Jake Okechukwu Effoduh
@effodu
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Asst. Prof. @LincAlexLawTMU | Ph.D. candidate @OsgoodeNews, researching the impacts of AI on human rights praxis in Africa. @UniOfOxford Alum.
Joined January 2011
With utmost delight, starting 1/1/24, I’ll be joining the prestigious @LincAlexLawTMU as a tenure-track assistant professor. This is my ultimate dream come true, and I am honoured to join such an outstanding school that is shaping the future of pedagogy.
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FYI: This parade was paid for from an "NGO" in the US. These Churches received donations and grants to print posters and organise a parade. The pastors were also promised Visas. Just so we are clear.
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Tonight, my flight into Toronto couldn’t land because of the bad weather. The pilot kept trying to land at Pearson Airport several times but kept failing as the plane was in turbulence because of the storm. Passengers were panicking, some crying, others telling their kids.
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On a 6-hour flight from Brussels to Montreal, my seat neighbour is excitedly telling me how her husband has been cheating on her for 4 years and she acted like she didn’t know. Now she’s relocating to Canada to start a new life but her husband thinks she’s going to buy goods.
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As my dad used to say; shared suffering is always less suffering and shared joy is always a double joy. I am just happy to be back on land and alive.
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I am sorry but parents that report their kids to pastors are irresponsible.
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Someone is suing their alma mater for not sending their transcript on time to their grad school, causing them to lose their admission. I hope the Nigerian judiciary uses this case to teach universities not to play with peoples future by snubbing or delaying transcript requests.
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My friend just found out that his 7-year old isn’t his biological son. He has been threatening to leave the marriage and his parents have been begging him to stay. They told him that “this may be God’s plan” as he is also not their biological child. 2 revelations in 1 week.
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Dem don fire pesin wey just Japa last month come Canada. Him don go ask CEO why the CEO never marry at her age 😭.
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I paid for your flight to come and visit me in Toronto (all the way from Lagos). You just got to my house and not up to one hour, you’re texting your friends in Toronto to tell them you are around. Are you okay?.
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Immigration officer hold my passport for hand but still dey ask me my date of birth. Na im I tell am say "you have the answer right there". E keep kwayet kon dey look me bad eye. Me sef dey look am. We dey here dey look eachoda in silence. E remain to kiss.
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I would NEVET forget when the sex workers union in Abuja contributed 1K each to buy me a birthday cake on Dec 12, 2012 because I successfully released several of them that year from illegal police detention. I cried.
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Today, Senegal has made history by electing the youngest President in the history of the country. And coincidentally, he just turned 44 today.
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Another lawyer has been allegedly murdered in SARS custody. Stella Ifeoma Abugu who just completed her NYSC has been allegedly killed by the operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad on 11th Sept, 2020. This is now a trend but everything is taken as normal-normal.
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If you’re still wearing a mask, washing your hands, and staying away from people, please retweet because sometimes people try to make me feel like I’m living in fear.
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We all hurriedly disembarked and now I am here at the baggage claim section of the airport, receiving hugs from my fellow passengers and exchanging numbers, agreeing to have dinner sometime. I am waiting for my luggage while typing this, feeling grateful for this experience.
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A KekeNapep driver just asked (in Hausa):."Oga lawyer pls explain: So, govt paid & pardoned terrorists who kidnapped and killed thousands of Nigerians, but me that I have committed no crime; trying to hustle, not kill, but my Keke gets seized almost every week?".I had no answer.
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In 2012 I was called to the Nigerian Bar. I had to borrow wig & gown from a friend to attend my Call. Couldn’t even afford a photoshoot. My bestie (a photographer) snuck me into a job he was doing for a client and I was able to get this photo. Thats 8 yrs ago. Things get better!!
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I am the only African presenting a paper at the 18th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law 2021. I don't know if I should feel proud of pressured.
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Coronavirus has shown us that no event is THAT IMPORTANT. There is nothing that cannot be cancelled. Nothing, No one, and Nowhere is by-force.
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Nephew messaged me that he is broke and that has not even eaten in 3 days. Lol. He doesn’t know that I follow his girlfriend on instagram. She tagged him just 3 days ago thanking him for the Apple Watch he bought for her: A Series 6 for that matter! A watch that I cannot afford.
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for an emergency landing. The sound from the engines of the plane began to sound cranky and loud and the plane started to jerk back and forth. Luckily we landed in Buffalo in the US with passengers singing in gratitude. It was a hard touchdown but luckily nothing happened.
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they loved them. At this point, I opened up the chocolate and organic caramel cookies I bought from duty-free for my friends and started to delight in them, just in case. We kept going round and round until the fuel finished and then the pilot said we have to head to the US.
