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Jamal Khashoggi: His last words in print

Ajibola AMZAT
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Jamal Khashoggi: His last words in print

JAMAL Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist who was murdered by a 15-man gang allegedly acting on the order of the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman disappeared on October 2.

But before he made the final journey to the Saudi embassy in Istanbul, Turkey where he was gruesomely murdered, he had submitted his opinion piece to Karen Attiah, Global Opinions editor at The Washinton Post.

He had been contributing opinion articles to the Post since September 2017 till his death in  October 2018.

In his last article,  titled:  “What the Arab world needs most is free expression”, Khashoggi explained the kind of repression present in the Arab world, and how it is exacerbated by the government’s media censorship. 

He was concerned that citizens are not free in most countries in the Arab world, with the exception of Tunisia, according to the 2018 “Freedom in the World” report published by Freedom House.

Three other countries in the region that passed as “partly free” include Jordan, Morocco and Kuwait.

“As a result, Arabs living in these countries are either uninformed or misinformed. They are unable to adequately address, much less publicly discuss, matters that affect the region and their day-to-day lives. A state-run narrative dominates the public psyche, and while many do not believe it, a large majority of the population falls victim to this false narrative. Sadly, this situation is unlikely to change.”

He wrote that hopes activated by the Arab spring of 2011 were eventually shattered, and made Arab nations “either fell back to the old status quo or faced even harsher conditions than before.”

Khashoggi grieved about his friend Saleh al-Shehi who is currently “serving an unwarranted five-year prison sentence for supposed comments contrary to the Saudi establishment,” and lamented the Egyptian government’s seizure of al-Masry al Youm, a national newspaper in the country.

None of these acts of tyranny outraged journalists and citizens, he wrote.

“As a result, Arab governments have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate, ” a development that harms journalists and the media business.

He wrote that the expectation the Internet would liberate information from the censorship and control associated with print media has also been blocked by the government.

[Read Khashoggi’s last column for The Post before his disappearance in Arabic]

The late journalist, however, praised the effort of Qatar’s government that continues to support international news coverage, in contrast to its neighbors’ efforts to uphold the control of information to support the “old Arab order.”

 The Arab world is facing its own version of an Iron Curtain, imposed not by external actors but through domestic forces vying for power, he stated.

In his view, the Arabs need something similar to Radio Free Europe, which grew from Cold War years into a critical institution that played an important role in fostering and sustaining the hope of freedom.  

 “The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events. More important, we need to provide a platform for Arab voices. We suffer from poverty, mismanagement and poor education. Through the creation of an independent international forum, isolated from the influence of nationalist governments spreading hate through propaganda, ordinary people in the Arab world would be able to address the structural problems their societies face.”

In a recent tweet, his editor, Attiah wrote: “They may have silenced my friend [Khashoggi] but they cannot kill his words. “

Brain cancer: why killing the fastest growing cells may not be the only treatment

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Brain cancer: why killing the fastest growing cells may not be the only treatment

Brain cancers are fortunately rare tumours in adults. Nevertheless, the most common type of brain cancer, glioblastoma, is incurable and almost always lethal. Because of the lack of effective therapies, the average survival with glioblastoma is only 15 months. US senator, John McCain suffered from this form of tumour, as did former British MP Tessa Jowell, who was outspoken about the need for more experimental treatments.

Finding new and more effective therapies for glioblastoma is very difficult for many reasons. Glioblastoma cells can move far away from the main tumour into the healthy brain, which makes complete surgical removal of the cancer impossible. These cancers are typically also very resistant to current drugs and radiation therapy. As a result, glioblastomas usually regrow after treatment, and these “recurrent” tumours tend to resist all efforts to treat them and ultimately cause the patient’s demise.

The so-called “blood-brain barrier” prevents many anti-cancer drugs that work well in other organs from entering the brain in the first place. This severely limits the number of drugs that can be applied. Glioblastomas are also very dissimilar between patients, and no genes are known that are mutated in all glioblastomas. Even within a tumour in a single patient, there are large differences in the tumour cells themselves. It is these differences between tumour cells that we wanted to understand better.

