Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on security agents to be tactical in the handling of the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests, to avoid fatalities Soyinka made the call in a statement on Sunday while reacting to President Bola Tinubu’s address to the nation. The Nobel laureate and global...
protesters
Heavily armed security personnel, on Sunday, provided security for hundreds of Osun protesters, who converged under the Olaiya Bridge in Osogbo to conduct open church service. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent monitoring the protest in the state reports that the service commenced at 12:01p.m with praise...
President Bola Tinubu has said his government is committed to listening to and addressing the concerns of citizens of the country. The president gave the assurance in a national broadcast on Sunday on the ongoing nationwide protest. Tinubu said he had heard Nigerians, especially the youth, saying: “I...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has called on Nigerians to halt the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests and instead engage in constructive dialogue. President Tinubu in a televised address on Sunday, emphasized that his administration will not permit a small group of politically motivated individuals to disrupt the...
The Nigeria Police has dismissed as “untrue”, a claim by Amnesty International that 13 people had died since the commencement of the nationwide protest. Force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, recalled that Amnesty had, in its report, alleged that 13 individuals had...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Northern Senators Forum has issued an appeal to Nigerian youths and citizens to exercise caution and restraint in the ongoing protests across the country. This call to action is necessitated by the escalating violence, loss of lives, and property destruction that...
#EndBadGovernance protesters in Lagos have said they would storm the streets from Monday to begin a new phase of the ongoing protest if government does not grant their demands. One of the coordinators of the protest, Mr Hassan Soweto, a member of the Youth Rights Campaign, said...
The nationwide End-Hunger Protest, also known as the End-Bad-Government Protest, has officially begun and is sweeping the country, causing deaths and damage in its wake. And there’s the worry that the worst might yet come. Due to the ethnic profiling that a president’s spokesperson brought into it, which...
Organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protests against economic hardship say the nationwide rallies which entered the second day on Friday will continue till President Bola Tinubu addresses their demands. Damilare Adenola, Director of Mobilisation of Take It Back Movement, a non-governmental organisation, stated this on Channels Television’s The...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has urged FCT residents to obey the court order restricting protest to the Moshood Abiola National Stadium. Wike made the call in Abuja on Thursday after the FCT Security Council meeting. The meeting was to review developments...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has called on the people protesting against hunger and hardship to come for dialogue. Wike made the call while handing over Staff of Office to four newly coronated Chiefs of Karu, Kwali, Pai, and Yaba, in Abuja...
The Equity International Initiative and Citizens Coalition Against Corruption, two of the groups leading the ”End Bad Governance” have called on President Bola Tinubu to reverse the electricity tariff hike and restore fuel subsidy. The group made the call on Thursday in Jos, while briefing newsmen on the...
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Rukuba, near Jos, Maj.-Gen. Abdusalam Abubakar, has charged troops to be professional in handling protesters in Jos and environs. Abubakar, who doubles as Commander, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) maintaining peace in Plateau and environs, gave the charge on...
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...
Hundreds of youth have barricaded major streets and Government House in Sokoto metropolis chanting different songs in the ongoing nationwide protest against hunger. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesters, holding placards with different inscriptions, chanting different songs are calling on government to re-introduce fuel...
The Police in Zaria Kaduna State have fired tear gas to disperse protesters who blocked the Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Expressway. The protesters had earlier blocked the Gwargwaje junction, a section of Kaduna -Zaria- Kano expressway, thereby causing a gridlock of trucks travelling to Kano. Policemen who tried to...