The Katsina State Police Command has disclosed that 64 hoodlums were arrested with 693 bags of fertiliser they stole from a warehouse in Dutsinma LGA of the state on the first day of the nationwide protest. The nationwide protest turned…
Protest: Accept FG’s olive branch, Ekiti Rep urges Nigerians
The lawmaker representing Ekiti North II in the House of Representatives, Akinlayo Davidson Kolawole, has called on Nigerians, especially youths, to accept the measures and palliatives of the Federal Government in its effort to persuade them to halt the ongoing…
Minister seeks suspension of hunger protest
The Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Audu, has appealed to Nigerians to suspend the nationwide protest tagged #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria against hunger and poverty. Shuaibu made the call in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Mrs Lizzy Okoji, on…
Police barricade Kaduna Govt house road over violent protest
Kaduna State Police Command has barricaded the road leading to the Government House in the state capital. This followed the violence that trailed the #EndBadGovernance protests on Thursday in some parts of the state as well as the attempted attack…
Stray bullet kills businessman in Kebbi
Amid a violent protest in the Yauri local government area of Kebbi state, a stray bullet allegedly fired by marine police near the Yauri river has killed a businessman in his shop where he sells plastics. Our source Malam Umar…
The familiar road of damnation — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Protest is all the rage in Nigeria today. Democracy allows for peaceful protest, but it is well-nigh impossible for overzealous state agents and sundry nefarious elements not to conjure up violence to complicate matters. In this wise, the demons of…
Planned protest: FG begins to sell 50kg rice at N40k
THE Federal Government on Monday said it has started to distribute an additional 10 trucks of 50kg rice to each state to be sold at designated centres at N40,000 This is as the Federal Executive Council, FEC, has insisted that…
Protest: Don’t influence or dictate to the youth on what to do — Peter Obi
•Cautions against violence Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, has advised Nigerians against trying to influence or dictate to the youth what to do. Obi made these remarks while speaking to the press during the…
Benue youths protest killings, block road, LG office
Youths in their tens on Wednesday blocked the Ayati -Sai road in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State to protest the incessant killings in the area. The youths also invaded the council secretariat in Zaki Biam, headquarters of Ukum…
1 dies, others injured in Oyo palliative distribution protest
One person has been confirmed dead and others injured when staff of Sumal Foods protested against the company’s alleged refusal to distribute palliatives that were reportedly provided by the federal government last year. One of the protesters, who spoke on…