Glioblastoma cells under a microscope.
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Feeding on fats and sugars

In a recent study, we compared glioblastoma cells and how fast they divided. And we saw that there were remarkable differences in the division rate of these tumour cells.

This led us to classify glioblastoma cells into faster-dividing and slower-dividing cancer cells and we investigated these further. Intuitively, we expected faster-dividing cells to be more aggressive, as they cause a tumour to grow more rapidly. But surprisingly, we found that glioblastoma cells that are dividing slower were more likely to resist chemotherapy.

Likewise, slower cells were more likely to move away from the main tumour, making them harder to remove surgically. Genetic signatures of these slower cells resemble signatures of “recurrent” glioblastoma, which indicates that slower cells may in fact be the ones that cause tumours to regrow.

Interestingly, the genetic signatures of “recurrent” glioblastomas and slower dividing glioblastoma cells were similar and revealed an increased dependence on fats for energy consumption of these tumours.

Since the 1920s it has been hypothesised that cancers predominantly rely on a less effective way than normal cells of using sugars for their energy support. This is known as the Warburg effect.

Our research shows this to be true for faster-dividing cells, but not for slower cells, which mainly use fats as their source of energy. In experimental models, we could show that withholding sugars affects only the faster-dividing cells. Conversely, in experiments where we blocked the metabolism of slower-dividing cells, their faster counterparts continued to grow unchecked. When we combined treatments to stop both faster and slower dividing cells in experimental models, we found that this was most effective to stop the tumours from growing.

In our study, we also identified a certain transport protein for fatty acids that is specific to slower-dividing glioblastoma cells. An important question arising from our work is whether this transport protein carries specific types of fatty acids into these tumour cells, and if this can be stopped for future therapies of glioblastoma. We used an experimental drug to block this transport protein, which was effective in our models in combination with treatments targeting faster dividing cells.

It is too early to tell whether this drug could one day be effective in the clinic, but based on our findings,it seems a question that is worth exploring.The Conversation

Florian Siebzehnrubl, Research Fellow, European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, Cardiff University

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

 

 

Gridlock along Abuja – Keffi expressway as soldiers clash again with Shiite protesters

Jennifer UGWA
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Gridlock along Abuja – Keffi expressway as soldiers clash again with Shiite protesters

ON the heels of the Zuba military- Shitte face-off,  the Islamic group is involved in another confrontation with military men along the Abuja – Keffi expressway on Monday.

The road was blocked by Shiite protesters, calling for the release of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky who has been in detention for almost three years.

A similar clash on Saturday along the Zuba-Kaduna expressway in Abuja had led to the death of three of the protesters while many others sustained gunshot injuries.

The recent face-off has lead to traffic gridlock along the Abuja-Keffi expressway. Motorists, for fear of their lives, avoided the route, thus leaving commuters stranded at the various bus stops.

Road users were aggrieved that a protest that started peacefully has turned violent, upsetting the movement of passengers. “If they want to protest, they should go to one side of the road, we will still see them” said a stranded commuter.

“I left my office since 4.o’clock and I had to hitch a ride from Berger to Head of Police from there someone helped me to AY and since then, am yet to move another inch from where I am. The traffic is terrible and these military guys are just running around and we don’t know what is going on,” said Abiodun, another stranded commuter.

A resident of Nyanya, who gave her name simply as Felicita, said she came to town on an errand but is yet to get home as at 7:35 pm. She said she had to wait for hours before she could get a vehicle heading her way.

Video footages circulating on the social media show that there are casualties, but an official figure of the casualties is yet to be announced at the time of this publication. Two youths were seen carrying a young man soaked in blood in a video clip posted on Twitter. They were shouting, “Ina Lilahi Waina Ilehi rajiuna” as both ferried the wounded man to safety.

REPORT: More than 90 per cent of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day

Jennifer UGWA
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REPORT: More than 90 per cent of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day

THE WHO has reported that every day around 93 per cent of the world’s children under the age of 15 years (1.8 billion children) breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk.

