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#Law #Abuja #Dss #facebook #Sowore #Tinubu #X ©September 30th, 2025 ®September 30, 2025 6:57 pm Two separate courts in the Nigeria Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Tuesday fixed October 27 and November 20, 2025 for the commencement of the lawsuits brought before them by the founder and publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore and the Department of State Service, DSS over issue of posts published on X and Facebook social media platforms that allegedly described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a criminal after the President allegedly said there is no more corruption in Nigeria while the President was speaking at an event in Brazil in the month of August, 2025. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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Tinubu To Begin Legal Action Against GEJ Over Plan To Contest 2027 Election
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#Politics #2027Elections #ADC #APC #Jonathan #Tinubu ©September 30th, 2025 ®September 30, 2025 1:23 pm Information from the Nigerian Presidency has indicated that there is a plan by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to begin legal action against the country former President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan over sustained and continuous rumours in certain quarters that ex President Jonathan may have indicated interest to re-contest as Nigeria President in 2027, this, the Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga said Jonathan is welcomed to join the 2027 presidential electoral race, "but Jonathan will have his date in the court of the land, indeed, the jury will determine whether Jonathan, who was sworn in twice as president, satisfies the constitutional requirements and is eligible to contest the presidency and be sworn in, if successful, for a third term in office".
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Many World Leaders Who Publicly Condemn Us, Privately Thank Us - Israel PM
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00:00Two separate courts in the Nigeria Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Tuesday fixed October 27 and November 20, 2025 for the commencement of the lawsuits brought before them by the founder and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omiyele Sawari and the Department of State Service.
00:18The SS overissue of posts published on X and Facebook social media platforms that allegedly described President Bola Ahmed Talubu as a criminal after the President allegedly said there is no more corruption in Nigeria while the President was speaking at an event in Brazil in the month of August, 2025.
00:37According to Omiyele Sawari's lawyer, Tote Temokan, today, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, proceedings commenced in the historic cases filed by rights activist Omiyele Sawari challenging the clampdown on free speech and political expression by the Department of State Services, SSS, in collusion with global social media giants Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and X Corporation, Twitter.
01:04The suits are, Omiyele Sawari vs. SSS and Meta, FHC, ABJ, CS, 1887-2025.
01:15Omiyele Sawari vs. SSS and X Corporation, FHC, ABJ, CS, 1888-2025.
01:24Sawari was represented by a formidable team of lawyers, led by Tote Temokan, Abu Bakar Marshall, Alexander Aketa, Dr. S.M. Oyaher, Dr. Maxwell Opara, Akin Sawari, and Ako J. Sabah.
01:41Representation for the respondents, Meta appeared through Mifesimo Teo Yetibo, San, X Corporation and the DSS had no counsel present in court.
01:51Proceedings. The court granted motions ex-party filed by Sawari's counsel for leave to serve Meta and X Corporation outside jurisdiction through electronic means.
02:03The originating motion against Meta was also served in court on Meta's counsel.
02:07Adjournment. The court adjourned both matters to November 20, 2025, for hearing.
02:15These suits filed, following the DSS attempted censorship of Sawari's social media post, calling the president a criminal,
02:23mark a significant stand against both local repression and international collaboration in silencing dissenting voices.
02:29Sawari insists that no government agency or foreign corporation has the right to muzzle Nigerians in the digital space,
02:37Barrister Tote Temokan stated on September 30, 2025.
02:42At a separate court where the federal government of Nigeria filed a five-count charges against the news media publisher,
02:49Omiyele Sawari and the DSS had planned to arraign the publisher before the court.
02:54Vanguard newspaper reported that, when the matter came up, Sawari's counsel, Marshal Abu Bakar, objected to the charges being read,
03:03arguing that his client had not been properly served.
03:06He also noted the absence of legal representation for X.
03:11However, Meta was represented in court by a team led by senior advocate of Nigeria, Teo Ayetebo.
03:18Justice Mohamed Umar, presiding, directed that Sawari be served in court,
03:24an order not opposed by any of the parties, including Mohamed Babadoko, director of public.
03:30Information from the Nigerian presidency has indicated that there is a plan by President Bola Ahmed Tanubu
03:36to begin legal action against the country former president.
03:40Good luck of Ele Jonathan over sustained and continuous rumors in certain quarters
03:44that ex-president Jonathan may have indicated interest to recontest as Nigeria president in 2027.
03:52This, the special advisor to President Bola Ahmed Tanubu on information and strategy,
03:57Bayo Onanuga said Jonathan is welcome to join the 2027 presidential electoral race.
04:04But Jonathan will have his date in the court of the land.
