•Kayode Egbetokun (L) and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (R) Organisers of the planned #EndBadGovernance nationwide demonstrations slated for August have rejected the proposal by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun for confined protests. At a meeting with the organisers today, the IGP suggested confined protests in identified locations...
•Security agencies The military and the police have commenced a massive nationwide deployment of soldiers and police personnel ahead of the August 1 #EndBadGovernance protest planned by some youths and civil society groups. Findings by our correspondents yesterday also indicate that the security agencies, including the Nigeria Security and Civ...
•Bags of rice The federal government has called for calm on the proposed nationwide protest, saying it had created centres across the country where Nigerians can purchase a 50kg bag of rice for ₦40,000. This was revealed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris while briefing correspondents on the outcome of the ...
•A nationwide protest The Southwest Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to all the groups planning to protest across the nation to have a rethink and retrace their steps for the interest and development of the country. This is just as the region Executive called on all government officials and political [&he...
•FCT Minister Nyesom Wike Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has appealed to youths in the nation’s capital not to join the planned August #EndBadGovernance protest against hardship and economic woes. The former Rivers State governor had last week said the FCT was not available for any protest, attracting a barrage of ...
•Shops Traders, especially of the northern extraction at Igbudu market in Warri, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, have dissociated themselves from the August 1 planned hardship protest. This is just as the traders have built a security architecture around their stores and wares against looters who might want to hijack the prot...
•Soldiers Commuters plying the Keffi-Abuja expressway were today left stranded after military officers barricaded the highway to conduct a stop-and-search operation on vehicles entering the nation’s capital. The soldiers mounted a road block at Sani Abacha barracks before the popular AYA roundabout, reports Daily Trust. Security agencies did n...
•A protest Some youths have trooped to the streets of Niger State to protest the ongoing cost of living crisis in Nigeria. They wielded placards such as ‘Enough is Enough’; ‘Stop Anti-Masses Policies’; ‘We Are Not Slaves In Our Country’; ‘Hardship Is Unbearable’, ‘Fuel Subsidy Must Be Back’, among others, reports Daily Trust. The protesters [&...
•Education Minister, Tahir Mamman Ahead of the planned nationwide protest, the Minister of Education Tahir Mamman has directed vice-chancellors of universities to take proactive steps to ensure the security and safety of the university community, including staff and students. A statement today by the acting Executive Secretary of the National ...
•Protest The United States, United Kingdom, and Canada have issued security alerts to their nationals in Nigeria, warning of potential violence during the planned #EndBadGovernance protest on August 1, 2024. In separate travel advisories, the three countries cautioned their citizens to avoid areas where confrontations between security agencies...
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