Abuja, Sept 16, 2025 (AFP) - Nigeria charges former presidential candidate over anti-Tinubu posts

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2025-09-16

Nigerian authorities on Tuesday charged a former presidential candidate with posting false messages online in a bid to cause "a breakdown of law and order", after he accused President Bola Tinubu of corruption. The charges against Omoyele Sowore, an activist and publisher, also named social media giants X and Meta, parent company of Facebook -- though it was not clear from the charging documents what they were accused of. Sowore said on social me......

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