
9:06
October 27th and November 20th, 2025 for
9:10
the commencement of the lawsuits brought
9:12
before them by the founder and publisher
9:14
of Sahare Reporters Ammy Saware and the
9:17
Department of State Service DSS over
9:19
issue of posts published on X and
9:22
Facebook social media platforms that
9:24
allegedly described President Bola Ahmed
9:26
Tanubu as a criminal after the president
9:28
allegedly said there There is no more
9:30
corruption in Nigeria while the
9:32
president was speaking at an event in
9:34
Brazil in the month of August 2025.
9:38
According to Omi Saware's lawyer Toad
9:41
Temokin, today at the Federal High Court
9:44
in Abuja, proceedings commenced in the
9:47
historic cases filed by rights activist
9:49
Amy Saware challenging the clampdown on
9:52
free speech and political expression by
9:54
the Department of State Services SSS in
9:57
collusion with global social media
10:00
giants Meta, Facebook, Instagram and
10:03
Xcorporation, Twitter. The suits are saw
10:07
versus SSS and Meta FHC ABJ CS1 1887
10:16
Saware versus SSS and Xcorporation FHC
10:25
Saware was represented by a formidable
10:28
team of lawyers led by to Israel Prime
10:31
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday
10:34
stated that many world leaders who do
10:36
come out publicly to condemn the Israel
10:38
war in Gaza do privately thank Israel
10:41
for staging the war against Hamas. And
10:44
according to Benjamin Netanyahu, the
10:46
world leaders tell me how much they
10:48
value Israel's superb intelligence
10:50
services that have prevented time and
10:52
again terrorist attacks in their
10:54
capitals time and again saving countless
10:57
lives. General George Keegan, former
10:59
head of US Air Force intelligence, once
11:02
said, "If the United States had to
11:04
gather on its own the intelligence that
11:07
Israel gives us, we would have to
11:09
establish five CIS." Five CIS. This past
11:13
June, when Israel struck Iran's nuclear
11:16
facilities, German Chancellor Merz
11:18
admitted the truth. this. Benjamin
11:20
Netanyahu stated when the speech was
11:22
being broadcast live via huge
11:25
loudspeakers that were placed on the
11:27
Gaza border while the Israel Prime
11:29
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking
11:32
at the United Nations General Assembly,
11:35
which his appearance drew a mix of
11:37
applause and protest with some delegates
11:39
walking out of the hall as he took the
11:41
stage. You know deep down that Israel is
11:44
fighting your fight. I want to tell you
11:46
a secret. Behind closed doors, many of
11:49
the leaders who publicly condemn us
11:52
privately thank us. Benjamin Netanyahu
11:54
stated in response, Prime Minister
11:57
Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated and blamed
11:59
the Israel war in Gaza on Iran, saying,
12:02
"Iran terror access threatened the peace
12:05
of the entire world." Some parts of the
12:07
long speech by Prime Minister Benjamin
12:10
Netanyahu at the United Nations General
12:12
Assembly are presented verbatim below.
12:15
Mr. President, the families of our dear
12:18
hostages languishing in the dungeons of
12:20
Gaza. Ladies and gentlemen, last year I
12:24
stood at this podium and I showed this
12:26
map. It shows the curse of Iran's terror
12:29
axis. This axis threatened the peace of
12:32
the entire world. It threatened the
12:34
stability of our region and the very
12:36
existence of my country, Israel. Iran
12:39
was rapidly developing a massive nuclear
12:41
weapons program and a massive ballistic
12:44
missile program. These were meant not
12:46
only to destroy Israel, they were meant
12:49
also to threaten the United States and
12:51
blackmail nations everywhere. From Gaza,
12:54
Yahin were dispatched waves of Hamas
12:56
terrorists. They stormed into Israel on
12:59
October 7th and committed acts of
13:01
unspeakable savagery. From Lebanon,
13:04
Hassan Nazallah had launched thousands
13:06
of missiles and rockets at our cities,
13:09
terrorizing our citizens. In Syria, the
13:12
murderous dictator Assad hosted Iran's
13:15
forces, tightening a noose of death
13:17
around our throats. In Yemen, the
13:20
Justice James Amito of the Federal High
13:23
Court sitting in Abuja on Friday ruled
13:25
that the detained Bafra agitation leader
13:28
Nami Kanu has case to answer because the
13:31
Nigeria government prosecution team have
13:33
provided some evidence that requires
13:35
explanations from the detained Bafra
13:38
leader. This the coordinating lawyer to
13:40
Nambdi Kanu barristister a lawyer Gi
13:43
Mccor said the judgment of the court
13:44
does not mean Nambdi Kanu has been
13:47
pronounced guilty rather the ruling
13:49
indicated that he should give
13:51
explanations to certain evidences the
13:53
federal government of Nigeria brought
13:55
before the court. It would be recalled
13:57
that the ruling on the no case
13:59
submission filed by Nambdi Kano that was
14:01
earlier slated to be held on October
14:04
10th, 2025 was abridged and rescheduled
14:07
to Friday the 26th of September 2025.
