President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) at the State House, Abuja. Though the agenda of the meeting could not be confirmed officially, it may not be unconnected to the planned nationwide protest kicking off from 1st of August. The Chairman of the PGF and the Imo State Governor, Hope…
Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili has advised the Nigerian government to stop threatening citizens who wish to exercise their constitutional right of expression, association and movement through a nationwide protest. Ezekwesili demanded that the government should ensure protesters are protected and supported by the security agencies. According to her, the leadership members of the…
Members of some women groups in Southern Borno Senatorial District have threatened to protest naked at the National Assembly over Senator Ali Ndume’s removal as Senate Chief Whip. The women, from the 101 wards in the nine LGAs of the Senatorial District, stormed Ndume’s residence in Maiduguri on Thursday, expressing support for the lawmaker. While…
The Trade Union Congress, TUC, has confirmed that it is not mobilising any groups for protest over the prevailing hardship in the country. It however insisted that the police and other security agencies must not intimidate those interested in protesting as it was their civic right to do so. President of the TUC, Comrade Festus…
Some rights activists under the auspices of the ‘De Renaissance Patriots Foundation’, including Omoyele Sowore and Aisha Yesufu, have faulted the use of the Oro festival to stop the planned national protest slated for August 1. The rights activists described the move as a huge joke, insisting that the protest would go on as planned….
A civil society organization, the Network for the Actualisation of Social Growth and Viable Development, NEFGAD, has described as insensitive the decision of the National Assembly to go on recess at a critical time that Nigerian youths are planning a nationwide protest over economic hardship. The National Assembly had, on Tuesday, July 23, announced that…
Ahead of the August 1 planned ‘EndBadGovernance’ protest, the Defence Headquarters, DHQ, says it has uncovered a plot by mischief-makers to attack car owners, landlords and smartphone users during the demonstration. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, made this known on Thursday at a press briefing in Abuja. “Already, we have…
Former Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has urged all relevant stakeholders to save journalism from quacks and what he described as ’emergency reporters’ who are fond of publishing fake, subjective and unbalanced news. Amosun made the appeal on Thursday while delivering his address at the 6th-anniversary lecture of Penpushing Media held at the Olusegun…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has appealed to residents of Abuja not to partake in the planned nationwide protest against hardship. Wike made the appeal while interacting with residents after he inspected the ongoing construction of a 5-kilometre access road to Saburi 1 and 2 in Abuja Municipal Area Council,…
The death toll of the Thursday building collapse in Lagos State has risen to five while five others were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. A building collapsed at number 13 Wilson Mba Street, Arowojobe Estate Maryland, Lagos State. The incident was said to have occurred at about 3:58 am. Meanwhile, men of the Lagos…
