Organisers of the Hunger Protest scheduled to hold from August 1 to 10, 2024, on Tuesday, disclosed venues of the scheduled protest. The list is contained in a letter by the lawyer to the organisers, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, to the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. The letter reads: “Dear sir, “RE: NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS/RALLIES/PROCESSIONS AND REQUEST FOR POLICE COVERAGE “We act as solicitors to the TAKE IT BACK MOVEMENT, and refer to our letter on the above subject-matter dated July 26, 2024 and your response thereto dated July 29, 2024, Ref. CJ:2400/IGP.SEC/ABJ/VOL.1/10, which we have passed to our Client…
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Federal Government, on Tuesday, declared all its 256 custodial centres across the country as “red zones”, whose sanctity must not be violated under any guise. This is coming ahead of the planned nationwide protests against bad governance due to commence from August 1. Controller General of Corrections CGC, Hailey Nababa gave the warning in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. The statement was signed on his behalf by Service Spokesman, ACC Abubakar Danlami Umar. He said, “In view of the purported national protest scheduled to hold on the first day of August 2024, the Nigerian Correctional Service wishes to…
Telecoms giant, MTN, has shut all its stores and service centres across Nigeria. The development followed an outrage by some of its subscribers across the country after the network provider barred their lines on Sunday. In a viral video on social media Monday, a mob is seen destroying a barricade fence just outside the MTN office. The clip showed a large crowd of angry subscribers vandalising the telecommunications company’s office in the FESTAC Town area of Lagos State in response to the network blocking subscribers due to a mismatch in their National Identification Number and SIM registration. Lagos State Police…
By Kassim Afegbua I have engaged quite a number of people on the propriety of the proposed 1st August protest: #endbadgovernment, #dayofrage, #takeitback, etc. The planners, many of whom are yet faceless, may be divergent in their goals and pursuits. Some people are of the view that the protest will lead to a regime change, some others think that it will alter the political permutations and algorithms of the nation, while some others see it as an opportunity to make sure that government’s attention is drawn to the challenges facing the country. Of all of those I engaged, none was…
The International Police Organisation (INTERPOL), on Monday, revealed that “hundreds of thousands of dollars” are being laundered out of Nigeria to other African countries and across the world every hour. The organisation also said money laundering across Africa and the entire world has assumed a monstrous dimension, adding that it would require a concerted effort of every security agency in Nigeria and other countries to address. Garba Baba Umar, the INTERPOL Vice President for Africa, revealed this at EFCC Academy, Abuja when he declared a four-day workshop for Nigerian law enforcement agencies open. The INTERPOL official, however, said the organisation…
District Head of Bosso in Minna Emirate Council in Niger State, Alhaji Mu’azu Adamu Laka Bosso, has stripped one Abdullahi Isah, aka Biodun, of the title: Wakilin Matasan Bosso. Alhaji Mu’azu, who did not give any reason for the sack, in a letter titled: “Letter of dismissal”, sent to Biodun, said, “I hereby write to inform you that you have been dismissed from your title as Youth Leader of Bosso (Wakilin Matasan Bosso) with immediate effect from 28/07/2024. You should no longer call yourself as Youth Leader of Bosso.” However, in an interview with Tsalle Daya, a Hausa programme on…
A 58-year-old mother, Eucharia Okpalannadi, whose three-year-old daughter was reportedly defiled by her father has called on relevant authorities to assist her in ensuring that she gets justice for the child. Eucharia also alleged a threat to life by her husband, Magnus Okpalannadi, for exposing his suspected defilement of their daughter in Onitsha, Anambra State. The mother, a native of Amesi in Aguata Local Government Area of the state said she got married to Magnus Okpalannadi who hails from Achina in the same LGA about 26 years ago. She narrated her ordeal before the state Commissioner for Women Affairs and…
The Federal Government on Monday said it had created centres across the country where Nigerians can purchase a 50kg bag of rice for N40,000. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, revealed this on Monday while briefing correspondents on the outcome of the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. Idris said this was one of several initiatives by the Tinubu administration to ease living conditions for citizens. Therefore, he argued that the nationwide protests scheduled to begin on August 1 were unnecessary since “President Tinubu is already protesting on…
The military and the Police have commenced a massive nationwide deployment of soldiers and police personnel ahead of the August 1 #EndBadGovernance protest planned by some youths and civil society groups. Findings by The PUNCH on Monday also indicate that the security agencies, including the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, have put their personnel on red alert in anticipation of the proposed nationwide rally organised to draw the government’s attention to the economic hardship faced by citizens. The organisers, who have refused appeals by the Presidency and police authorities to abandon the demonstrations, want an improvement in the soaring…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio, on Monday, warned that while those seeking to protest have the right to do so, they lack the right to destabilise the country. Akpabio also accused politicians who lost out during the last general elections of being behind the protest to take over the government through the backdoor. He spoke during the signing of the new Minimum Wage by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Senate President who expressed excitement about the Nigerian worker and the National Minimum Wage amendment said, “It is a great day for the workers in the country. We…