Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi on Friday imposed a 24-hour curfew following the escalation of violence on the first day of the nationwide protest in the country. The governor, who announced the curfew in a state broadcast, described the development in the state as unfortunate. The News Agency...
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The much-publicised nationwide protest against bad governance began across states of the federation on Thursday in different magnitudes and dimensions. The protest with hashtag #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria is planned to end on Aug. 10. It is aimed at drawing Federal Government’s attention to the economic hardship facing Nigerians. Most states...
The Katsina State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew in Dutsinma Local Government Area. The Secretary to Government of the State, Alhaji Abdullahi Garba-Faskari announced the decision in a statement issued in Katsina on Thursday. The statement was signed by Alhaji Abdullahi Aliyu-Yar’adua, the Director of media at...
Nyanya Police Divisional Headquarters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was not burnt, contrary to claims in some sections of the media. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday. Adeh explained that the structure burnt down...
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has appealed to the conveners of #EndBadGovernance protest and other critical stakeholders to sheath their swords and urgently come to table for dialogue. The President-General, Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), made the call in a statement issued by the Secretary-General of JNI,...
The police in the state had dispersed thugs hiding under the cover of the nationwide protest to attack offices of Borno State Traffic Management Agency in Maiduguri. Maiduguri residents have welcomed the declaration of 24-hour curfew in the town to contain efforts by some thugs to hijack the...
Four persons have reportedly been killed while some sustained injuries on Thursday at the ongoing ‘#EndBadGovernance’ protests in Suleja, Niger State. The deceased were said to have been killed by stray bullets while the security operatives were struggling to dislodge a group of protesters who mounted a barricade...
Borno Police Command on Thursday alleged that Boko Haram elements have infiltrated protesters along Baga Road in Maiduguri, killing four persons, while 34 others sustained various degrees of injuries. The Police Commissioner (CP), Yusuf Lawal, disclosed this while providing a situation report to the News Agency of...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has reiterated his administration’s commitment towards implementing policies that will positively impact on residents of the state. Fubara made the expression while addressing #EndBadGovernance protesters at the state Government House on Thursday in Port Harcourt. The governor said that his government was already...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf on Thursday declared a 24-hour curfew following the massive looting in public buildings in the state. Governor Yusuf spoke while addressing the people of the state. ” I am deeply dismayed by the actions of some individuals who have hijacked the ongoing protests...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has said Mr Jide Oyekunle, a Photojournalist was not arrested, but taken away from a apparent unsafe environment during the ongoing protest. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, said this...
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest called by some Nigerians against the hardship in the country has become violent in the territory. The Police Public Relations Officer, FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the...
L Mobile policemen deployed at the Admiralty Lekki Phase 1 Toll Gate in Lagos State have restored normalcy to the area following attempted eruption of violent protest. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent monitoring the protest at the toll gate on Thursday, reports that some protesters had...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Security agents in Nasarawa State, have dispersed protesters who are mostly youths, who trooped out in their number as part of the ongoing nation wide protest. The protesters, who were seen matching on the streets of Lafia, were also marched towards the government...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – A group known as the Initiative For Better And Brighter Nigeria (IBBN) took to the streets of Plateau State on Thursday to participate in nationwide protests addressing hunger and hardship, despite the state government’s opposition to the demonstration. Led by Convener Prophet Isa El...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Youths in the state, particularly that of Alago extraction, has been advised to avoid the good governance protest for the good of the state and the country at large. Youth leader of Alago Development Association (ADA), Comrade Akwe Julius James, made the call...
Some protesters of the #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria’ have blocked the Keffi-Abuja highway, preventing motorists from Keffi metropolis from entering. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protests will run from Aug. 1 to 10, to demand an end to bad governance, hunger and high cost of living in the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said that most of the things Nigerian youths are saying which are prompting them to go on the nationwide protests are true. The Governor who admitted that there is hunger and anger in the land, however, appealed...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun says intelligence available to the Nigeria Police revealed that the Aug. 1 planned protest is targeted at unleashing mayhem in the country. This is contained in statement personally signed by Egbetokun on Thursday in Abuja. He said the mayhem was...
The U.S. Embassy in Abuja has issued a security alert to its citizens over the impending nationwide protests scheduled to be held from Aug. 1 to 10 as organised by some groups in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement by the embassy and made available to...