Twelve months after many Nigerians took to the streets to register their displeasure at what they described as widespread hardship in the country, conveners of the #EndBadGovernance protest, economists, and public analysts say the plight of the masses has either remained unchanged or even worsened. Held from August 1 to August 10, 2024, the pr...
•Police Organisers of June 12 #TakeItBackMovement in Edo State have shelved the protest, citing security reason. Recall that the protest in Edo was scheduled to take place at the National Museum and Monument, Benin City, and Auchi respectively. The organisers had vowed to march out to protest against hunger, social injustice, insecurity, bad e...
•Take-It-Back protesters A clash between protesters and security operatives looms today, Thursday, June 12, as the Take It Back Movement, the rally organisers, has resolved to carry out a demonstration at the National Assembly, Abuja and 19 other locations across the country during the June 12 celebrations. President Bola Tinubu addresses a jo...
•Protest Ahead of the June 12 Democracy Day, the #TakeItBackMovement has insisted on the nationwide protest scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, June 12, 2025. The organisers yesterday released a list of designated locations where demonstrators are expected to gather, reports Daily Trust. June 12 was adopted in 2018 by the administration of forme...
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called on law enforcement agencies to provide comprehensive information about the well-being of protesters and those still facing charges in court. Speaking on their behalf, Salaudeen Hashim, Programme Director of the CLEEN Foundation, told newsmen that the aim of the media engagement was to inform the w...
•Nentawe Yilwatda and Uba Sani Federal government, at the weekend, expressed its resolve to collaborate with the Kaduna State Government on the provision of skill acquisition and reintegration programme for the pardoned minors of #EndBadGovernance protest. Recall that the released minors and youths of the #EndBadGovernance were handed over to ...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked President Bola Tinubu to direct the Police to stop harassing and threatening Amnesty International, because they (Amnesty International) were defending Nigerians’ rights. The call is coming against the backdrop of the Police’s demand for Amnesty International to apologise o...
•#EndBadGovernance protesters The Nigeria Police Force said it has written and demanded an immediate retraction and public apology regarding a publication titled “Bloody August: Nigeria Government’s Violent Crackdown on Bad Governance Protests” written to Amnesty International. Today’s statement by the Force’s Public Relations Officer, A...
•#EndBadGovernance protesters Former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, has called on the federal government to go back to the drawing board in governing the masses. Shekarau, who was a guest on Channels Television last night, said the recent #EndBadGovernance protest was a clear message to President Bola Tinubu’s administration. “The last...
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has ordered an investigation into allegation of the Nigerian Police Force’s culpability in the deaths and arrests of protesters during the August #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest. Amnesty had in a briefing published a few days ago, accused NPF of “using excessive force against protesters du...

