Several journalists and activists have been beaten, handcuffed, and taken by security agents to unknown locations in Calabar, Cross River State. Our correspondent reports that the managing editor of the online newspaper CrossRiverWatch, Mr Jonathan Ugbal, is among the arrested journalists. It was gathered that they were taken by security personnel, along with other activists who engaged in a peaceful protest early Thursday morning, to an undisclosed location. The journalists were following some activists around the popular Mary Slessor roundabout in Calabar, where a handful of protesters had gathered on Thursday, the first day of the 10-day planned nationwide protest.…
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Hoodlums, on Thursday, looted the newly built Nigeria Communication Commission Industrial Park in Kano State as the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest kicked off across the country. The vandals invaded the Kano Information and Communication Technology Centre, just days before its scheduled launch. They set the building on fire and made off with valuable equipment. Pictures posted online show youths leaving the scene with looted items, including computers, furniture, and electronics.
Some of the protesters partaking in the nationwide demonstration against hardship, on Thursday, set up bonfire in front of Government House, Kano, on Thursday morning. The protesters who had come from different parts of the metropolis had converged on the Government House, where Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf was to address them. But some of them assembled tyres and set them ablaze as they were approaching the gate. This made security operatives at Government House to fire gunshots and teargas to disperse the protesters. The crowd fled towards different directions in the ensuing confusion.
Some pro-Tinubu supporters, on Thursday, stormed the Audu Bako way and farm centre road in Kano, declaring that the current administration needs more time to address challenges confronting the nation. The protesters also converged on the Nassarawa mini palace where they are deliberated on possible solutions to the challenges. One of the protesters, Abdullahi Muhammad Saleh, said, “We are out to appreciate the President for the development we are able to count in this administration so far. “We appreciate him for the North West Development Commission we are sure it will bring about positive change to our region. The best…
Many protesters at the Bulunkutu area, in Maiduguri, Borno State capital on Thursday, went berserk as policemen fired teargas to disperse them. There were also gunshots, but no casualty has been reported so far. The angry protesters, in their hundreds, had mounted roadblocks, preventing vehicular movement and breaking windscreens of private and commercial vehicles that insisted on passing. The young men and women protesting were seen chanting anti-government songs, carrying placards with the inscriptions: “Ba ma yi”, “Tinubu must go”, “End the bad governance” and “there is hunger”. As of the time of filing this report, fighter jets were hovering…
Police in Borno have declared a 24-hour curfew in the state amid the ongoing hunger protests across the nation. State Police Public Relations Officer, Nahum Kenneth Daso, who announced this in a statement on Thursday, said the curfew was on the basis of security concern following the bomb explosion of Wednesday. A bomb had exploded at a local tea joint in the state on the eve of the nationwide protest. Although sources claimed that 19 persons were killed, the police confirmed 16. The PPRO in his statement said the curfew was declared in the interest of peace. Daso said, “In…
Several protesters are marching towards the Central Business District and Presidential Villa, in the Federal Capital Territory. Hundreds of the protesters, mostly northern youths, are currently marching from Berger Junction and Wuse Market towards the Central Business District. “We are marching to the (Presidential) Villa. Bad governance must end,” one of the protesters said. The protest had led to the shutdown of most shops and banks at the Wuse Market. Meanwhile, security operatives have been stationed around Wuse Market and Berger Junction. Earlier, police fired tear gas at protesters at the Eagle Square, Abuja.
Security agencies are currently battling with protesters in the Gwagwalada area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.The protesters in the early hours of Wednesday barricaded the main Lokoja – Abuja Expressway preventing vehicular movement in the area. Some of the motorists had their cars smashed.The main road was blocked around Dagiri, Wazobia Park, and SDP Junction all along the main Expressway. NBA to provide free legal service for assaulted protestersHowever, security operatives have been deployed to the area, with a combined force of police, army, the civil defense and Local vigilantee seen pursuing some of the hoodlums.Many of the…
The Police have released tear gas to disperse protesters who blocked the Kaduna-Zaria expressway on Thursday. Nigerians began a nationwide protest against hunger in the country on Thursday. The protesters had earlier blocked the Gwargwaje junction of the road in Zaria, causing a traffic gridlock of trucks traveling to Kano. The Police who tried to convince the youth to allow free vehicular movement were pelted, a situation that prompted the security officers to use tear gas on them. However, after achieving a brief success, the protesters returned to block the road again. The police, thereafter, left the youth to continue…
Officers of the Nigeria Police stationed at the Eagles Square in Abuja have dispersed protesters with canisters and pepper spray. At 10:30 am, police shot canisters after first firing warning non-lethal shots at the ground. Following the warning shots, an angry protester confronted the police officers, holding up a baby and daring the officers to shoot. Things quickly escalated as other protesters joined her, confronting the officers and daring them to shoot. In response, the police fired pepper spray, immediately followed by teargas canisters to disperse the protesters. As of the time of filing this report, it is unclear whether…