Sadly, many of them die. WHO estimates that in 2016, 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by polluted air.

A new WHO report on Air Pollution and Child Health examines the heavy toll of both ambient (outside) and household air pollution on the health of the world’s children, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The report is being launched on the eve of WHO’s first ever Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health.

According to the report,  when pregnant women are exposed to polluted air, they are more likely to give birth prematurely and have small, low birth-weight children. Air pollution also impacts neurodevelopment and cognitive ability and can trigger asthma, and childhood cancer. Children who have been exposed to high levels of air pollution may be at greater risk for chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease later in life.

“Polluted air is poisoning millions of children and ruining their lives,” says Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “This is inexcusable. Every child should be able to breathe clean air so they can grow and fulfil their full potential.”

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One reason why children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of air pollution is that they breathe more rapidly than adults and so absorb more pollutants, he says.

They also live close to the ground, where some pollutants reach peak concentrations – at a time when their brains and bodies are still developing.

Newborns and young children are also more susceptible to household air pollution in homes that regularly use polluting fuels and technologies for cooking, heating, and lighting

“Air Pollution is stunting our children’s brains, affecting their health in more ways than we suspected. But there are many straightforward ways to reduce emissions of dangerous pollutants,” says Dr. Maria Neira, Director, Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health at WHO.

“WHO is supporting the implementation of health-wise policy measures like accelerating the switch to clean cooking and heating fuels and technologies, promoting the use of cleaner transport, energy-efficient housing and urban planning. We are preparing the ground for low emission power generation, cleaner, safer industrial technologies and better municipal waste management,” she added.

WHO Key findings:

  • Air pollution affects neurodevelopment, leading to lower cognitive test outcomes, negatively affecting mental and motor development.
  • Air pollution is damaging children’s lung function, even at lower levels of exposures
  • Globally, 93% of the world’s children under 15 years of age are exposed to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) levels above WHO air quality guidelines, which include the 630 million of children under 5 years of age, and 1.8 billion of children under 15 years
  • In low- and middle-income countries around the world, 98% of all children under 5 are exposed to PM2.5 levels above WHO air quality guidelines. In comparison, in high-income countries, 52% of children under 5 are exposed to levels above WHO air quality guidelines.
  • More than 40% of the world’s population – which includes for 1 billion children under 15 – is exposed to high levels of household air pollution from mainly cooking with polluting technologies and fuels.
  • About 600’000 deaths in children under 15 years of age were attributed to the joint effects of ambient and household air pollution in 2016.
  • Together, household air pollution from cooking and ambient (outside) air pollution cause more than 50% of acute lower respiratory infections in children under 5 years of age in low- and middle-income countries.
  • Air pollution is one of the leading threats to child health, accounting for almost 1 in 10 deaths in children under five years of age.

WHO’s First Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health, which opens in Geneva on Tuesday 30 October will provide the opportunity for world leaders; ministers of health, energy, and environment; mayors; heads of intergovernmental organizations; scientists and others to commit to act against this serious health threat, which shortens the lives of around seven million people each year.

Ezekwesili: Buhari, Atiku are siamese twins of failure and destruction

Kingsley OBIEJESI
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Ezekwesili: Buhari, Atiku are siamese twins of failure and destruction

FORMER Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has described President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as one and the same, calling them “siamese twins of failure and destruction”.

Ezekwesili, who is also running for the post of the President in the 2019 general election on the platform of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), said this on Monday during an event in Lagos where she unveiled her plans for the presidential contest.

“For those of you considering the PDP as an alternative, I really want to ask you: what is the thing that you see about them that is any different from the APC. Really? These people are the same: Siamese Twins of Failure,” Ezekwesili said.

“Fellow Nigerians, here is the truth of the matter: the APCPDP is not two parties. The APCPDP is one single party fielding one single candidate, and that candidate’s name is BuTiku. Yes, you heard me right – BuTiku.

“Buhari and Atiku are conjoined from head to toe as BuTiku. There is no lesser evil in BuTiku. BuTiku are members of the same party.