04:07Indeed, the jury will determine whether Jonathan, who was sworn in twice as president,
04:12satisfies the constitutional requirements and is eligible to contest the presidency and be sworn in,
04:18if successful, for a third term in office.
04:22It would be recalled that ex-president Jonathan was one of the most criticized presidents in Nigeria,
04:27with politicians, including President Bola Ahmed Tanubu who was then a chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria,
04:35ACN forming a coalition of all progressives Congress, APC to defeat the incumbent president in 2015.
04:43Currently, there is also a coalition formed by politicians in Nigeria,
04:48the African Democratic Congress, ADC to defeat and remove President Tanubu from office in 2027
04:55and lately, reports indicated that the former president,
04:58good luck Jonathan is considering joining the African Democratic Congress, ADC,
05:03but no official announcement has been made.
05:06The speculation intensified after Jonathan met with ADC national chairman, David Mark in late September 2025,
05:14amidst ongoing discussions about the 2027 presidential election.
05:19And Jonathan's closed-door meeting with ADC leaders on September 25, 2025,
05:26fueled widespread speculation about his potential run for the presidency on their platform.
05:32In a statement issued on Monday,
05:34Bayo Onanuga, the spokesperson to President Bola Ahmed Tanubu, said,
05:39As we begin the march towards the 2027 elections prematurely foisted on the nation by the desperation of the opposition
05:47ganging up against President Bola Tanubu despite his glaring giant economic strides,
05:53we are once again regaled with a cacophony of voices, most of them full of sound and fury,
05:58signifying nothing, to paraphrase inimitable Williams Shakespeare in one of his classic works, Macbeth.
06:05One recent statement that stands out in its absurdity is Professor Jerry Garner's.
06:11The former Minister of Information and National Orientation,
06:14moving to draft former President Goodluck Jonathan into the 2007 presidential race,
06:21affirmed that the former president would contest the coming election on the platform of the
06:25Discredited People's Democratic Party, PDP, which bequeathed a legacy of economic ruins,
06:31after 16 years of bad governance.
06:33Garner even deluded himself, asserting that the former president would defeat President Tanubu
06:39to reclaim power after 12 years.
06:42Professor, Garner of the defunct MAMSER fame is free to delude himself and engage in his usual comedy.
06:50After all, Jonathan's entering the race would provide another job for the Niger state-born former
06:56university don.
06:57However, we should caution former Israel Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday stated
07:04that many world leaders who do come out publicly to condemn the Israel war in Gaza,
07:09do privately thank Israel for staging the war against Hamas,
07:13and according to Benjamin Netanyahu,
07:15the world leaders, tell me how much they value Israel's superb intelligence services that have
07:21prevented time and again terrorist attacks in their capitals, time and again saving countless lives.
07:27General George Keegan, former head of U.S. Air Force Intelligence, once said,
07:32if the United States had to gather on its own the intelligence that Israel gives us,
07:38we would have to establish five CIs, five CIs, this past June.
07:44When Israel struck Iran's nuclear facilities, German Chancellor Mertz admitted the truth,
07:49this, Benjamin Netanyahu stated when the speech was being broadcast live via huge loudspeakers that
07:56were placed on the Gaza border while the Israel Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking
08:02at the United Nations General Assembly, which, his appearance drew a mix of applause and protest,
08:08with some delegates walking out of the hall as he took the stage.
08:12You know deep down that Israel is fighting your fight.
08:15I want to tell you a secret, behind closed doors, many of the leaders who publicly condemn us,
08:21privately thank us, Benjamin Netanyahu stated in response.
08:26Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated and blamed the Israel war in Gaza on Iran,
08:32saying, Iran terror axis threatened the peace of the entire world.
08:36Some parts of the long speech by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations General
08:42Assembly are presented verbatim below.
08:45Mr. President, the families of our dear hostages languishing in the dungeons of Gaza?
08:50Sir, ladies and gentlemen, last year, I stood at this podium, and I showed this map.
08:57It shows the curse of Iran's terror axis.
09:00This axis threatened the peace of the entire world.
09:03It threatened the stability of our region and the very existence of my country Israel.
09:08Iran was rapidly developing a massive nuclear weapons program and a massive ballistic missile program.
09:15These were meant not only to destroy Israel,
09:17they were meant also to threaten the United States and blackmail nations everywhere.
09:23From Gaza, Yahya Sinwar dispatched waves of Hamas terrorists.
09:27They stormed into Israel on October 7th and committed acts of unspeakable savagery.
09:33From Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah had launched thousands of missiles and rockets at our cities,
09:39terrorizing our citizens.
09:40In Syria, the murderous dictator Assad hosted Iran's forces, tightening a noose of death around our throats.
