With the spate of protests sweeping across Nigeria, it is clear that Nigerians are determined to fight fuel subsidy removal. This seems to be the beginning of a tug of war between the government and the people.

Protests have escalated in the country and abroad after President Goodluck Jonathan announced the removal of the fuel subsidy. The price of petrol has since increased from N65 (US $0.40) to at least N140 (US$ 0.86) a litre. While transport costs have already skyrocketed, other essential daily expenses will also rise considerably.

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I know it’s late to write and ask you for a present at this stage. I guess you have started your journey and your luggage is overflowing with presents.

The coalition government’s U-turn on the retention of DNA from innocent people by police must be challenged by all legal means.

In a letter to a committee of MPs, Home Office Minister James Brokenshire MP, confirmed that the DNA profiles of those arrested but not charged or convicted of any crime will be retained by the forensic science laboratories in an anonymised form.

This is a clear violation of an election pledge.

Before having a look at what the Liberal Democrat and the Conservative manifestos said regarding the retention of innocent people’s DNA, let’s go through what some of their prominent leaders said.

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