On Monday, #EndBadGovernance protesters, including a half-naked man, assembled at Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota, Lagos State, despite the presence of heavily armed police personnel. The protesters, who have been demonstrating since Thursday, August 1, 2024, vowed to continue their nationwide protest against hunger, hardship, and bad governance under President Bola Tinubu’s administration for…
Just four months after the well-known actor Junior Pope passed away, actress Adanma Luke was released from suspension by the Actors Guild of Nigeria, or AGN. The film “The Other Side of Life,” which starred the late actor Junior Pope, was produced by Adanma Luke. On April 10, 2024, Junior Pope and four other crew…
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled against the sale of Nigeria Air Ltd to Ethiopian Airlines. In his ruling on Monday, Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa prohibited the sale and directed that the Federal Government’s plan to establish a national carrier, Nigeria Air, should not proceed. This decision was made while granting the requests of…
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has expressed concern over President Bola Tinubu’s national address on the ongoing hunger protests. The NEF said the President was silent on the severe security situation in the North-West and other parts of the North. In a statement released on Monday by its Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman,…
The Federal Government has announced that the first batch of 50-kilogram bags of rice, priced at N40,000, will initially be sold to public servants before being made available to other regions of the country. The Minister of Agriculture, Senator Abubakar Kyari, made this announcement during an interview on Sunday in Abuja. Kyari explained that public…
Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested one of the leaders of the ongoing #Endbadgovernance protests in the Federal Capital Territory, Micheal Lenin. Lenin was picked up by the DSS around 2 am on Monday at his residence in the Apo area of the FCT. The Director of Mobilisation, Take It Back Movement,…
Enugu State Governor, Dr Peter Mbah, his Abia State counterpart, Dr Alex Otti, and the Minister of Works, David Umahi, have praised the South-East region for not joining the ongoing nationwide hunger protests. Addressing journalists during a project inspection tour in Enugu on Sunday, the governor and the minister said the region’s decision to abstain…
Many residents of Ovom street in Aba, Abia State, have either been evacuated by the Abia state government or fled the area themselves, as gully erosion worsened in the area. The deadly erosion, which started in small proportions some years ago, has now cut the road into two and resulted in the collapse of many…
Following the protest against hunger and hardship in the country, the Federal Government said it has released ₦570bn to the 36 states to expand livelihood support to their citizens. President Bola Tinubu, while addressing the country on Sunday, also disclosed that ₦9.1tn was accumulated as total fiscal revenue to the Federal Government’s coffers during the…
Nigerian crossdresser, Idris Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky has been released from Kirikiri prison. Recall that the controversial personality was jailed six months for abusing naira notes at an event. Videos circulating on social media showed the crossdresser in a vehicle welcomed by his friends and well-wishers.
