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Nigerian Police Arrest Man In Suleja Over Facebook Post Supporting #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Protest

5 months ago1064 min

Sardauna Walin Wasa, a resident of Suleja in Niger State, was arrested by the Nigerian police on Friday, July 26. SaharaReporters gathered that the arrest followed Wasa’s Facebook posts advocating for protests, which read, “Protesting is possible in Nigeria. We support the motion. Let’s go ahead.” His post, also written in Hausa as “Zanzo zanga wajibine a najeriya,” quickly attracted attention. Authorities acted swiftly, detaining Wasa and transferring him to Minna, the...

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N30bn lawsuit: Court grants ARCON permission to serve summons on Facebook owners

2 years ago782 min

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) leave to serve a writ of summons on Meta Platform, the social media giant and Facebook’s owners. The decision was made in response to an application by ARCON in a pending N30 billion suit against the social media giant for violating Nigeria’s advertising laws. The writ will be served at Meta’s corporate headquarters in the United States, which also owns...