Politics

JUDICIARY DESTROYED 2023 ELECTIONS – SAM AMADI The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the judiciary of destroying the 2023 general election in Nigeria. Amadi, also a former Executive Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, decried the political strategy in Nigeria, which he …

The nationwide protest designed to draw the attention of the government to hunger in the land kicked off on August 1 as planned by the organizers. Except states in the South East where it was business as usual and there was no protest of any sort, protesters took to the streets in other major cities in the country. But while …

ENDBADGOVERNANCE: PROTESTERS FIGHTING LEGITIMATE COURSE –OBASANJO Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the Nigerian youths participating in the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests are fighting a legitimate course and deserve a listening ear. “What the youth (protesters) are demanding are very legitimate and should be listened to or why should they be denied what rightfully belongs to them? “They are frustrated, they are …

ARMED DSS, POLICE OPERATIVES STORM #ENDBADGOVERNANCE EVENT A large contingent of security personnel, comprising agents from the Department of State Services (DSS) and police officers, has surrounded the office of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) in Ikeja, Lagos State. The security operatives laid siege to the office, known as Rights House, at 43, Adeniyi Jones Avenue, …

JAPA: 430,000 NIGERIANS GET UK VISAS IN SEVEN MONTHS The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr Richard Montgomery, has revealed that the United Kingdom government has so far given no fewer than 430,000 visas to Nigerians seeking to study and relocate to the European nation in 2024. Montgomery disclosed this during a meeting with the Chairman of the Nigerians in …

COURT STOPS ENUGU APC CHAIRMAN, AGBALLAH, NINE OTHERS, FROM PARADING AS PARTY OFFICERS A High Court sitting in Enugu State has granted an injunction preventing Barr Ugochukwu Agballah from parading as the chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State. The order obtained by DAILY POST on Friday was signed by J. I. Agu, Esq, Deputy Chief Registrar …

CONSEQUENCES OF TINUBU’S FAILURE TO ADDRESS PROTESTERS’ DEMAND 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 are: First, granted the president may be adopting a …

TAKE IT BACK MOVEMENT PLANS ONE-MILLION-MAN PROTEST The Take It Back Movement (TIB) has announced plans for a one-million-man protest across all 36 states of Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, as reported by Sahara Reporters. This was made known by TIB’s National Coordinator, Sanyaolu Juwon. The protest is part of the ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria campaign, which started on …

BRIBERY SCANDAL ROCKS HOUSE OF REPS OVER PETROLEUM DOWNSTREAM PROBE An alleged bribery scandal rocking the ad hoc committee set up by the leadership of the House of Representatives to investigate Nigeria’s petroleum downstream sector allegedly forced House Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas to disband the committee, The Authority can report. However, loyalists of the very influential Deputy Speaker, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, …

DSS RAIDS NLC HEADQUARTERS OVER #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTEST Security operatives suspected to be from the Department of State Services (DSS) have raided headquarters of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over allegations that members of the organised labour sponsored the #EndBadGovernance protest. Some labour leaders who spoke to Daily Trust on Wednesday night, said everyone in the building had left for their various …