09:49In Yemen, the Houthis launched ballistic missiles at Israel, while choking global trade at the mouth of the Red Sea.
09:56So what's happened over the past year?
09:58We've hammered the Houthis, including yesterday.
10:01We crushed the bulk of Hamas's terror machine.
10:04We crippled Hezbollah, taking out most of its leaders and much of its weapons arsenal.
10:10Remember those beepers, the pages?
10:13We paged Hezbollah, and believe me, they got the message and thousands of terrorists dropped to the ground.
10:19We destroyed Assad's armaments in Syria.
10:22We deterred Iran's Shiite militias in Iraq.
10:25And most importantly, and above everything else that I can say to you all that we...
10:30Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday ruled that the detained Biafra agitation leader,
10:37Namdi Kano, has case to answer, because the Nigeria government prosecution team have provided some evidence that requires explanations from the detained Biafra leader.
10:47After this, the coordinating lawyer to Namdi Kano, Barrister Aloyeji Makor said the judgment of the court does not mean Namdi Kano has been pronounced guilty,
10:58rather, the ruling indicated that he should give explanations to certain evidences the federal government of Nigeria brought before the court.
11:05It would be recalled that the ruling on the no-case submission filed by Namdi Kano that was earlier slated to be held on October 10, 2025 was abridged and rescheduled to Friday, 26 September 2025.
11:20Justice James Omotosho also rejected request by Kano to be transferred from custody of the Department of State Services,
11:28DSS to the National Hospital Abuja for medical examination over alleged deteriorating health issues.
11:34The court subsequently ordered the president of Nigerian Medical Association, NMA to constitute an investigation committee to examine Kano's medical condition
11:45and submit a report to it in eight days following objection by DSS to his request to be transferred to National Hospital for second opinion on his health condition.
11:55We had earlier in the year reported that the case between the federal government of Nigeria and the detained leader of the indigenous people of Biafra,
12:02Namdi Kano apparently took a new technical twist after one of the lawyers of the detained Biafra leader, Paul Arikoro, San,
12:11presented and played three videos which the federal high court sitting in Abuja later admitted in evidence.
12:17The videos of former Nigeria chief of army staff, retired General Theophilus Danjoma, saying,
12:24security operatives in the West Africa country, specifically, the armed forces are working together with the armed bandits to kill Nigerians,
12:32stressing that, if Nigerians depend on the armed forces to curb insecurity, they will all die one by one.
12:39Also that of Governor Hope Wuzodomar of Imho State, saying, politicians are behind killings in the state.
12:47Lastly and the most interesting video played at the court to counter the testimony or statement made by the DSS prosecutor witness over
12:54Namdi Kano led IPOB founding Eastern Security Network, ESN allegedly created by group of youths in the southeastern geopolitical zone of Nigeria,
13:05Korea often referred to as Biafra land to fight in self-defense against Fulani armed bandits or terrorists that were advancing and killing people in the eastern states during the era of President Muhammadu Buhari,
13:18was that of the Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Adeola Ajayi, who is apparently the government chief complainer in the case,
13:27and the DSS DG in the video recorded and published by Symfony News Media in February 2025,
13:35narrated how youths of Azare community in Katagum local government area and Tafawa Bilewa community of Tafawa Bilewa local government area in Bauchi State,
13:45when the DSS DG was the State Director of State Security Services, SSS,
13:51resorted to self-help and killed all Boko Haram terrorists that came to attack them without depending on the security operatives,
13:59according to the President of France, Emmanuel Macron and its U.S. counterpart,
14:04Donald Trump on Tuesday engaged in a tough talk over the recognition of Palestine State and the Israeli war in Gaza
14:12during the bilateral meeting both held on the sideline of the U.N. General Assembly in New York,
14:18where, the French president insisted that Israel has already achieved more by killing the top militia leaders of Hamas,
14:25saying, it doesn't work to dismantle the Hamas, this is not the right way to proceed, he said,
14:31while President Trump had reiterated and insisted that things will not work the way the French president had suggested,
14:38that, the October 7, 2023 hostages still in the custody of Hamas cannot be honored with such suggestions.
14:45The meeting was held when videos of the French president, Emmanuel Macron and Turkish president,
14:52Recep Erdogan went viral on the Internet,
14:55where both presidents were stopped or blocked separately by New York police operatives
14:59as they tried to cross streets in the New York City over yet-to-be-seen incoming motorcade of their counterpart president,
15:06Donald Trump.
