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DSS Releases Sowore, Bakare

[Daily Trust] The Department of State Security Services (DSS) has released the Publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore. from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS
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DSS Releases Sowore, Bakare From Detention

[Vanguard] Following a 24-hour ultimatum that was handed to it by the Federal High Court in Abuja, the Department of State Service, DSS, on Thursday evening, released pro-democracy activist and convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, from detention. from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS
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Gospel Singer, Rozey Wants to Wrap Up 2019 With a Major Bang

[Vanguard] What happens when an artist debut album goes viral? Or however, how does it shape the course of their career? If they're not fated to be a one-hit wonder--a term quickly losing its meaning in the age of sundry streaming services--then does this type of bold introduction forever influence the way listeners consume their music? from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS
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Christmas With Burna Boy Live At Flytime Music Festival 2019

[Vanguard] With an already groundbreaking lineup of acts on the bill for Flytime Music Festival 2019, Flytime Promotions has just announced the one and only African Giant and Grammy-nominated, BURNA BOY as the HEADLINING artist for #Day5 of its five-day music festival. from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS
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Kenya: When Did You Last See an African Game Hero?

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi -What's wrong with being a plucky hero running from demon monkeys or a glamourous model in dress up games? Players get sucked into worlds full of violence and unhealthy body images, according to Jay Shapiro, co-founder of Kenya-based Usiku Games. via LATEST NEWS
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Africa: China's 'Palate Democracy' May Not Be to Continent's Taste

[ISS] China's government likes to describe its economic system as 'socialism with Chinese characteristics'. Which sounds a bit like a euphemism for 'state capitalism'. One doesn't hear Chinese officials referring to their country's political system as 'democracy with Chinese characteristics'. But that would be an adequate label for the descriptions some Chinese officials provide. via LATEST NEWS
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Sowore's Release, A Big Relief, Says Shehu Sani

  A former federal lawmaker and rights activist, Senator Shehu Sani, has hailed the release of pro-democracy campaigner and Publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, by the Department of State Services on Thursday evening. The lawmaker described the 48-year-old’s release in compliance with the order of the Federal High Court, Abuja, after more than four months in detention, as a big relief for the entire country and welcome development. Sani attributed Sowore’s long walk to freedom as a product of resilience and courage demonstrated by the trial judge and defendant’s legal team led by Femi Falana (SAN). The former lawmaker added that Sowore's ordeal and detention by the DSS had tainted the image of the Nigerian Government on human rights and respect for the rule of law. He called on Nigerians to stand up against any anti-people policies of the government that may stifle their rights to free speech. Sowore was released by the secret police alongside ...
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Phyno Collaborates With New Age To Release New Line Of Earphones

With a need to meet the demand for affordable yet quality headphones, Nigerian rapper, Phyno has collaborated with New Age to release Phyno-Inspired high-quality Bluetooth earphones which will debut on the 4th of December Speaking about the product and collaboration, Phyno stated that the collaboration ins in line with most of his plans and they’ll also help bring some of his ideas to life. He said; ” I’ve been creating music for a very long time and this collaboration will give me the opportunity to bring some of my ideas to life. It’s an exciting time for me and I can’t wait to share it with the world”   Latest Contents Emmi Cruz – Cruz Vibe (EP) Davido ft. Peruzzi – Disturbance Erigga – Welcome To Warri (Official Video) Davido ft. Summer Walker – D & G Davido ft. Naira Marley, Zlatan & WurlD – Sweet In The Middle Tay Iwar & Le Mav – Golden Bracket – Ebenebe (Official Video) Timi Dakolo ft. Emeli Sande – Merry Christmas Darling (Official Video) Stor...
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BREAKING: I Can’t Wait To Have My Husband Back Home, Says Sowore’s Wife