“Attempting to choose between these two is like asking one to choose between death by poison or death by gunshot. God forbid.

“We cannot reject one oppressor and hand over to another oppressor. We do not love bondage. We do not enjoy suffering. God in heaven forbid.

“The candidate of the PDP has over the past 14 years gone from PDP to AC, AC to PDP, PDP to APC and now back to PDP. These people are brothers and sisters of iniquity and impoverishment, merchants of failure and disappointment. Don’t believe that 419!

“They are both part of a political ruling class that has held us bound, manipulated and diminished us for decades. Now they are auditioning to extend their streak of failure for another four years? God really forbid!

“The real opponent that the Nigerian people have in 2019 is this old political order that takes and takes and takes, and never replenishes anything.”

Ezekwesili also criticised what she described as the Buhari administration’s so-called anti-corruption campaign, insisting that the administration is corrupt and so cannot claim to be fighting corruption.

“This president talks about fighting grand corruption. Please, please, give me a break! Can corruption fight corruption? Does he think we cannot see? A president that looks the other way while his friends and cronies suffocate and strangle our country?” Ezekwesili said.

“There is no shadow of doubt: President Buhari is the most parochial, most nepotistic and most partisan president that Nigeria has ever seen.”

On why Nigerians should vote for her come 2019, Ezekwesili said it is because she is “one of the very small tribes of Nigerians who have served in government but who have no allegation of corruption against them. I don’t mean court case o. I mean allegation. Zero. None. Not one”.

2019 Poll: Buhari again promises free and fair election

YEKEEN Akinwale
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2019 Poll: Buhari again promises free and fair election

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari says he is more concerned about the conduct of free and fair elections in the country at all times.

President Buhari made this statement on Monday when he hosted the Governor-General of Canada, Julie Payette, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

“I emphasise free and fair elections at all times,” presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, in a statement quoted the President as saying.

The President’s comment came three months to the general elections and there are already apprehensions among the electorate that there may be no free and fair elections.

The apprehension followed the outcome of governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states where irregularities reportedly marred the process.

He said Nigeria’s democracy was steadily improving with a deeper understanding of the democratic culture and tenet by the people.

President Buhari said he saw the evolving strength of democracy in the country by contesting for presidential elections three times before winning at the fourth trial in 2015.

The President told his guest that Nigeria had been learning from the mistakes of those who practised democracy for a longer period and by looking inward at its own peculiarities.

He added that the bilateral relations with Canada would continue to be improved considering the huge interest of the country in Nigeria and growing economic ties, with many Nigerians schooling and working in the country.

The President noted that Canada played a brotherly role in helping displaced persons in the North East, following Boko Haram insurgency.

Speaking during the visit, the Governor-General, Julie Payette, said Nigeria and Canada enjoyed a warm and strong partnership that has translated into ease of migration, large trade relations and cultural exchanges.

Payette, who is an astronaut, said it was important for nations to pool resources together to start exploring the benefits of space in providing solutions to some problems on earth.

The Governor-General noted that the world would achieve more by de-emphasising geographical differences and refocusing its energy on the commonality of humanity, pointing out that from space one can only see an earth without borders.

Payette said her visit was about showcasing “youth, innovation and technology,” adding that Canada would like to partner with Nigeria in the ongoing diversification of the economy.

“We wish you free and credible elections in 2019,” she said.

Boards of parastatals lack power to suspend CEOs, SGF reiterates

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Boards of parastatals lack power to suspend CEOs, SGF reiterates

SECRETARY to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has reiterated that the board of any government agency lacks the powers to remove or suspend the head of that agency.

Mustapha made this known during the induction ceremony of the governing board members of some federal government agencies, universities and medical centres in Abuja, on Monday.

Mustapha urged the board members not to misunderstand or overreach their duties, explaining that the governing board of an agency has no business with the day-to-day running of the agency.

“The role of the boards are limited to setting operational and administrative policies for their agencies in consonance with government policy directives,” Mustapha explained.

