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 …

FG TIGHTENS SECURITY AT BORDERS AHEAD OF PLANNED PROTESTS The Federal Government has ramped up border security throughout the country in response to the upcoming protests against poor governance. The Comptroller General of the Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap, issued orders to all Zonal Heads, State Command Comptrollers, and Divisional Immigration Officers (DIOS) across the country to implement these heightened security …

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 …

SENATOR IFEANYI UBAH DIED OF CARDIAC ARREST – AIT REPORT A report has revealed what reportedly led to the death of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah. Ubah, who represents Anambra South in the Senate died in London, the United Kingdom, days after he travelled to the country. According to a report by AIT Live, Ubah reportedly died of cardiac arrest. Although not …

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 …

BAGS OF RICE DONATED BY TINUBU GOVT REPACKAGED IN KOGI, SOLD OUT TO RESIDENTS Bags of rice recently distributed by the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government have been seen in a video being re-bagged for commercial sale in Kogi State. The government had earlier said it gave 20 trucks of 25kg rice to each state of the federation for free …

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 …

BREAKING: ANOTHER IGBO IROKO, SENATOR IFEANYI UBAH FALLS Barely two days after the demise of President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, another Igbo icon,  oil mogul and politician, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah is reported to have died. The Anambra Senator was said to have passed on in London. Ubah, who joined the All Progressives Congress, APC, a few months …

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 …

ALLEGATIONS OF MONOPOLY MOST UNFAIR – DANGOTE The Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, while speaking with Premium Times, recently, countered allegations that he was trying to be a monopoly in the industry. On how he feels about the twist in government’s reaction to his investment in the petroleum sector in contrast o 70. I need very little to live …

DANGOTE: THE UNTOLD STORY The name Aliko Dangote does not require a key, either smart or analogue, to open the doors to most of the 54 African countries. The industrialist, who has been Africa’s richest man for years, has ventured into various sectors over the past three decades before finally taking the challenge of building an oil refinery. Nigeria, despite …

AFRICA’S RICHEST MAN VERSUS PRESIDENT OF CONTINENT’S MOST POPULOUS ECONOMY A standoff is building between Africa’s richest man and the president of the continent’s most populous economy that stung by accusations from his home nation’s government that he’s seeking a monopoly for his $20 billion oil refinery, Aliko Dangote said he’s dropped plans to build a huge steel mill in …

UNCERTAINTY AS NORTH SPLIT OVER PLANNED PROTEST Going by the schedule released in various online platforms, the EndBadGovernance protest is expected to kick off nationwide on August 1. With only five days to the commencement of the planned action, there are no indications, despite concerted efforts mainly by the government to ensure the protest does not hold, that those pushing …

PROTEST ORGANIZERS DEMAND PROBE OF PAST AND PRESENT NIGERIAN POLITICIANS Some prominent politicians across Nigerians could find themselves in trouble as Nigerian youths revealed their demands ahead of the nationwide protest to end bad governance in the country. It could be recalled that the media headlines were dominated by the planned nationwide protest tagged #EndBadGovernance. While many Nigerians, particularly members …