•#EndBadGovernance protest Protesters today took to the streets of Lagos in a renewed #EndBadGovernance protest, using the occasion of Democracy Day to demand urgent government action on worsening economic hardship, insecurity, unemployment, and the rising cost of living. The protest, which drew activists, civil society groups, and concerned c...
•Protest A coalition of civil society organisations, organised labour unions, youth groups, community associations and prominent activists has declared June 12, Nigeria’s Democracy Day, a day of nationwide protest over worsening insecurity, economic hardship and deteriorating living conditions across the country. The coalition, led by human ri...
•Tinubu and Rotimi Amaechi Former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has lashed out at President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, accusing it of mismanaging public funds and worsening economic hardship. Amaechi, who spoke during an appearance on a DCL Hausa programme, said even state governors are grumbling under the current administrat...
•Rotimi Amaechi Former Rivers State governor and ex-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, today said the ‘Emilokan’ philosophy that shaped the last presidential election had pushed Nigerians into hardship. He insisted that the country could no longer afford to choose leaders based on ethnicity, religion or whose ‘turn’ it was to rule, re...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress has painted a grim picture of the state of the nation and its workers, warning that rising insecurity, deepening poverty, and worsening economic conditions are pushing citizens to the brink. Recall that NLC and other stakeholders in the Nigerian project had consistently blamed hardship in t...
•Tinubu At the heat of a much-publicised robust national conversation on governance and economic reforms, the Presidential Adviser on Policy Communication, Mr Daniel Bwala has affirmed that Nigerians retain the constitutional right to express anger and frustration over the prevailing hardship under the Administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Bwal...
•The protesting youths, today Aggrieved youths in Edo State today blocked the busy Benin–Lagos Expressway at the Ugbowo axis, protesting what they described as worsening economic hardship in the country. The protest led to heavy traffic gridlock for several hours, leaving commuters and motorists stranded along the ever-busy route, reports AFP....
•Peter Obi and Tinubu Former Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has warned that Nigeria’s current taxation policy will deepen hardship and worsen the living conditions of citizens. In a statement shared on his X handle today, Obi said prosperity cannot be achieved by taxing poverty. He stressed that [&...
•Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State Katsina State governor, Malam Dikko Radda, has urged Nigerians to stop blaming state governors alone for the worsening economic hardship in the country, stating that the federal government controls more than half of the country’s monthly federation revenue. The governor, who stated this in an interview wi...
•Obi of Onitsha The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe had lamented that hardship in Nigeria today is worse than what it was last year. In his address at his 2025 Ofala Festival held today in Ime Obi, Igwe Achebe lamented the pathetic poverty level in the country in 2024, but noted that “unfortunately, […]
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