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The Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, has revealed plans by the legislative arm to ensure the enactment of laws and regulations that will favour Yoruba indigenes in matters of property acquisition and business. The Speaker said this in his acceptance speech as a third-term Speaker of the Lagos parliament and the inauguration of the 10th Lagos assembly. He said plans were underway by the Lagos State House of Assembly to make promulgation that would potentially undermine land and property ownership by non-indigenes. “Lagos is a Yoruba land as against the assertions of some people that it is a no man’s land, therefore, part of our legislative agenda is to ensure the translation of laws passed by this House to the Yoruba language,” he was quoted by People's Gazette. The Lagos speaker announced that the APC-controlled state legislature's plan to employ "all legislative instruments" to promote indigenes over other tribes. He continued: “We also aim at achieving our collective goals of creating a robust legislative framework that protects the interest of our people. Going forward in this wise, we are going to employ all legislative instruments for the support of the indigenes of Lagos. “There would be laws and resolutions in the areas of economy and commerce, property and titles, and we will reverse all that are reversible to protect the interest of the indigenes.” The presidential and governorship elections in 2023 pitted Igbos against Yoruba politicians in...

Based in New York City, Sahara Reporters was founded in 2006 by Omoyele Sowore. By basing his operation in New York, Sowore for years had a degree of protection from the consequences of publishing often scandalous information about Nigeria's most powerful people. He shuttled between his family home in New Jersey and Nigeria, where he is a citizen, without much interference. After launching an open presence in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2017, Sahara Reporters has come under a series of attacks, as reported by the "Sahara Reporters must be permitted to keep the Nigerian public informed without intimidation", said Angela Quintal, CPJ's Africa program coordinator. "Surveillance, cyberattacks, and copyright notices against Sahara Reporters mark a concerning pattern of interference and harassment of an investigative news outlet." In December 2009, Sahara Reporters drew worldwide attention by being the first news source to identify and publish the photo of Sahara Reporters has gained a large following both in Nigeria and amongst Nigerians abroad, and reaches over fifteen million people across its social media platforms. [ citation needed] Although Sahara Reporters reports from New York are protected by the [ citation needed] Funding Sahara Reporters reaches a global audience, with sizable Sahara Reporters was traditionally supported by grants donated by international foundations and non-governmental organizations. It has received support from the [ citation needed] and from the Sahara Re...

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The Federal Government on Monday arraigned Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore and four others at the Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja. The Sahara Reporters' publisher was arraigned alongside four others on seven charges bordering on alleged conspiracy to commit treason, money laundering, and insulting the President, among others Sowore was arrested by the… A Federal High Court, Abuja will hear the application of the Department of State Security (DSS) to detain the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, for 20 more days. The Nigerian Government had filed a seven-count charge bordering on treasonable felony, terrorism and plots to overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari. Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action…