Yobe State has announced a 24-hour curfew in Potiskum, Gashua, and Nguru following reports of hoodlums taking advantage of ongoing protests to vandalize and loot government and private properties. Brig. Gen. Dahiru Abdussallam (retd), the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security matters, issued a statement on Thursday confirming the imposition of the curfew. He…
Two persons were reportedly killed while many others sustained injuries after police fired live ammunition and teargas to disperse protestants in Jigawa State. Findings showed that the protest took place in over 10 LGAs across the Jigawa State, with reports of destruction and looting of government property. Reports in Dutse, the state capital, shows that…
Borno State has on Thursday experienced a tragic incident when an immigration officer accidentally shot himself while attempting to manage a protest in Maiduguri, the state capital. The officer, whose identity has not been released, was part of a joint security team comprising police, military, immigration, DSS, and civil defense forces. He was stationed at…
The peaceful protest against bad governance has turned violent in Kaduna on Thursday, leaving no fewer than 3 youths dead and many other protesters injured. Eye witness said the number of protesters mostly youths and the unemployed, which had outnumbered the security operatives, marched from the Rigasa area and from the Abakwa end, towards the…
….Minister Reacts The Minister of Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani has lamented the turn of events at the ongoing nationwide protests in Kano. A group of protesters participating in the ongoing protest have destroyed and looted a building in Kano state. However, reacting to the development in a post on his official X on Thursday, the…
What could be better described as mild appearance has been the situation of Awka, the capital city of Anambra State on Thursday, August 1, 2024. It is no longer news that August 1 was scheduled as the date for the nationwide protest, tagged #EndBadGovernment Protest, #Hunger Protest, among other tags given to it, and during…
Warri, the bustling commercial capital of Delta state, was abuzz with activity on Thursday as thousands of protesters took to the streets to voice their grievances. The nationwide protests, which began simultaneously in various cities across the country, were sparked by widespread discontent with the government’s handling of the economy. As the protesters marched through…
The youth wing of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has called on Igbo youths to use the days slated for the planned nationwide protests against hunger and bad governance to pray to God to heal Igbo land and avert further deaths. National Youth President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Engineer Damian Okafor, made the…
…Describes His Death As Shocking And A Monumental Loss To The Nation. The Senate on Wednesday observed a minute of silence for the peaceful repose of the soul of the late Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah CON, who passed away in London while attending his son’s graduation ceremony. Speaking during the emergency session at Senate plenary,…
Food security remains a top priority for the Kwara government as billions of naira are invested in different agricultural initiatives this year, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq said on Wednesday. Abdulrazaq spoke at the government-enabled Kwara Youth Farm in Malete, Moro local government, where at least 1,500 hectares of land are being cultivated for soya bean production…
