The ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has called for swift release of 67 minors and other protesters detained by security agencies during the #EndBadGovernance protests in August. AAN made the call in a statement signed by its Country Director, Andrew Mamedu, on Saturday in Abuja. Mamedu said AAN condemned the recent...
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The Police Command in Lagos State has released the nine protesters arrested during the #FearlessInOctober demonstrations on Oct. 2 in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that police operatives arrested the suspects at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, in the Ojota area of the state, and detained...
Police officers on Tuesday fired teargas at protesters during the “Fearless In October” protest over bad governance in Abuja, Nigeria. The protesters had gathered at the Utako area in Abuja, the country’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), waving the Nigerian Green-White-Green flag and banners with various inscriptions such as “EndBadGovernance”,...
The Federal Government, on Friday, re-arraigned 10 persons arrested in connection with #EndBadGovernance protest organised between Aug. 1 and Aug 10 on alleged treasonable felony. The Federal Government, through the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, re-arraigned them on eight-count amended charge following an application by the prosecution counsel, Simon Lough,...
The Federal Government on Monday charged 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters with counts c bordering on treason before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja. The Federal Government, through the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, arraigned the defendants in a charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/454/2024 filed on Aug. 30. 10 of the...
Justice Sylvanus Oriji of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has adjourned hearing in the FCT minister ‘s motion on the restriction order on participants of the hunger protest until Sept. 4. The adjournment came after counsel to the FCT minister (claimant), Moses Ebute, SAN told the court...
The Department Of State Service (DSS) has said it is planning to name sponsors of Russian-flag-flying protesters to promote insurrection in the country. Speaking at a joint news conference in Abuja, Spokesperson of the Service, Peter Afunanya said the identities of the persons will soon be made public....
Some residents of Katsina State came out en masse to observe a special prayer session to seek Allah’s intervention against the lingering economic hardship and insecurity in the state. The prayer session, which was held on Tuesday at the premises of Katsina Arabic Teachers College playground, was...
Borno State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of nine protesters for allegedly displaying Russian flags in Maiduguri. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Yusuf Lawal, made this known this on Tuesday while providing a situation report to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri....
A Kano State Mobile Court in Kano State on Tuesday ordered the remand of 632 protesters for alleged vandalism of public and government properties during the #Endbadgovernance nationwide protest. The defendants are charged with criminal conspiracy, theft, unlawful assembly, inciting disturbance, trespass and mischief by fire. The court...
The ongoing nationwide protest, on Monday, spread to the Eleme/Onne section of the East/West Road of Rivers as a large crowd of protesters stormed the popular section connecting the Port Harcourt refineries. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Akpajo axis of the East-West Road,...
The Russian Embassy in Nigeria has denied any involvement in the usage of the European nation’s flag by some persons during the #EndBadGovernance protest. Protesters in some northern states were spotted waving the Russian flag, raising concerns among authorities. But the country’s embassy in a Monday statement said...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has debunked the rumour that its Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) was hijacked by protesters in the state. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, made the denial in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna. Hassan said, “The...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, says it has detained 39 suspected hoodlums, including the tailor producing Russian flags during the ‘end bad governance’ protests in the state. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the incidents in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna. Hassan said, “The...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday directed security agencies to crack down on those flying Russian flag in the country. Gen. Christopher Musa, the Chief of Defence Staff, said this while briefing State House correspondents after the National Security Council meeting. He said the service chiefs briefed the...
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Mustapha, has stated that individuals displaying the Russian flags in Nigeria are engaging in a treasonous act. After an emergency security meeting with President Bola Tinubu at Aso Rock, the General expressed his firm commitment that the law will ultimately hold...
The Spokesman for the Department of States Services (DSS), Dr Peter Afunanya, said the intelligence and security agencies uncovered and exposed plans by subversive groups and vandals to hijack the nationwide protest. Afunanya said this during the monthly news conference organised by The Strategic Communication Interagency Policy Committee...
Bangladesh’s prime minister has resigned and fled to India following weeks of de@dly protests in the country. Reports of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, 76, resigning were confirmed by the army, as well as Bangladesh High Commission Officials in Delhi. According to the country’s leading national paper, Hasina and her...
The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has said the police operatives only arrested riotous individuals who were engaged in criminality during the ongoing nationwide protest. Adejobi said this during the monthly news conference organised by The Strategic Communication Inter-agency Policy Committee (SCIPC) hosted by the Department...
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on security agents to be tactical in the handling of the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests, to avoid fatalities Soyinka made the call in a statement on Sunday while reacting to President Bola Tinubu’s address to the nation. The Nobel laureate and global...