•Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja Security presence was reinforced around the access routes to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja today, with anti-riot policemen cordoning the main gates of the State House. It was understood that the security beef-up follows a planned march to the Villa by human rights activist and African Action Congr...
In a last minute effort to forestall a disruption in normal daily business activities and public order today, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, late last night met with leaderships of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) and the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). The meeting, called ahead of today’s planned protest by the Organised Labour against insecu...
The Labour Party has dissociated itself from a protest scheduled to take place today at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), describing the organisers as “impostors” and “political impersonators”. In a statement signed by Ken Asogwa, Senior Special Adviser on Media to the party’s Interim National Chairman, ...
•Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has started mobilising Abuja youths and other stakeholders against joining the planned Aug. 1 nationwide protests over hunger and hardship. Wike stated this during a ministerial engagement with FCT youths from Abuja South Federal Constituency, in Kwali Area Council of the FC...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) A human rights activist Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) has notified security agencies, requesting protection over planned public meetings, rallies, and processions by a non-governmental body, the Take It Back Movement, its members, some patriotic Nigerians and groups. In the letter dated today, Fr...

