Digital rights advocates warn that the internet blackout could restrict access to information and hinder communication during a volatile period. Businesses, journalists, and civil society groups have also reported difficulties operating online.
[Vanguard] The Federal Government has amended the cybercrime charges it filed against activist and former presidential candidate of African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, for calling President Bola Tinubu a "criminal" in a publication he made on social media platforms.
[Leadership] The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development (MSMD) has dismissed claims by the Northern Elders' Forum (NEF) that the federal government sited a gold refinery in Lagos in violation of the principle of federal character, describing the allegation as false and misleading.
[Daily Trust] A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed January 22 for the definite trial of activist, Omoyele Sowore, in the amended Cyberbullying charges brought against him by the Department of State Service (DSS) for allegedly calling President Bola Ahmed Tinubu a 'criminal'.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Intense, high-level deliberations are underway at the Executive Mansion as President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. weighs whether to veto--again--the re-enacted Liberia Sea and Inland Ports Regulatory Act, exposing a sharp divide within his inner circle and placing the administration in a state of political and legal ambivalence.