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  • Court softens journalist Abiri bail condition

    Court softens journalist Abiri bail condition

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    Bayo Millz
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    The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday softened the bail conditions for a Bayelsa based journalist, Mr Jones Abiri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on June 24, Abiri was arraigned on a three-count charge of terrorism, economic sabotage and fraud. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu had earlier granted him N100 million bail with…

  • Again, DSS arrest Journalist Abiri in Bayelsa

    Again, DSS arrest Journalist Abiri in Bayelsa

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Four armed men suspected to be operatives of Directorate of Security Services (DSS) on Saturday whisked away a journalist, Jones Abiri, to an disclosed location. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abiri, the publisher of Weekly Source Newspaper, who was incaserated for two years on charges of terrorism in the past, was whisked…

  • Why SSS linked me to militants – Journalist Jones Abiri

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    Bayo Millz
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    A recently released journalist, Jones Abiri, has explained the circumstances that resulted in his arrest and detention for two years, without trial, by security operatives. Mr Abiri was arrested in July 2016 by operatives of the State Security Service, following allegations that he was linked to the Niger-Delta militants. Mr Abiri, publisher of the weekly…