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BREAKING: Police arrest 81 in Sokoto during protest
No fewer than 81 suspects were reportedly arrested by the authorities of the Nigerian Police Force, Sokoto State Command, for various offences during the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest on Thursday. The spokesman of the command, ASP Ahmed Rufai, disclosed this while speaking with our correspondent on Thursday night. Rufai said those arrested were allegedly disguised under the Read More
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Reps beg Nigerians to end protests
Fifty members of the House of Representatives on Thursday rallied support for the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, Mele Kyari, and the Chief Executive of the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed. They also appealed for calm while imploring all Nigerians to bring the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests Read More
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LPPC elevates 87 lawyers to SAN rank
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee, under the leadership of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, has elevated 87 legal practitioners to the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The announcement was made during the LPPC’s 164th plenary session, held on Thursday. This elevation is a significant honour in the Nigerian legal profession, awarded Read More
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#EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest: Rivers CP condemns passengers’ extortion, harassment
The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, has condemned the extortion and harassment of passengers by a group of persons linked to the #EndBadGovernance protest in some parts of the state on Thursday. While noting that peaceful protest is the right of citizens, the CP warned that infringing on the rights of others by Read More
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Kano police arrest 260 suspects, urge residents to obey 24-hour curfew
The Kano State Police Command successfully apprehended not fewer than 260 suspects who exploited the nationwide strike as a cover to embark on massive looting on Thursday, August 1, 2024. The Command’s spokesman, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, confirmed the arrests via a press statement, saying, “These individuals engaged in acts of violence, destruction, looting, and causing Read More
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Hunger Protest: Commence economic policy review, PDP tells Tinubu
The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Bola Tinubu to address Nigerians about the economic crisis facing the country. The party also asked the President to urgently review its policies that are negatively impacting the lives of Nigerians. In a press statement released Thursday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP Read More
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Hardship protest: Nigerians not conquered people – FixPolitics tells FG
A citizen-led movement, #FixPolitics, has condemned the Federal Government’s attitude towards the protest staged across the country on Thursday. It described the Nigerian Government’s reactions to the EndBadGovernance protest as a disconnect with the people it was elected to govern, warning that the citizens were not a conquered people. In a statement entitled ‘August 1, 2024 Citizens Peaceful Protest: Time to Change Course’, the group faulted what it called the government’s reactionary and ill-advised actions to…
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#EndBadGovernance: Stop rushing to court on eve of protests, Falana tells govts
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has faulted the governments of Lagos and Ogun states and the Federal Capital Territory Administration for rushing to court to seek orders restricting protesters to certain locations within the states and the FCT. The senior lawyer stated this during an interview on Thursday evening on Channels Television’s Politics Read More
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NUJ condemns attack on journalists by hoodlums in Kano
Following the nationwide protest against bad governance on Thursday, some journalists on fieldwork were attacked by hoodlums, who took advantage of the situation to engage in rampage and mob action. A bus, belonging to the Channels Television conveying 11 journalists from different media outfits, including print and broadcast, was attacked by hoodlums, who were wielding Read More
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Protest: Police warn against acts of violence, destruction of infrastructure in Yobe
Yobe state Command of the Nigeria Police Force has condemned the destruction of public and private property in today’s protest in Potiskum, Gashu’a and Nguru Local Government areas. The command in a statement via its Public Relations Officer, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, also described the situation as an unacceptable act of lawlessness. “The police command is fully prepared and geared up towards maintaining public order and safety and will strictly enforce the curfew imposed by the State…
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