“A board shall not be involved directly in the day-to-day management of a parastatal or an agency. A minister exercises control of parastatals at policy level through the board of the parastatal only.

“The board must only operate as a part-time board, in accordance with extant rules that forbids allocation of official quarters to members on a permanent basis and payment of estacode allowances for only overseas travels approved by the office of the secretary to the government of the federation and their part-time ministry.”

Mustapha added that the presidency is worried about the recent development where the board members of an agency are trying to exert undue interference over the functions of the head of the agency in “blatant disregard for extant regulations guiding the conduct of board meetings”.

He maintained that a governing board of an agency imposing sanctions on the head of that agency is a “flagrant violation of the laid down rules”.

Though he did not mention it, it was obvious Mustapha was referring to the face-off between the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Usman Yusuf, and the agency’s governing council.

The board of the NHIS had imposed an indefinite suspension on the Executive Secretary following what the board described as several allegations of wrongdoing which included abuse of office and corruption. The board said a panel had been set up to investigate the allegations.

But Yusuf refused to obey the board’s directives, insisting that only the President who appointed him has the powers to sanction or remove him from office.

Attempts by a faction of the labour union at NHIS to prevent Yusuf from entering the agency’s premises in line with the directive of the board a week ago failed, as police used tear gas to disperse the protesters and escort the executive director into his office.

The ICIR has also reported that, according to the NHIS establishment Act, only the President may remove the Executive Secretary from office.

Shiite, soldiers clash in Abuja

YEKEEN Akinwale
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Shiite, soldiers clash in Abuja

NOT fewer than three members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shiites have died in a clash between them and some personnel of the Nigerian Army, at Zuba, Abuja on Sunday.

Two soldiers were also injured in the clash that occurred when the Shiite members who were on a procession to Abuja mounted roadblock at Zuba.

The Military headquarters confirmed the incident in a statement issued by James Nyam, a Major General.

According to him, troops of Army Headquarters Garrison on official duty escorting ammunitions and missiles from Abuja to Army Central Ammunition Depot in Kaduna State were attacked by some members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) sect at Zuba bridge, at about 3.00pm on Saturday 27th October.

The army authorities said the sect established an illegal roadblock denying motorists free passage.

“When the troops’ convoy attempted to clear the roadblock, they met stiff opposition from the sect. Members of the sect used various objects to barricade the road and also pelted the troops with stones and other dangerous items. They smashed both military and civilian vehicles’ windscreens and windows.

“They also attempted to overrun the escorts to cart away the ammunition and missiles the troops were escorting. This led to the troops opening fire to extricate themselves. Consequently, troops of 102 Guards Battalion in whose Area of Responsibility the incident occurred rushed to the convoy’s rescue.

“Unfortunately, during the encounter 3 members of the sect were killed while 2 soldiers sustained various degrees of injuries and are being treated at a military medical facility.

Meanwhile, normalcy has been restored in the general area and members of the public especially those plying the Abuja – Zuba Road are requested to go about with their normal activities with the assurance from the NA that no individual or persons would be allowed to disturb public peace and unprovoked attacks against military convoys.”

Don’t worry yourself about running for president; it will still take a while — Osinbajo tells youths

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Don’t worry yourself about running for president; it will still take a while — Osinbajo tells youths

By Yusuf Akinpelu (from Ibadan)

THE Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has on Saturday downplayed the chances of a youth becoming the president of the nation.

He told the youths to start from grassroots. Then they should move on to the local government level, then to the state level, but as for the federal level, “don’t worry yourself about running for president; it will take a while.”

The Professor of Law said this while reacting to question on the rationale behind the exorbitant price of the nomination form of the All Progressive Congress, APC, for the office of the President during the 9th Sigma Club Public Lecture held Saturday at the International Conference Centre University of
Ibadan.

The VP was speaking in his lecture titled “Developing the nation through youth empowerment.”

“Anybody who wants a career in political positions should also make an attempt to get involved in public service since there are less than 2000 of such positions. Get involved in public service.”