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Applause all over. Sounds of temporary relief. Now the pilot announced that no one should leave their seat and that if anyone had cannabis, they should find a way to do away with it because whilst it’s legal to have cannabis in Canada, it’s criminal where we just landed at.
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Someone just sold a 15-mins recording they took of NTA 2 Channel 5 in 1988 for 15 million Naira. The power of archiving.
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14 of my Mentees will start their PhDs this year. 8 other mentees will start their Masters this year. ALL 22 of them are on scholarships FULLY FUNDED! . Alhamdulilah.
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finish my sentence, the lady by my side tapped me: “It’s okay. You don’t need to explain”. It was also at this time that I stumbled upon the realization that I was the only black person on this flight, so I quietly collapsed back into my seat and maintained my calm before I.
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got strapped in, and the cabin crew reminded us of safety procedures again. We took off and I’m holding hands with my neighbour now as if we are best friends or a couple. We flew for 40 mins and landed at Pearson, safely!.Applause. Celebration. Ululation. Sighs of relief.
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how chin-chin was founded in 19th century Northern Nigeria and the 8 main ways chin-chin can be made, including my idea of a gluten-free version. At this point, I now have an excited audience and it seems like we had forgotten our predicament then my neighbour cracked a joke:.
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they dug in with joy. Almost half of the plane is now chewing something and sipping airplane water. My neighbour took an interest in knowing what chin-chin was, how it was made, how I got it, and why it tasted so good. I quickly became a descriptive pastry artisan telling people.
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tension. One graceful senior woman started to sing “swing low, swing chariot…” but another thanked her and asked her to stop as it was causing her to panic. An hour later, the pilot announced again that there was no definite time for how long we’ll be here and apologized saying.
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The cabin was now really quiet and then I asked one of the cabin crew: “Could you explain what the pilot meant by ‘do away with it?’” Not like the information applied to me or anything, I was just curious as to how one could do ‘do away with it’ in this situation that we are in.
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At this point, I noticed people started looking at me funny. Passengers by my side and those ahead of me began to turn around, staring at me with their eyes revealing some suspicion. I quickly added “i am just asking for clarity, not that I have any oh, abeg” and before I could.
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Please let's end this misconception that people have to suffer first before they get to enjoy life.
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chin-chin, plantain chips, and frosted coconut shavings, passing them around (don’t ask me why I always have bags of snacks in my carry-on). Several people appreciated the gesture and the bags got emptied in no time. Some people didn’t even know where the treats came from but.
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perpetuate any stereotypes. One boy quickly rushed to the restroom, maybe to release himself of the tension from his bladder or to ‘do away with it’, who knows? Lol. But he stayed there for quite a long time. Long enough that a female cabin crew member had to bang on the lavatory.
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Big Tech are gradually listening to us. YouTube Kids has removed auto-play, to prevent children being fed endless videos; Instagram will no longer allow unknown adults to direct message anyone under 18, and Google will stop targeting ads at anyone under 18.
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“I hope there isn’t cannabis inside this chin-chin”, poking my ribs gently. A few of us are now laughing and then she finished the remaining cubes of the treat in her hand. The pilot announced that the weather is better and we are heading back to Canada to try and land. We all.
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I feel so pained and so useless to call myself a human rights lawyer in country where someone can be stoned to death and burned alive, in public, at a university! Captured on video and legitimized both by the silent approval of many and the "but why did she" of many others.
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it was nobody’s fault. More complaints arose, and people are now talking loudly about missing their connecting flights; needing to talk to their family, etc. Someone mentioned “being held hostage”, and some girls behind me kept repeating that they were “literally starving”.
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the required mark and so we must all close our windows and try to calm down to maintain the cool of the cabin else we’ll be asked to get off the plane and “you all would not want that, trust me”. People quickly shut the blinds and a few folks began to complain now, raising some.
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turbulence and needed to throw up. Back in our seats, the pilot announced that US customs refused the request for us to disembark but luckily the plane will get refuelled so let’s all be calm. One hour later, the pilot announced that the temperature in the plane had gone above.
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The cabin crew decided to share cups of water across the cabin apologizing that snacks and juice had finished. My neighbour brought out a ziplock bag filled with almonds and started to share across the rows in front of her. I also brought out my own air-tight bags of cashew nuts,.
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door “Come out now or else, I’ll radio ground security!”.The boy refused to come out until some man in full uniform from the cockpit, walked down the aisle, opened the door, and dragged him out, sending him back to his seat. Boy explains aloud that he had motion sickness from the.
