OCCUPY NIGERIA PROTEST DIDN’T TURN VIOLENT, BECAUSE GEJ DIDN’T APPROVE USE OF FORCE – EX-SSS DIRECTOR An ex-director of the State Security Services, Mike Ejiofor, said 2012 Occupy Nigeria protests did not turn violent because the then president Goodluck Jonathan did not approve the use of force. Mr Ejiofor, who appeared as a guest on Friday’s Arise TV Morning Show, …

THERE’S HUNGER IN BARRACKS, WE’RE SELLING OUR PROPERTY – NIGRRIAN SOLDIERS BACK PROTEST Some Nigerian Army personnel fighting in the ongoing counter-insurgency operations in the Northeast say they are in support of Nigerians taking to the streets to protest the prevailing hardship, hunger, and bad governance. A nationwide protest in Nigeria themed “End Bad Governance in Nigeria” has been planned …

POLICE RECALL MOPOL OFFICERS FROM POSTINGS TO PREPARE FOR PROTEST The Nigerian Police have recalled some of its Mobile Police (MOPOL) in a temporary withdrawal schedule from different places in preparation for the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest. This was confirmed in a police communication in Lagos State. The authorities of the mobile police stated that the move became necessary in view of …

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 …