By Aisha Gambo
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) on Tuesday called on residents of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State to report suspected informants of kidnappers, bandits and other criminal elements to relevant security agencies.
The State Director of NOA, Zubair Galadima-Soba, made the call during a one day interactive session on insecurity and way forward, organised by the agency, in collaboration with the Chairman of Igabi Council.
“The importance of peace and security cannot be overemphasised; one cannot conduct religious or business activities when there is no peace.
“It is our collective responsibility to fish out bad eggs amongst us, those who are aiding and abetting crimes in our community,” he said.
While lamenting the state of insecurity within the Local Government and the state at large, coupled with the height of fear and uncertainties, he called on the people to stand firmly against evil irrespective of who the perpetrators were.
"As part of the search for ways out of the challenges, the resolution of the community members would be compiled and sent to the Federal and State governments", Galadima-Soba said.
Earlier, the Chairman of Igabi Council, Jabir Khamis, said that he was working with traditional title holders in the area to ensure that information of strangers coming to Igabi, were captured.
He urged residents to be security conscious and report suspected persons in their community to the police or any other security agency close to them.
He promised to provide telephone numbers of security agencies to the residents.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that traditional rulers, officials of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Army, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and members of civilian Joint Task force, were in attendance of the interactive session. (NAN)
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ECOWAS court stops FG from punishing Nigerians disobeying Twitter suspension
The court says the application against suspension of Twitter in Nigeria will be treated expeditiously.
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The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has restrained the Federal Government from prosecuting Nigerians still using Twitter in the country.
The government on June 4, 2021 announced the indefinite suspension of the American social networking service, alleging that it was being used for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence.
Many Nigerians have avoided the ban by using Virtual Private Networks (VPN) to hide their location, an act the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, initially said would attract legal action.
The ECOWAS court in a ruling on Tuesday, June 22 said the government must suspend any action against Nigerians, pending the hearing and determination of a suit filed before it by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians.
"Any interference with Twitter is viewed as inference with human rights, and that will violate human rights," the court said.
The court said it has jurisdiction to hear the case, and that the application will be treated expeditiously, with hearing on the substantive suit adjourned till July 6.
The suit argues that freedom of expression is a fundamental human right and that the Nigerian government is trampling on the rights of Nigerians with the suspension.
"The suspension has seriously undermined the ability of Nigerians and other people in the country to freely express themselves in a democracy, and undermined the ability of journalists, media houses, broadcast stations, and other people to freely carry out their professional duties," the applicants said.
Many critics, including foreign governments, have strongly opposed the suspension as a violation of the rights of Nigerians, but the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has doubled down on its position.
The suspension was announced just days after Twitter deleted a tweet from the president's official account after it was deemed to have violated its rules.
The tweet had been widely reported by Nigerians as harmful after the president appeared to threaten separatist agitators in the south east region with a repeat of the civil war that killed millions between 1967 and 1970.
FG, Twitter working on lifting suspension
The government announced earlier on Tuesday that a six-member committee has been set up to dialogue with Twitter to reach a resolution on the impasse.
The committee is chaired by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who has insisted that Twitter must register as a business in Nigeria - one of many conditions to meet before lifting the suspension.
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has also been directed to immediately commence the process of licensing all over-the-top media service and social media operations in the country.
The government's moves this month have been considered by many as backdoor attempts to finally enforce a social media regulation that Nigerians have been pushing hard against especially under President Buhari.
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