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Just catching up with this Babcock University story. So the public embarrassment is not enough, the school had to expel her? Pls if anyone knows the girl personally, let them reach out. My friends and I are committing to get her into another school!.
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If Maryam Sanda was the one killed by her husband, there wouldnt be a death sentence. Of 121 recorded cases from 2014-18 where women were allegedly killed by their husbands, how many men sentenced to death? NONE! ZERO! Our legal Sys is very misogynistic & entrenched in patriarchy.
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To cut my spending on food and to attempt weight loss, I decided to be taking food from home everyday. I packed my breakfast, lunch and dinner separately in my bag and left my wallet at home so that I won't spend. Guess who has finished 3 square meals and it is only 11am?.
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Una remember when we carry #BlackLivesMatter for our head? We even been dey shout #DefundThePolice to support our Black people dem for America. E don reach our turn now for dem to support us with #EndSARS but some of dem dey form mute. This na time to check who our true allies be.
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What are you convinced people are pretending to enjoy?.
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Dear @British_Airways I am in ur Abuja office to make an enquiry abt my flight. Ur staff (guy) is playing games on his phone and hardly attentive (which is ok 🤷🏾♂️), but I asked him to confirm the (inaccurate) info he shared with me and he said: “ITS LIKE U DNT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH.”
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Shoprite and HMedix need to reduce the way they dole out plastic bags to customers. Buy toothbrush and they’ll give you a plastic bag to carry it. They are so quick to distribute your items into many bags. This is not good for our Abuja environ and it is not good for the planet.
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Breaking: Nigerian govt has now set aside N10bn Naira (about 30M USD), NOT to facilitate COVID19 vaccinations, no. But to produce a made-in-Nigeria vaccine!.On the budget list for this research is the plan to purchase test tubes, slabs, generators, refrigerators, lab coats, etc.
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When we talk about Ghana, we tend to focus on how spectacular their women are, or how captivating Twi is, or the electrifying nature their highlife culture. How did we miss the richness of their food?. I am basking in the deliciousness of Kelewele, Red-Red, Fufu, Light Soup etc🇬🇭
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BREAKING: .The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights just condemned the #LekkiMassacre .She says "The world’s attention is now focused sharply on Nigeria’s Government".#EndSarsNow .#EndSARS
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Dear Doyin Okupe, no amount of prayer can change ur son's sexual orientation. The same way no amount of prayer can change his race. Instead, pray for him to grow in confidence, wellness and self-acceptance. The world will hate and reject him, don’t join them. Accept your own son.
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BREAKING: . The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights has released a statement on #EndSARS and #SARSMUSTEND! . The African Commission is saying that SARS SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE for loss of lives and the use of force, amongst 5 other demands!. Nigerian Govt, Listen!
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In all 33 years of my life, today was the first time my elder brother told me “I love you”. When I saw the text, I had to call him immediately to ask if he was alright. Lol. He said he realized that he had never mentioned it to me. I thought the dude was dying or something. Lol.
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17 Years After. Reunion. My Biology Teacher from Secondary School (FGC Minna) came all the way from Niger state to see me. It was such a beautiful reconnection. Left Pic: Today .Right Pic: 18 Years Ago Winning Best Student In Biology in the entire School & The State!
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Part of academic life no one prepares you for is the crazy amount of TRAVELS!. 7 African countries in 3 weeks to engage on the same topic of AI regulation and governance, yet each country has a different approach. Nairobi🇰🇪 Addis🇪🇹 Kigali🇷🇼 Cairo🇪🇬 Accra🇬🇭 PortoNovo🇧🇯 Abuja🇳🇬
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As a stammerer, the best way I manage stammering is not to give it mind. I speak with confidence irrespective. I don’t apologize for taking time. And even when people complete my sentences for me (which is rude by the way), I still complete my sentence for myself.
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Scrap this Wig and Gown!.We don’t want to be colonized but we want to remain in colonialism. Born with black hair but to show up in court we must wear white curly hair to cover our own and remind ourselves of the fallacy that if not for Lord Denning & co, we would not have sense?.
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Simi didn’t need to wait for an LGBTQ person to die to realize that she should not indignify or stigmatize an already persecuted and ostracized community. The earlier we all realize that everyone of us has a gay cousin, the better for us.
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@Omojuwa In my 300 level at Uni Abuja, all law students had to do this course called "Sociology of Crime & Delinquency" and it is clear here (as we learnt then) that the FBI is largely influenced by a neoclassical criminological theory that situates race and geopolitics in its profiling.
