A large number of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters have reportedly been injured after police dispersed them in Abuja on Friday. The protesters had defied police warnings against holding a procession. They had laid ambush for the protesters immediately after the National Hospital area, dispersing them with teargas and live ammunition. Five of the injured protesters, who spoke with newsmen, criticised the police for their actions. They claimed they had to run into the bush when police operatives began to fire live ammunition at them.
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Agency Report The Borno Police Command has said that an Improvised Explosive Device in another attack in Maiduguri resulted in the death of one male victim, with 11 others sustaining various degrees of injuries. The Police Commissioner, Yusuf Lawal, disclosed this on Friday while providing a situation report to the News Agency of Nigeria. He said the incident occurred during a protest against bad governance at Deribe Junction near Federal Government Girls’ College Monguno Annex Bulumkutu area, Maiduguri. Lawal said that the injured victims were taken to the State Specialist Hospital Maiduguri for treatment while the corpse was given for…
Residents of Ondo State have been commended for keeping the peace, in the face of hunger protests declared by some persons across the country. Giving the commendation in a statement in Akure over the weekend, the Chairman of Akure South Local Government, Dr. Gbenga Fasua, said he was impressed that the residents had been peaceful, as they mostly opted for constructive engagement with the government. He noted that though the people’s decision to protest against economic hardship was valid, he was enthused that they realised that such a good intention could be hijacked by those having sinister motives of killing,…
Umar Faruk, Gusau The National Association of Nigerian Students, Zamfara Chapter, has distanced itself from the ongoing nationwide protest. President of the Association, Comrade Aliyu Halilu said the body refused to join the protest because of Sen. Abdul’Aziz Yari’s plea. He said the protest would never be the solution to the economic hardship, rather it’ll worsen it. According to him, as students all they want is peace and harmorny so that government at various levels can concentrate on strategy to improve the economy. In his speech, Sen Abdul’Aziz Yari expressed appreciation to the students for not supporting the protest. Yari…
Police in Lagos have arraigned two alleged hackers, Timothy Oluwabukola and Anthony Odemerho, before a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly hacking into MTN Nigeria Communication Plc network and stealing airtime and data valued at N1.9 billion. Police Special Fraud Unit docked the two men before Justice Akintayo Aluko on a four-count charge of conspiracy, unauthorised access into the company’s web-based Application Programming Interface (API) and unlawful conversion. The accused, Oluwabukola, a student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) Abeokuta, Ogun State, and Odemerho, the proprietor of Resign Regal Academy in Benin City, Edo State, allegedly committed the offences between…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory , Nyesom Wike, has alleged that a Senator is behind the protest which rocked Nigeria on Thursday. The FCT Minister made this allegation after an emergency Security Council meeting in Abuja on Thursday. Although Wike did not disclose the identity of the senator, he stressed that security agencies would soon invite the National Assembly member concerned. He said it was discovered that the Senator called some security operatives to accompany a truckload of food for the protesters. The minister who admitted that protests are allowed in a democracy, said the protesters owe it a…
Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, August 2, 2024) I grew up hating my name, Isaac, after listening to Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s song, Upside Down, which he did with his American soulmate, Sandra Isidore, in 1976. Apart from his mother, the king-dethroning Madam Olufunmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Sandra was a major influence in the radicalisation of Fela, burnishing his art and heart with the socio-political wildfires called Blackness and Africanness spreading across the US, Europe and Africa to other parts of the world at the time. Harnessing the genius of multi-talented designer, artist, painter and illustrator, Lemi Ghariokwu, whose brush drenched…
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is going to need about N1.7tn worth of crude oil monthly following the directive of President Bola Tinubu mandating the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to sell crude to the plant and other domestic refineries in naira. On Monday, Tinubu directed NNPC to sell crude to the Dangote refinery and other upcoming refineries in naira. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, had made this known in a post via his official X handle. Onanuga said the Federal Executive Council adopted the move on Monday to ensure the stability of the…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has described Meta’s threat to exit the country in response to the $220m fine as a move to influence public opinion and coerce the commission into reevaluating its decision. It affirmed that the ruling to fine Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram, followed legitimate concerns about consumer protection and data privacy policies contrary to stipulated laws. Last week, the FCCPC ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with Facebook companies and third parties without explicit consent, provide information on data collection, and restore user control over data usage.…
•10 killed in Niger, Borno, seven in Kano, others, FG complex looted, APC secretariat razed •OPS counts losses as banks, ports, offices shut, FG begs protesters, NBA offers free legal services No fewer than 17 persons were feared killed in Abuja, Kano, Niger, Borno, Kaduna and Jigawa during the #Endbadgovernance protest which was held across the country on Thursday. One person was shot dead in Abuja and Kano, two killed in Jigawa, six others were reportedly gunned down by security forces in Niger, while four died in Borno and three in Kaduna. Man strips himself naked to protest hardship in…