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PROTEST CREATING IMPRESSION OF POSSIBILITY OF MILITARY COUP – FAYOSE A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has said the planned nationwide protest is creating an impression of a possible military takeover, noting that no government will allow itself to be toppled. Fayose stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. He said that Nigeria was facing …

SENATORS, REPS MEMBERS, POLITICIANS FLEEING ABROAD OVER PLANNED PROTEST Ahead of the planned nationwide protests slated for August 1, senators, members of the House of Representatives and some members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) are temporarily moving abroad under the guise of medical checkup and summer holidays. The Senate and the House of Representatives, last Tuesday, hurriedly shutdown the …

PLANNED PROTEST: FG BEGINS TO SELL 50KG RICE AT N40,000 THE Federal Government on Monday said it has started to distribute an additional 10 trucks of 50kg rice to each state to be sold at designated centres at N40,000 This is as the Federal Executive Council, FEC, has insisted that there is no need for the protest as most of …

TINUBU SIGNS MINIMUM WAGE ACT, TO INCLUDE DOMESTIC WORKERS, REVIEWED EVERY THREE YEARS President Bola Tinubu has taken a significant step towards improving the welfare of Nigerian workers by signing the new Minimum Wage Act into law. This landmark legislation comes with two key conditions aimed at ensuring fairness and inclusivity. Firstly, the Act stipulates that the minimum wage will …

WE’LL RESIST MOVES TO TOPPLE TINUBU’S GOVT – APC Chairmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have said they would not fold their arms and watch “undemocratic forces” overthrow the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the name of protest. Addressing newsmen at the APC …

SENATE CONVENES EMERGENCY SESSION AMID PLANNED NATIONWIDE PROTEST The Senate has scheduled an emergency session for Wednesday, amidst the planned nationwide protests. An internal memorandum from the Senate Clerk said the President of the Senate, Godswill Obot Akpabio, directed that an emergency plenary sitting. The notice read, “Distinguished Senators are requested to make all necessary arrangements to attend as issues …

SOLDIERS TAKE OVER MAJOR ABUJA ROADS 72 HOURS TO HUNGER PROTEST Commuters plying the Keffi-Abuja expressway were on Monday left stranded after military officers barricaded the highway to conduct a stop-and-search operation on vehicles entering the nation’s capital. The soldiers mounted a road block at Sani Abacha barracks before the popular AYA roundabout. Security agencies did not give any prior …

PROTEST COMMENCES IN NIGER STATE Despite pleas from the government, some youths have trooped to the streets of Niger State to protest the economic hardship in Nigeria. The protesters stormed the streets on Monday, chanting anti-government songs. They wielded placards such as ‘Enough is Enough’; ‘Stop Anti-Masses Policies’; ‘We Are Not Slaves In Our Country’; ‘Hardship Is Unbearable’, ‘Fuel Subsidy …

PROTEST: FG ISSUES CIRCULAR TO VCS OVER PROTECTION OF STAFF, STUDENTS, INFRASTRUCTURES In view of the proposed national protest slated for August 1, the Federal Ministry of Education, has issued a circular to all Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities to guarantee the protection of staff, students and public infrastructures in their respective domain. The circular issued through the National Universities …

#ENDBADGOVERNANCE: TINUBU GOVT WASTING MONEY ON FICTITIOUS GROUPS – CISLAC The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre has alleged that President Bola Tinubu’s government assembled fictitious groups to discredit the forthcoming #EndBadGovernance protests. In an interview on ARISE TV on Sunday, CISLAC executive director Auwal Musa Rafsanjani said, “The federal government is embarking on unnecessary waste of public money to be …