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Jake Okechukwu Effoduh .LL.B. (Hons), MSt. (Oxon), B.L. (Hons), LL.M. (Osgoode) 🎖
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If you've fought for Naija to be better and you are now tired, It is okay. You have tried.
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@SEzekwesili THIS. IS. UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Therefore it is Null and Void to the extent of its inconsistency. Protests cannot be banned by any Police Command. It is a fundamental right. #EndSARS.
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The poverty capital of the world cannot have the highest paid politicians in the world.
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When high school students get pregnant, they shld be allowed to remain in school with consideration to manage pregnancy with academic workload. We should even have schools where girls can integrate early motherhood with academics. They shouldn't have to drop out. This is 2019.
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I was excited when I got the invitation letter from Nigeria to come and contribute towards producing the country’s first National Artificial Intelligence Strategy. Having engaged in similar consultations for seven other countries, it was a delight to be invited by my own.
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I have been invited by the Federal Senate of Brazil to speak to the country on challenges in AI regulation, and contribute to the Brazilian lawmaking on AI. I do not take this opportunity for granted and I hope I get to contribute meaningfully to this epoch-making process.
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Money ritual is a myth .Money ritual is a myth .Money ritual is a myth . The earlier we debunk this useless fallacy in Nigeria, the better for us all. NO RITUAL CAN BRING YOU MONEY.
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Super Urgent: .My friend needs an O-negative blood donor in Abuja. If you are O- and can donate, please come and donate at Maitama General Hospital. You can send a message to 08098617061 to get directions and information on how you can help. Thank you. Please retweet!.
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@obyezeks @inecnigeria Since the data has been uploaded to a secure server, the integrity of the data is thereby preserved. The reconfiguration of the BVAS will not perpetuate any modification, deletion, or corruption of the data and so whilst the machines will reset, the integrity of the data stays.
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Lincoln Alexander School of Law appoints Jake Okechukwu Effoduh as assistant professor
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Blood Donor Urgently Needed in Abuja. O- or B- Please if you can donate, show up for us at Feroprod hospital in area 11, Garki. Call Stephanie for Kofi on 08069070750. Help retweet. Thank you.
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I know many people are against #CancelCulture but #CancelCulture is about a new awareness. It is taking responsibility + being accountable else you lose the respect of people. It is no coincidence that people who scream about #CancelCulture are mostly people with unchecked power.
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@Judicaelle_ There is a current proposal for this at the African Union. The issue we are facing now is that some countries on the continent do not consider themselves Africa so they won’t honour it, while some counties not on the continent want to join!.
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I just remembered how in my secondary school, after junior WAEC, the school put mostly the “smart students” in science class and then the “dull students” in art class, which made the students in science class feel that they were smarter than those of us in art class.
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You help somebody once, then twice, then three times and then four. but just because you couldn't help the 5th time, it has become "wow, Jake you have changed"?.
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I am feeling like a cold bottle of Fanta Chapman right now.
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Stop telling single ladies to stop dating married men, if you wont tell the married men to stop dating single ladies. Telling someone "you are destroying a home" is not as important as telling the right person that "He is destroying His home" .Don't be sexist.
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I just won the 2020 Canada's Intellectual Property Writing Challenge for my paper on “The Legitimization of Customized Sex Robots in the Age of COVID-19″. I look forward to having this work published.
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I regret ever going on this useless call with Abike Dabiri and some so called “diaspora Nigerians”. This was a stage play to celebrate the nothingness that had been done to address Nigerians that are stranded and dying in other counties. Complete waste of my time and a shame TBH
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Thanks to 🇨🇦 Govt for getting me on a flight from 🇨🇦to the 🇬🇧. And thanks to my 🇳🇬 Govt for granting me license to touchdown in 🇳🇬 despite the suspension of int’l travel & closure of all airports in 🇳🇬. I value the efforts it took to get me here + that of NCDC & our Immigration.
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Abt 133 rape charges in court this yr & all set aside on "technicality." All. Victims rarely report rape in Nig. but wen they do, they meet occlusion from the "big boys" & oppressive limitations which our courts seem to smooch with complicity.(None of the cases presided by women).
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Dear Nigerian Govt.Please intervene in this IELTS nonsense.Talk to IELTS & all IELTS demanding countries and institutions.We are an English speaking country for crying out loud!.Nigerians do NOT need to be writing English tests.(I can draft the letter if you want) pls @NigeriaGov.
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Gwagwalada, a city once ignored, avoided for its harsh sun and geography, is now a haven for restoration and recovery.
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Thank you, @GuardianNigeria 🙏🏾.
Nigerian international human rights lawyer, Jake Effoduh, has been appointed as a tenure-track assistant professor by the Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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