15:07The French president, Emmanuel Macron called Donald Trump on the phone after his journey to the French embassy
15:14was blocked by police officers preparing for the motorcade of the U.S. president
15:19but that of the Turkish president, Recep Erdogan, could be seen,
15:23quickly surrounded by his security team in a manner that makes the president looked apparently in shock
15:28the moment some group of New York police officers advanced towards them
15:32to stop the Turkish presidential team from crossing the road.
15:37According to New York Times,
15:39nothing frustrates a New Yorker in a hurry like finding that a street has been blocked off
15:44because some big shot is in town.
15:46Apparently, the same is true for the president of France, Emmanuel Macron.
15:51On Monday evening, Mr. Macron, in New York for the U.N. General Assembly,
15:56was stuck on a Manhattan street corner that had been closed off for President Trump's motorcade.
16:02The meeting of world leaders is, among other things, a traffic nightmare.
16:08At first, Mr. Macron did what many New Yorkers might do,
16:12he pleaded with a police officer to let him cross the street.
16:16I have 10 people with me, Mr. Macron told the officer,
16:20according to video that shows the French president making his case on the street corner.
16:24I go to the French embassy, but the officer politely held his ground
16:29and would not let Mr. Macron cross the street.
16:32I'm sorry, President, I'm really sorry, he told Mr. Macron.
16:37It's just that everything's been frozen right now.
16:41There's a motorcade coming right now.
16:43I'm sorry, Mr. Macron, who has engaged in diplomacy to try to end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza,
16:50tried again.
16:50I negotiate with you, the French president said on the video.
16:55When that didn't work, Mr. Macron did what average New Yorkers cannot do.
17:01He pulled out his phone and called the President of the United States.
17:05How are you?
17:06He asked Mr. Trump, cell phone pressed to his ear.
17:09Guess what?
17:10I am waiting the street because everything is frozen for you.
17:14It was not clear from the video what Mr. Trump said,
17:17But Mr. Macron chuckled and told the American president that he was hoping to have a discussion
17:22with him and Qatari officials about the situation in Gaza.
17:26The White House did not immediately respond to a request.
17:30There is no doubt that this week may be an interesting week in the international community
17:34as world leaders gather for the 2025 United Nations General Assembly meeting to discuss and take
17:40a stand over decades of conflicts between Israel and the people of Palestine, especially some
17:46of them well known as Hamas fighters, over territorial integrity and sovereignty, most especially ever
17:52since the state of Palestine was officially declared by the Palestine Liberation Organization,
17:57PLO on the 15th of November 1988, claiming sovereignty over the West Bank, which includes East Jerusalem
18:05and the Gaza Strip.
18:07And as at the end of 1988, over 78 countries approved the declaration including Nigeria that
18:14recognized Palestinian state barely three days after the declaration on November 18th, 1988.
18:21And the numbers have been increasing particularly since the beginning of 2024 like never before,
18:27as at September 21, 2025, over 151 countries out of the 193 United Nations members have recognized
18:38the Palestinian state including United Kingdom, UK which its recognition appears to be more disturbing
18:45to the Israeli government.
18:46With the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu issuing what he described as a clear message
18:52to the world leaders recognizing Palestine as a country of its own that it's not going
18:56to happen.
18:58The United Kingdom, Australia, Canada among others declared and announced their recognition
19:03of the Palestinian state on September 21, 2025, while countries like Germany, Italy, Japan
19:11and South Korea among others are yet to make their position known.
19:14In a video broadcast on Sunday, the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer said, today, to revive
19:22the hope of peace for the Palestinians and Israelis, and a two-state solution, the United Kingdom
19:27formally recognizes the state of Palestine, adding that the recognition is not a reward
19:32for Hamas.
19:34Reiterating that the United Kingdom has already prescribed and sanctioned Hamas as a terrorist
19:39organization, saying, any member of Hamas will not be a member of the Palestinian government
19:44including joining the security architectures of the Palestinian state.
19:49A statement by the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu issued a few hours after
19:54the video broadcast by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, the Israel
20:00Prime Minister said there would never be a Palestinian state to the west of the Jordan River.
20:04In quotes, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, I have a clear message to those leaders
20:11who are recognizing a Palestinian state after the horrendous October 7 massacre, you are rewarding
20:17terror with an enormous prize.
20:19And I have another message for you, it's not going to happen.
20:23There will be no Palestinian state to the west of the Jordan River.
20:27For years I have prevented the creation of that terror state, against tremendous pressure,
20:33both domestic and from abroad.
20:35We have done this with determination, and with astute statesmanship.
20:39Moreover, we have doubled the Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria, and we will continue on
20:45this path.
20:46The response to the latest attempt to force upon us a terror state in the heart of our land
20:51will be given after my return from the United States.
20:55Stand by.
20:56In the face of the growing horror in the Middle East.
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