SaharaReporters Media   Opeyemi, wife of pro-democracy activist and Publisher of SaharaReporters, a pioneering online news platform – Omoyele Sowore – has said that she and their children cannot wait to have the 48-year-old back home. Since August 3, 2019 when the outspoken social crusader was arrested in Lagos by the Department of State Services for calling on Nigerians to take to the streets in peaceful demonstrations to demand a better country from the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, life had not been the same for the quick-smiling mother of two and all those around her. From partaking in walks and events turning global attention to the illegal detention of Sowore in the facility of the DSS at the time to appearing at revered television programmes demanding justice on his matter, Opeyemi indeed went the mile in telling the world, who the man she was married to truly was. But against widespread expectations, things took a different twist on Thursday....
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Sowore's Release, A Big Relief, Says Shehu Sani

  A former federal lawmaker and rights activist, Senator Shehu Sani, has hailed the release of pro-democracy campaigner and Publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, by the Department of State Services on Thursday evening. The lawmaker described the 48-year-old’s release in compliance with the order of the Federal High Court, Abuja, after more than four months in detention, as a big relief for the entire country and welcome development. Sani attributed Sowore’s long walk to freedom as a product of resilience and courage demonstrated by the trial judge and defendant’s legal team led by Femi Falana (SAN). The former lawmaker added that Sowore's ordeal and detention by the DSS had tainted the image of the Nigerian Government on human rights and respect for the rule of law. He called on Nigerians to stand up against any anti-people policies of the government that may stifle their rights to free speech. Sowore was released by the secret police alongside ...
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Sowore's Long Journey To Freedom After 125 Days In Detention

Pro-democracy activist, Omoyele Sowore, has been released from the detention of the Department of State Services (DSS) where he has been held for 125 days following his arrest on August 3. Sowore's eventual release came hours after Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, sitting at the Federal High Court in Abuja, gave the secret security 24-hours ultimatum to release him. The court had granted bail to Sowore on two different occassions but the DSS refused to let him out.  The DSS filed a seven-count-charge bordering on treasonable felony, cyberstalking among other offences. It had earlier obtained an ex-parte order allowing it hold Sowore for 45 days while it investgated the charges eventually preferred against him.  Justice Taiwo Taiwo, who granted the ex-parte order later ordered the DSS to release the pro-democracy activist. He ordered that Sowore be released into the custody of his lawyer, Femi Falana. However, rather than release him, the DSS hurriedly arraigned him before...
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Hurricane Connie

Hurricane Connie . Hurricane Connie was the first of three hurricanes to strike North Carolina in 1955. It formed on August 3 in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, and killed three people in the United States Virgin Islands while passing nearby. Connie reached reported maximum sustained winds of 120 knots (140 mph, 220 km/h), making it a Category 4 hurricane, before it weakened and moved ashore on August 12. It tracked north through the Chesapeake Bay region, and was later absorbed by a cold front over Lake Huron on August 15. The hurricane caused around $86 million in damage, and at least 295,000 people nationwide lost power during the storm. In North Carolina, the storm killed 27 people. In the Chesapeake Bay, Connie capsized a boat, killing 14 people. There were also 4 deaths in Washington, D.C., 6 deaths each in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 14 in New York, and 3 in Ontario. Connie was followed days later by Hurricane Diane, which caus...
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Hurricane Connie

Hurricane Connie . Hurricane Connie was the first of three hurricanes to strike North Carolina in 1955. It formed on August 3 in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, and killed three people in the United States Virgin Islands while passing nearby. Connie reached reported maximum sustained winds of 120 knots (140 mph, 220 km/h), making it a Category 4 hurricane, before it weakened and moved ashore on August 12. It tracked north through the Chesapeake Bay region, and was later absorbed by a cold front over Lake Huron on August 15. The hurricane caused around $86 million in damage, and at least 295,000 people nationwide lost power during the storm. In North Carolina, the storm killed 27 people. In the Chesapeake Bay, Connie capsized a boat, killing 14 people. There were also 4 deaths in Washington, D.C., 6 deaths each in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 14 in New York, and 3 in Ontario. Connie was followed days later by Hurricane Diane, which caus...
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