MALI RENAMES COLONIAL FRENCH STREET NAMES. (PHOTO).

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 Mali renames colonial French street names Mali followed Burkina Faso and Niger on Wednesday in renaming streets and squares in its capital to get rid of their French colonial names, AFP reported. Streets bearing the names of members of France's colonial administration have been rebaptised in Bamako, according to a decree by the junta chief. Cedeao Avenue (the French acronym for the Economic Community of West African States or ECOWAS) is also now named after a new strategic confederation that Mali has formed with Burkina Faso and Niger – the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). In all, nearly 25 names have been replaced, among them boulevards, streets, squares and public establishments. Niger and Burkina Faso have already made several changes to street and monument names in the last two years. In October, Niger renamed several historic sites in its capital Niamey which previously bore references to old colonial master France. Mali has been ruled by the military since back-to-back coups ...

COURT GRANTS DELE FAROTIMI N50M BAIL. (PHOTO).


  Court Grants Dele Farotimi N50 Million Bail, Afe Babalola Accuses Him of Defamation


Human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi has been granted bail by the Ekiti State High Court.

The court set his bail at N50 million, requiring a surety of the same amount. The surety must own a landed property. The case has been adjourned to January 29, 2025, for further proceedings.


Farotimi was brought to court by Chief Afe Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, following his arrest by the Ekiti State Police Command. Babalola, 95, accused Farotimi of defaming him in his book Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System.


The arrest has sparked widespread outrage across the country, with civil society organizations and the Nigerian Bar Association demanding Farotimi’s release.

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