A Lagos High Court and the State Government have given the green light for the continuation of the #EndBadGovernance protest. The nationwide protest, which started on August 2, is scheduled to end on the 10th but President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in a nationwide broadcast on Sunday morning told the protesters to promptly end it. The protesters have however, continued with their action, leading to a brutal crackdown in parts on the country. But, rather than order the protesters to end it, a Lagos High Court, at Tafawa Balewa Square this early Tuesday afternoon, August 6, extended an earlier order restricting…
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The Federal Government has concluded plans to sell a 50kg bag of rice at N40,000 to public servants with a view to alleviating the food crisis in the nation and its effects on Nigerians. This was disclosed in a letter from the Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, which was signed by the Director of Human Resources of the Ministry, Jaiyesimi Abimbola. The letter said all interested staff members were to complete a Google form on the OHCSF website and submit it to the director of human resources for endorsement. It noted that payment for and the distribution…
The police in Borno have 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. He said that the suspects were arrested in the Zannari Tamsu area of Gwange Ward, Maiduguri on August 5, 2024. Lawal said that the arrested persons were identified as Khalafi Abdulhamid, Mohammed Abubakar, Mohamed Ibrahim, and Abba Hassan, all residents of the Zannari Tamsu area. “Additionally, five more protesters were apprehended in…
International rating agency Fitch Ratings has downgraded Dangote Industries Limited’s national Rating to ‘B+(nga) and placed the ratings on Rating Watch Negative.This is coming from a National Long-Term Rating of ‘AA(nga)’. Also, the senior unsecured debt rating issued by Dangote Industries Funding Plc has been reviewed downwards to ‘B+(nga)’ from ‘AA(nga)’. Dangote was affirmed AA(nga) BY Fitch in August 2023. According to the latest rating, published on Monday, the downgrade reflects a significant deterioration in the group’s liquidity position. The group’s liquidity position was said to have, “followed lower than expected disposal proceeds, operational and financial underperformance compared to our…
Agency Report The UK government said on Tuesday that 6,000 specialist police officers were ready to deal with far-right rioting that broke out following the murder of three children, triggering a week of violence. On Monday, six people were arrested and several police officers injured when they were attacked by rioters hurling bricks and fireworks in Plymouth, southern England. Officers in Belfast, Northern Ireland, were attacked as rioters attempted to set fire to a shop owned by a foreign national. Police said a man in his 30s was seriously assaulted during the disorder and that they are treating the incident…
Organisers of the nationwide hardship protest in Lagos have suspended their action to evaluate the progress of the exercise and restrategise. But one of the organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protest in the state, Comrade Hassan Taiwo Soweto, vowed that the protesters would not succumb to threats from any security operatives. Soweto spoke in reaction to a statement by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, who said protest had been outlawed in any part of the state. On Monday, Fayoade had in an interview, said the ongoing #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest had been suspended in view of President Bola Tinubu’s…
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, says fuel subsidy removed by the Federal Government in 2023 has been reintroduced as a result of inflation. President Bola Tinubu had during his inaugural address on May 29, 2023, declared that fuel subsidy “is gone.” This announcement has resulted in the increase of petrol price from about N200 to over N600 per litre. Obasanjo, in an interview with the Financial Times, picked holes in the manner in which the subsidy was removed by the President Tinubu-led administration. The former president argued that the government should have implemented some measures before removing fuel the subsidy. But…
A review of the recent National Protests in Nigeria tagged #endbadgovernance will take the centrestage on Sunday August 11, 2024 on the popular monthly interview discourse, BOILING POINT ARENA. To mount the podium as Guest Speakers/Discussants are notable social commentator and activist, Dele Farotimi and a prominent University lecturer, Prof Oladele Talabi. Topic of discourse is *”The National Protests: Gain or Loss? The Threats to Democratic Cohesion and Remedies”* The global online discourse, which holds via Zoom is to be transmitted live on a radio station, Sweet 107.1FM, for a two-hour duration beginning from 8pm. The once-in-a-month current affairs programme…
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The series of workshops being organised by the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) to sensitize journalists across Nigeria about laws and regulations affecting the media in Nigeria, kicks off today in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. MRA had earlier announced the convening of a series of workshops across the country in the coming weeks to sensitize journalists about laws and regulations affecting the media in Nigeria. The workshop is also aimed at equipping Nigerian journalists with a comprehensive understanding of the legal landscape governing media operations in order to enhance their capacity to report ethically, freely and safely. The two-day workshop kicking…