•Onigbinde and Tinubu The founder of civil advocacy and pro-accountability organisation, BudgIT, Seun Onigbinde, says President Bola Tinubu’s administration has started off on the wrong foot with his twin policies of petrol subsidy removal and unification of the foreign exchange windows. “Honestly speaking, I don’t think they’ve started well. ...
•Samson Itodo The Executive Director of pro-democracy group, Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo, says yesterday’s Peace Accord fallout may impair voters’ turnout in the September 21, 2024 governorship poll in Edo State. “What has happened today will further escalate the tension,” Itodo said on Channels Television last night. “When you have this crisis...
•Protest in Abuja this morning Human Rights Activist and Lawyer, Tony Dania, has said that the #EndBadGovernance protest has achieved about 25 per cent of its goals even before it began. He attributed this to the implementation of populist policies by the government such as reducing the price of rice, supporting Dangote’s local refinery, and [...
•Edo State Police PRO, Chidi Nwabuzor The Edo State Police Command has said that Arthur Angel Jr. killed his father, Arthur Judah Angel over monetary demand at Ugboha, in Esan South East on Sunday. The Spokesman of the Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, told our correspondent today that a preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased son had [&he...
•Burna Boy Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has kicked against a five-year deal between Grammy Award-winning artiste, Burna Boy’s company, BrkFst, and Aspire North America, LLC, a subsidiary of Inspire Technology Inc. for the manufacture and distribution of vaping products in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and Eu...
A Lagos-based activist and lawyer, Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje, has dragged telecommunication companies operating in Nigeria as well as the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to a Lagos Federal High Court, challenging the recent barring of phone lines of citizens. Ogungbeje joined Dr. Aminu Maida, the Chief Executive Officer of NCC, and MTN Ni...
•Sunday Igboho Embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has returned to Nigeria. A statement by Igboho’s spokesman, Olayomi Koiki, on X page today, Thursday, February 22, confirmed that the activist returned to the country for his late mother’s burial. He wrote: “I can confirm that Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igb...
•Bugaje and Tinubu A political activist Usman Bugaje claims President Bola Tinubu is incapable of addressing the numerous challenges facing the country. Since the fuel subsidy payment was stopped and the naira floated, Nigerians have been experiencing biting economic issues with inflation hitting 29.90 percent, sparking protests in some parts ...

