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By Halimah Olamide Chief of Defence of Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has asked media organisations to stop giving publicity to the protests in the country. He stated this while speaking to journalists in Abuja. He said he had noticed that the media attention on the protests is encouraging the protesters to go ahead. “I noticed that all the stations were hooked up to the protests the other day. “The media should not do this. This is not an election,” Musa told newsmen on Friday in Abuja. He was reacting to the nationwide protests declared by some groups said to…
Police, DSS Shot At Journalists, Protesters By Safiu Kehinde and Halimah Olamide A day after an order to suspend the nationwide protests against hunger and alleged bad governance, protesters have shunned the order occupying various protests grounds in various parts of the country. In Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, anti-government protesters trooped out again in places like Berger, Moshood Abiola Stadium continuing where they stopped on Friday which was the second day of the nationwide protests. However, hours after the protesters had massed at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, security men came to disperse them as live bullets were allegedly fired…
Safiu Kehinde Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, has slammed #EndBadGovernance Protesters over road blockage. Reacting to a couple of video clips of the protesters in Lagos via his X handle earlier today, Hundeyin accused the protesters of disrupting the movement of non-protesting motorists. He referred to the court order which restricted the protesters’ movement to designated parks. “You literally force non-protesting motorists to a standstill and shout ‘No road’ repeatedly and menacingly. “And you compare that with another scenario where motorists were moving freely, slowly but surely, without any fear or apprehension or direct confrontation…
Vice President Kamala Harris has won enough votes from Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison announced Friday. Harris will become the first Black woman and first Asian American to lead a major-party ticket. The announcement came during a virtual event with supporters Friday. Delegates began casting virtual ballots for the nomination Thursday, a process that will continue until Monday evening. “I am honored to be the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States,” said Harris, who joined the virtual event. “I will officially accept your nomination next week, once the virtual voting period is…
Asks Tinubu to Commence Dialogue Says Organisers Gave Ample Room for Talks With Govt By Halimah Olamide Solicitor to the organisers of the hunger protests, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa on Friday called for a ceasefire in the ongoing nationwide protests against hunger. Adegboruwa, in a statement made available to the NPO Reports, said two days into the protests, “It is time for dialogue.” The protests were originally slated to run till August 10. However, it has turned bloody in some parts of the country. Looting, killings have been witnessed in states like Kano, Gombe, Yobe, Katsina, Kaduna, Borno and Nigeria. Arrests have…
Agency Report The Police Command in Sokoto State has detained 81 individuals posing as protesters in the state. This is contained in a statement by ASP Ahmad Rufai, the command Public Relations Officer in Sokoto on Friday. Rufai praised the swift action of the police and dedication to public safety. “The police in collaboration with other security agencies in the state, successfully apprehended 81 miscreants. “These individuals disguised themselves as peaceful protesters,” he said. Rufai said that the protest which began early Thursday morning under the close security watch, turned violent around 3:00 PM. “Billboards and iron railings on some…
Safiu Kehinde Christian protesters on Friday formed a human shield around their Muslim counterparts as they observed their Friday prayers at the protests ground in Ojota area of Lagos. The #EndBadGovernance Protest had entered its second day during which the protesters have made their positions on the economy known. In a now viral post on X, the Christian protesters formed a shield around the Muslim faithfuls all through the course of the Friday prayer at Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota. There have been reports of similar inter-faith understandings among protesters who demonstrated unity in the face of alleged hunger. Similar…
By Kamil Opeyemi Publisher of the Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, has asked President Bola Tinubu to sack some of his appointees whom he described as “read woods” and imported from Lagos state. Momodu, in what he called his third letter in weeks, said that many of the president’s admirers have changed their impressions about him seeing him now as a non-democrat. Predicting that the ongoing nationwide protests “might turn out to be a long and torturous protest in the history of Nigeria,” the Media personality said part of the ways to assuage the cries of Nigerians is to cut down…
By Halimah Olamide The senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, Ireti Kingibe, has described as “blatant lies” claims that she and the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi led protesters in Abuja. Kingibe said an old video of where she and Obi met with some LP members over a crisis more than six months ago has been passed off as a fresh clip of her amidst protesters. “I am shocked and outraged,” Kingibe said in a statement she released on her X handle on Friday. Calling those spreading “lies and misinformation” as “mischief-makers” Kingibe said the party members were protesting…
By Safiu Kehinde The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa has reminded protesters in the country that Nigeria is not the only country where the rising cost of living is biting hard. Musa said the Defence apparatus in the country has been very civil amidst the current nationwide protests, adding that protesters must however not abuse the understanding shown by the military. He spoke with journalists in Abuja on Friday as part of media review of the protests nationwide and its impact. NPO Reports that there have been violence in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna, Niger, Yobe, Gombe, Katsina and…