14:11
Justice James Omatosho also rejected
14:13
request by Caro to be transferred from
14:16
custody of the Department of State
14:18
Services DSS to the National Hospital
14:20
Abuja for medical examination over
14:22
alleged deteriorating health issues. The
14:25
court subsequently ordered the president
14:27
of Nigerian Medical Association NMA to
14:31
constitute an investigation committee to
14:33
examine Kanu's medical condition and
14:35
submit a report to it in 8 days
14:37
following objection by DSS to his
14:39
request to be transferred to National
14:41
Hospital for second opinion on his
14:43
health condition. We had earlier in the
14:46
year reported that the case between the
14:48
federal government of Nigeria and the
14:50
president of France Emanuel Macarron and
14:53
its US counterpart Donald Trump on
14:55
Tuesday engaged in a tough talk over the
14:58
recognition of Palestine State and the
15:00
Israeli war in Gaza during the bilateral
15:03
meeting both held on the sideline of the
15:06
UN General Assembly in New York where
15:09
the French president insisted that
15:11
Israel has already achieved more by
15:13
killing the top militia. leaders of
15:15
Hamas, saying it doesn't work to
15:17
dismantle the Hamas. This is not the
15:20
right way to proceed, he said. While
15:22
President Trump had reiterated and
15:24
insisted that things will not work the
15:26
way the French president had suggested
15:29
that the October 7th, 2023 hostages
15:32
still in the custody of Hamas cannot be
15:34
honored with such suggestions. The
15:36
meeting was held when videos of the
15:38
French president Emanuel Macarron and
15:41
Turkish President Reep Erdogan went
15:43
viral on the internet where both
15:45
presidents were stopped or blocked
15:47
separately by New York police operatives
15:50
as they tried to cross streets in the
15:52
New York City over yet to be seen
15:54
incoming motorcade of their counterpart
15:56
President Donald Trump. The French
15:59
president Emanuel Macarron called Donald
16:01
Trump on the phone after his journey to
16:03
the French embassy was blocked by police
16:06
officers preparing for the motorcade of
16:08
the US president but that of the Turkish
16:10
president Reep Erdogan could be seen
16:14
quickly surrounded by his security team
16:16
in a manner that makes the president
16:17
looked apparently in shock the moment
16:19
some group there is no doubt that this
16:21
week may be an interesting week in the
16:23
international community as world leaders
16:25
gather for the 2025 United Nations 's
16:28
general assembly meeting to discuss and
16:30
take a stand over decades of conflicts
16:33
between Israel and the people of
16:34
Palestine, especially some of them well
16:37
known as Hamas fighters, over
16:39
territorial integrity and sovereignty,
16:41
most especially ever since the state of
16:43
Palestine was officially declared by the
16:46
Palestine Liberation Organization PLO on
16:49
the 15th of November 1988, claiming
16:52
sovereignty over the West Bank, which
16:55
includes East Jerusalem and the Gaza
16:57
Strip. And as at the end of 1988, over
17:00
78 countries approved the declaration,
17:03
including Nigeria that recognized
17:05
Palestinian state barely 3 days after
17:08
the declaration on November 18th, 1988.
17:11
And the numbers have been increasing,
17:13
particularly since the beginning of
17:15
2024, like never before. As of September
17:19
21st, 2025, over 151 countries out of
17:24
the 193 United Nations members have
17:28
recognized the Palestinian state,
17:30
including United Kingdom, UK, which its
17:33
recognition appears to be more
17:34
disturbing to the Israeli government
17:37
with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
17:39
Netanyahu issuing what he described as a
17:41
clear message to the world leaders
17:43
recognizing Palestine as a country of
17:45
its own that it's not going to happen.
17:48
The United Kingdom, Australia, Israel
17:51
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on
17:53
Friday stated that many world leaders
17:55
who do come out publicly to condemn the
17:58
Israel war in Gaza do privately thank
18:01
Israel for staging the war against
18:03
Hamas. And according to Benjamin
18:05
Netanyahu, the world leaders tell me how
18:07
much they value Israel's superb
18:10
intelligence services that have
18:11
prevented time and again terrorist
18:13
attacks in their capitals. time and
18:16
again saving countless lives. General
18:18
George Keegan, former head of US Air
18:21
Force intelligence, once said, "If the
18:24
United States had to gather on its own
18:26
the intelligence that Israel gives us,
18:28
we would have to establish five CIS,
18:31
five CIS." This past June, when Israel
18:35
struck Iran's nuclear facilities, German
18:37
Chancellor Merz admitted the truth.
18:39
this. Benjamin Netanyahu stated when the
18:42
speech was being broadcast live via huge
18:45
loudspeakers that were placed on the
18:47
Gaza border while the Israel Prime
18:49
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking
18:52
at the United Nations General Assembly,
18:55
which his appearance drew a mix of
18:57
applause and protest with some delegates
18:59
walking out of the hall as he took the
19:01
stage. You know deep down that Israel is
19:04
fighting your fight. I want to tell you
19:06
a secret. Behind closed doors, many of
19:09
the leaders who publicly condemn us
19:12
privately thank us," Benjamin Netanyahu
19:14
stated in response. Prime Minister
19:17
Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated and blamed
19:23
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