Politics

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 …

RIVERS PDP DEFIES COURT ORDER, HOLDS CONGRESSES The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is currently holding ward congresses in the various wards of Rivers states, against court orders. This is coming despite two court orders stopping the exercise. At the PDP Secretariat along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, various members of the party were observed collecting materials for the congress in …

PROTEST ORGANISERS DARE SECURITY AGENCIES: KILL, MAIM, OR ARREST US, TINUBU WILL GO Organisers of the upcoming nationwide #EndBadGovt protest have warned security agencies that there will be consequences if any of the protesters is attacked. According to the protesters, they will demand the resignation of President Bola Tinubu and his entire cabinet, if any of them is attacked in …

ABURE TRIUMPHS AS COURT DECLARES NNEWI CONVENTION VALID The leadership tussle in the Labour Party may have come to an end as the Federal High Court seating in Abuja has declared that the national convention of the party held in Nnewi on March 27, 2024 is valid and in line with the requirement of both the 2022 Electoral Act and …