The Federal Government on Monday charged 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters with counts bordering on treason before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja. The Federal Government, through the Inspector-General (IG) of Police, arraigned the defendants in a charge marked:…
AI reacts as mass trial of #EndBadGovernance protesters begins in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna today
Amnesty International Nigeria, has condemned the mass trial of #EndBadGovernance protesters. The trial will begin in Abuja, Kano and Kaduna today. Recall that a good number of protesters were arrested by security agents during the hunger/ hardship protests in August,…
Hustle, bustle as Kaduna, Kano, Katsina residents shun 1m man protests
It was a beehive of socioeconomic activities on Saturday as the residents of Kaduna, Kano and Katsina States shunned the one-million-man nationwide protests. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the three states learnt that hordes of people…
Arrest of protesters violates fundamental human rights – Global Rights
With the national protest entering day five, Global Rights, Nigeria, Monday, condemned the arrest of peaceful protesters and declared it is a violation of fundamental human rights. Speaking with Vanguard, the Executive Director, Global Rights, Nigeria, Abiodun Baiyewu, said it…
Hunger protest: Zamfara APC condemns miscreants’ attack on state secretariat
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State condemned the attack on its state secretariat on Monday by miscreants who hijacked the nationwide hunger protest, saying protesters destroyed glasses and looted property at the APC Secretariat in the state. In…
It is clear Tinubu does not understand our demands – Bauchi #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters
A team leader of the Bauchi North zone #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest, Isah Zaki, has expressed the team’s dissatisfaction with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Sunday nationwide broadcast. The good governance activist who spoke to our correspondent on the development said Tinubu’s broadcast…
‘Tinubu didn’t address protesters’ demands,’ Itodo, Kachikwu fault presidential broadcast
The Executive Director of YIAGA Africa, Samson Itodo, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s speech to Nigerians, saying the broadcast failed to address the demands of the protesters. In the wake of the #EndBadGovernance protests against hunger and poverty in the…
Tinubu’s speech didn’t address brutal crackdown on protesters, says Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has faulted the nationwide address by President Bola Tinubu, saying it failed to address the brutal crackdown of #EndBadGovernance protesters by security agencies. Angry Nigerians had taken to major cities across the country to lament…
#EndBadGovernanceInNigeria: Journalist, protesters arrested in Abuja
A freelance journalist, Ayoola Babalola, was arrested alongside an unconfirmed number of protesters by security operatives in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, on Saturday. The development is coming as protesters seeking an “End to Bad Governance” and economic hardship in…
Protesters block Fubara’s convoy, ask him to address them
Protesters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, briefly obstructed Governor Siminalayi Fubara, insisting that he comes down to address them. This happened on Saturday, Day 3 of the demonstrations tagged #EndBadGovernance protests. Waving green leaves and shouting in excitement, the protesters,…
