Politics

#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 …

NO PERSONAL DISAGREEMENT WITH KENNETH OKONKWO, ONLY STYLE – PETER OBI The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has reacted to Kenneth Okonkwo’s recent exit from the party and the Obidient Movement. On Sunday Okonkwo, who was the spokesperson for the Labour Party presidential campaign in the 2023 general election, announced he was …

#ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTEST, WAR AGAINST HUNGER, STARVATION, NOT AGAINST NIGERIAN STATE, PAN-YORUBA GROUP The Yoruba Revolutionary Movement (YOREM) has called for a respectful and restrained approach by Nigerian security forces during the upcoming ‘Day Of Rage’ national protests from August 1 to 10, 2024. Comrade Wale Balogun, National Coordinator of YOREM, emphasised the importance of non-violence during a press conference at …

WE’LL USE EAGLE SQUARE FOR PROTEST WITH OR WITHOUT PERMISSION – ORGANISERS One of the organisers of the planned protest against hunger and hardship, the Take It Back Movement, has vowed to go ahead with the protest at Eagle Square in Abuja, whether or not the government approves usage of the venue. The Mobilization Director of the organisation, Damilare Adenola, …

ABUJA RESIDENTS SHOUT ‘WE’RE HUNGRY’ AMID WIKE’S PLEA TO SHUN PROTESTS Amid chants of ‘We are hungry! We are hungry!’ from frustrated residents of the Federal Capital Territory, its minister, Nyesom Wike made a desperate appeal to discourage participation in the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests. The protests scheduled to hold from August 1-10 are fuelled by severe economic difficulties and soaring living …

PETER OBI SUPPORTS PLANNED NATIONWIDE PROTEST Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in last year’s general elections, Peter Obi, has thrown his weight behind the planned nationwide protest over the current economic hardship. Some youths are planning a nationwide protest between August 1 and 15 against the rising cost of living and economic hardship. Speaking on Sunday after a …

DANIEL BWALA: A FAILED LAWYER, MAD DOG – NDUME TELLS TINUBU TO BE CAREFUL Mohammed Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno South, has alleged that Daniel Bwala, former aide of Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, can only be a political liability to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. After Tinubu’s victory in last year’s …

PROTEST: UK GOVT ISSUES TRAVEL ADVISORY TO CITIZENS IN NIGERIA The British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has issued a travel advisory for Nigeria, warning citizens against traveling to certain parts of the country due to the upcoming #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest. In a statement published on the UK government’s website, the FCDO advised British nationals to exercise caution when …

VP SHETTIMA CLAIMS ORGANISERS OF #ENDBADGOVERUNANCEINNIGERIA PROTEST ARE ‘IDIOTS’ FROM US, AUSTRALIA, FINLAND Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima has described the sponsors of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests in the country as persons from Australia, the United States and Finland. This is even as he described them as “bandits and idiots.” Shettima spoke on Saturday, while he was the Special Guest of …

SUPPORT FOR 1963 CONSTITUTION GATHERS MOMENTUM The agitation for the amendment of the 1963 Republican Constitution has heightened as the convener of the Middle Belt People, James Pam, has argued that it would restructure the country. Pam, at a press briefing in Abuja, said the 1963 Constitution was the first and last constitution negotiated by Nigeria’s ethnic nationalities and passed …