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Nonetheless,  Mr Osinbajo called on the youths to always hold the government accountable. He stressed that though “the government’s role is to create an enabling environment for the youths to be empowered,” but for this to happen, the youths must “take time to scrutinise their [the government’s] arguments. You are the leaders of tomorrow. No one should doubt that. However, that future would only be guaranteed if you hold your leaders to account.”

While admitting that the poverty in the country is a major concern to the government, he blamed the problem on  the grand corruption and high rate of borrowing of the past administration “despite earning more.”

“The most important drain to our public revenue is grand corruption: which is simply going to the treasury and withdrawing money — stealing it, in short,” he stressed.

“No nation can possibly prosper when its commonwealth is spent in that manner. So, we need to deal with grand corruption if we are to move forward as a nation.”

Osinbajo therefore called for a joint contribution from all and sundry to move the nation forward, stressing how the youths and technology can move the nation forward.

He said: “Everybody must pay attention to the nation’s growth. No nation is built by one person. The future of jobs is in technology and innovations. It is where the real opportunities are. Young people have an edge where technology is concerned.”

He nonetheless affirmed the pledge of this administration to restructure the country.

Nigerian journalists, rights activists, citizens protest murder of Jamal Khashoggi

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Nigerian journalists, rights activists, citizens protest murder of Jamal Khashoggi

Nigerian journalists, rights activists and citizens came out on Friday afternoon to protest the gruesome murder of Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, in Abuja.

Following the worldwide outcry for justice for the slain journalist, newsmen from various media organisations and members of civil society marched peacefully to the Saudi embassy in Abuja to register their discontent against the government of Saudi Arabia.

Khashoggi went missing on October 2, after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey to acquire papers for his upcoming marriage.

After investigations, 18 men who have direct relations with Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince were identified as the killers of Khashoggi.

The event, organised by a Coalition of Nigeria Media and Civil Society Groups,  kicked off from Nicon Junction Bus stop, at the beginning of Alvan Ikoku Street, Maitama Abuja. The journalist then walked in procession to the Orange Close where the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia is located.

In attendance were journalists and rights activists from media houses that include The ICIR, The Cable, The Guardian,  Premium Times,  Radio Nigeria and the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) and others.

The protesting journalists and activists chanted various classic songs of struggle and resistance in tribute to their professional colleague who was brutally murdered, according to evidence presented by the Turkish government, for criticizing the government of his country in his opinion writing.

“Solidarity forever, solidarity forever, solidarity forever, justice for Khashoggi,” they sang.

 

Journalists at Nicon Junction Bus stop, Alvan Ikoku Street, Maitama Abuja on Friday October 26.

The convener of the protest, Peter Nkanga, described the killing as “wicked” and “evil”. He said in a letter read to the authorities of Saudi Arabia, that the murder of Khashogggi is similar to the assassination of Dele Giwa, a Nigerian journalist killed by a letter bomb in 1986. Their assassinations were allegedly state-sponsored.

Nkanga said the freedom of expression should not be punished by any government anywhere.

“Journalism is not a crime, and journalists and activists are not terrorists.” With the killing of Khashoggi, Nkanga said  Saudi Arabia has demonstrated its intolerance for free speech and human freedom.

Amadi Uyi,  a journalist from Plus TV said the government of Saudi Arabia has turned diplomatic relations into a joke because a  consulate should be a refuge, and not a killing zone.”

Deji Adeyanju, Convener of Concerned Nigerians, said the killing of Khashoggi should herald the era of change in journalism all over the world.

He said it is time that journalists take a greater interest in reporting about tyrannical government like Saudi, and others like Saudi in other places. The impunity against journalists should come to an end, he said.

“We are using this platform to call on the government of Nigeria and the world, in general, to demand justice for Khashoggi”.

The group also paid respect to colleagues who had lost their lives in the fight against corruption and injustice, noting that the media and journalists are the bedrock of any democracy and the freedom to express their opinion should not be a death penalty.

The officials of the Saudi embassy made no comment and refused to come outside the consulate to address the aggrieved journalists. Instead, they hid behind the wall to video the protesting journalists.

 

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