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.
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, announced on Sunday that the #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria protest has been banned following President Bola Tinubu’s address to the demonstrators. Fayoade stated that any further gatherings in the state are now deemed unlawful and illegal in light of the President’s intervention. “The protest has been called off because of the…
Two suspected fraudsters who specialised in duping their victims of huge sums of money have been nabbed in Okwu Olokoro, Umuahia South LGA of Abia, while attempting to dupe another victim. The suspects, who claimed to be indigenes of Ntigha, Isiala Ngwa North LGA of Abia State, were apprehended by Okwu community youths in Olokoro…
Human Rights activist Omoyele Sowore says the EndBadGovernance protest will continue on Monday, despite facing violence and repression in some northern states. The nationwide protest, which began last Thursday, aims to address the widespread hardship and suffering in Nigeria. Sowore directed protesters to gather at Ojota before marching to the Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, on…
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki, has blamed the hardship in the country on the policies of the Federal Government. This was as hunger protesters in Edo State held a church service on the street. Obaseki, in a statement on Sunday, said his government had implemented several people-oriented programmes to reduce the suffering of Edo people…
A former Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, who served under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s broadcast, seeking an end to the ongoing nationwide hunger protest. Dalung, who led the anti-government protest in Jos, Plateau State last Thursday, was again at an open-air Sunday church service held by the protesters…
Protesters in Plateau State on Sunday held a worship service at the Old Airport roundabout in Jos where the demonstrators have been gathering since the commencement of the protest which enters it’s fifth day Monday August 5 The worship service which was attended by both Christians and Muslims was a replica of last Friday’s jumat…
