Four persons have reportedly been killed while some sustained injuries on Thursday at the ongoing ‘#EndBadGovernance’ protests in Suleja, Niger State. The deceased were said to have been killed by stray bullets while the security operatives were struggling to dislodge a group of protesters who mounted a barricade...
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Borno Police Command on Thursday alleged that Boko Haram elements have infiltrated protesters along Baga Road in Maiduguri, killing four persons, while 34 others sustained various degrees of injuries. The Police Commissioner (CP), Yusuf Lawal, disclosed this while providing a situation report to the News Agency of...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has reiterated his administration’s commitment towards implementing policies that will positively impact on residents of the state. Fubara made the expression while addressing #EndBadGovernance protesters at the state Government House on Thursday in Port Harcourt. The governor said that his government was already...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf on Thursday declared a 24-hour curfew following the massive looting in public buildings in the state. Governor Yusuf spoke while addressing the people of the state. ” I am deeply dismayed by the actions of some individuals who have hijacked the ongoing protests...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has said Mr Jide Oyekunle, a Photojournalist was not arrested, but taken away from a apparent unsafe environment during the ongoing protest. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, said this...
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest called by some Nigerians against the hardship in the country has become violent in the territory. The Police Public Relations Officer, FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the...
L Mobile policemen deployed at the Admiralty Lekki Phase 1 Toll Gate in Lagos State have restored normalcy to the area following attempted eruption of violent protest. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent monitoring the protest at the toll gate on Thursday, reports that some protesters had...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Security agents in Nasarawa State, have dispersed protesters who are mostly youths, who trooped out in their number as part of the ongoing nation wide protest. The protesters, who were seen matching on the streets of Lafia, were also marched towards the government...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – A group known as the Initiative For Better And Brighter Nigeria (IBBN) took to the streets of Plateau State on Thursday to participate in nationwide protests addressing hunger and hardship, despite the state government’s opposition to the demonstration. Led by Convener Prophet Isa El...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Youths in the state, particularly that of Alago extraction, has been advised to avoid the good governance protest for the good of the state and the country at large. Youth leader of Alago Development Association (ADA), Comrade Akwe Julius James, made the call...
Some protesters of the #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria’ have blocked the Keffi-Abuja highway, preventing motorists from Keffi metropolis from entering. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protests will run from Aug. 1 to 10, to demand an end to bad governance, hunger and high cost of living in the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said that most of the things Nigerian youths are saying which are prompting them to go on the nationwide protests are true. The Governor who admitted that there is hunger and anger in the land, however, appealed...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun says intelligence available to the Nigeria Police revealed that the Aug. 1 planned protest is targeted at unleashing mayhem in the country. This is contained in statement personally signed by Egbetokun on Thursday in Abuja. He said the mayhem was...
The U.S. Embassy in Abuja has issued a security alert to its citizens over the impending nationwide protests scheduled to be held from Aug. 1 to 10 as organised by some groups in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement by the embassy and made available to...
A Federal Capital Territory ( FCT), high court has restricted participants in the August 1st #EndBadGovernance protest to the MKO Abiola stadium, also known as National Stadium. Justice Sylvanus Oriji issued the order on Wednesday in Abuja while ruling in an ex-parte application brought before him by the...
Lagos State Governor , Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appealed to the state residents to toe the path of peace by not engaging in the planned nationwide protest. Sanwo-Olu made the appeal in a statement signed by himself and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. The...
Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, Gov. Francis Nwifuru, Former Senate President, Pius Anyim among others have insisted that Ebonyi will not participate in the Aug.1 nationwide hunger protest. The political stakeholders made the declaration on Wednesday in Abakaliki during the Ebonyi youth and stakeholders interactive meeting on...
The Senate on Wednesday, urged Nigerians and promoters of the nationwide protests to shelve their plans in the interest of the nation. President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, made the call during plenary after a closed-door session of the senators in Abuja. Various groups in the country are...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Plateau State Government has called on its youth, citizens, and residents to abstain from the planned nationwide protest on August 1st, citing concerns that participation could worsen ongoing hardships. The appeal was made by Samuel Jatau, Secretary to the Government of Plateau...
Organisers of the planned #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest slated for August have rejected a proposal by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun for confined protests. At a meeting with the organisers on Tuesday, the IGP suggested confined protests in identified locations and advised against street rallies. “It...