Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, on Tuesday, cautioned protesters to avoid “undemocratic forces” using the nationwide hunger protest to call for a military coup in the country, Channels Television reports. Falana’s comment follows the waving of Russian flags by some protesters in Kano State on Sunday, as they chanted in Hausa, “We don’t want bad…
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday granted N50m bail each to two students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic and Resign Regal Academy, Timothy Oluwabukola and Anthony Odemerho, who allegedly hacked MTN Nigeria Communication computers and stole airtime and data valued at N1.9bn. Justice Akintayo Aluko granted them bail after hearing two separate bail applications…
.Commiserates with victims’ families over the death of their loved ones. *States are receiving record high monies ever.
Strategically, the failure of President Bola Tinubu to address any of the demands of the nationwide protesters in his national broadcast yesterday is wrong and fraught with serious political consequences within our democratic milieu; whatever reasons that may have informed the decision. These consequences are nine and severe, and mainly political. First, granted the president…
Denounces link to protesters carraying Russian flags In the aftermath of troubling incidents that disrupted a peaceful protest in Kano, the Governor of Kano State Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf set to establish a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the vandalism, injuries, and tragic loss of lives that occurred during the recent protest in the…
He observed that protests in Nigeria usually open doors for looters and hoodlums on the streets to take advantage of the situation. The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Interior, Abdullahi Aliyu Ahmed, on Monday, appealed to Nigerian youths to suspend the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests and embrace dialogue with the government for the improvement of…
Kaduna State Security Council Imposes 24 hour curfew on Kaduna and Zaria Metropolitan Cities. This was contained in the statement signed by Samuel AruwanOverseeing Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs on Monday. According to the statement, “The Kaduna State Security Council under the leadership of Governor Uba Sani, following a review of the…
President Tinubu’s address to the country follows nationwide protests against rising cost of living. Following widespread clamour against hunger and hardship in the country, the Federal Government said it has released ₦570bn to the 36 states to expand livelihood support to their citizens. President Bola Tinubu while addressing the country on Sunday, also disclosed that…
So far, His Excellency, Governor Adeleke has kept faith with his promise in careful and considerable implementation of his administration’s 5 points agenda. With full priority given to workers’ welfare as the first line charge and catalyst for developmental agenda of the current administration, Governor Adeleke has not only fulfilled his promise to the workers…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country after anti-government protests in which hundreds of people have been killed Reports say she and her sister have been taken by army helicopter to safety. Hasina’s whereabouts are unclear – she’s thought to be heading to India Huge crowds of cheering protesters stormed her official…
