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“Africa, with Nigeria leading, can become world’s 1st green manufacturing hub”, Tinubu writes in CNN exclusive Op-Ed 

Aminu Imam

Hassan Umar Farouk President Bola Tinubu says African countries, including Nigeria, need partnerships for a new green economy, emphasising the efforts against climate change will only be successful through a cooperative approach. Writing in an Opinion-editorial (Op-Ed) article for the international broadcaster, CNN, the President said the security threats, the dislocation of people, the environmental atrophy and other collateral impacts of climate change were at the forefront of his mind during his participation at the COP28 World Climate Action Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, (UAE). He said Nigeria has…

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Lekki shooting: ‘CNN carried out a hatchet job on the Army’ – Int’l journalists

Aminu Imam

The report by Cable News Network (CNN) on the shooting at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos was a “poor” hatchet job targeted at the Nigerian Army, the International Institute for Investigative Journalism (IIIJ) has said.   In an electronic statement signed by special rapporteur, Francois Deburoiche, yesterday, the IIIJ said it came to this conclusion following a careful investigation on the events that led to the escalation of violence at the toll gate.  After forensic analysis of CNN’s report, the Institute said it noted that there were some missing details…

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Lekki shootings: Despite FG’s sanction, CNN airs fresh documentary

Aminu Imam

The US Cable News Network, (CNN) continued its uncovering facts around Lekki toll gate massacre yesterday despite threat from the Nigerian government to sanction the media platform for airing an investigative documentary on the event of October 20. The second documentary corroborated facts in the initial report using CCTV footage submitted by the Lekki Concession Company at the Lagos panel of inquiry, re-iterating the need for Nigerian authorities to come clean. The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, had last week described CNN’s report on the Lekki shootings as ‘unprofessional journalism,’…

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Lekki shootings: FG threatens CNN over ‘unverified’ report

Aminu Imam

…‘Documentary is biased’ – Coalition …‘We stand by our story’, replies CNN The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed yesterday said that the Cable News Network (CNN) should be sanctioned for its investigative report on the October 20 Lekki shootings. Recall that the CNN on Wednesday released an investigative report alleging that the Nigerian Army used live bullets on protesters during its intervention in the #EndSARS protests that occurred in Lekki, Lagos State. Following the military’s denial of the shooting and killing of the protesters, CNN had released an…

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