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Hunger Protest: Rights group condemns arrest of protest leaders
The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre has written to the National Human Rights Commission to demand the release of some of the arrested hunger protesters. RULAAC, in a letter on Tuesday signed by its Executive Director, Okechukwu Nwanguma, and made available to journalists, described the continued arrests of citizens participating in, or associated with the peaceful protest in…
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Avoid “undemocratic forces” using hunger protest to call for military coup- Falana warns protesters
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, on Tuesday, cautioned protesters to avoid “undemocratic forces” using the nationwide hunger protest to call for a military coup in the country. Falana’s comment follows the waving of Russian flags by some protesters in Kano State on Sunday. Falana, who emphasised the rights of Nigerians to peaceful protests as outlined in sections 39 and 40…
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Obasanjo expresses concern over youths restiveness caused by unemployment
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed concern over youths’ restiveness caused by unemployment, fearing that Nigeria might be sitting on a keg of gunpowder. Obasanjo made the statement during an interview with the Financial Times. “Our youth are restive. And they are restive because they have no skill. They have no empowerment. They have no employment. We are all sitting…
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BREAKING: Many injured as containerised vehicle crushes commercial bus in Lagos
Many injured in an accident involving a commercial bus (Vanagon) and a containerised vehicle in Maryland area of Lagos State. The accident occurred at about 6:30am on Tuesday (Today). Eyewitnesses said that the vanagon bus loaded with vegetable (Uwgu) rammed into a containerised vehicle which had already rammed through a Jersey barrier. The eyewitnesses also said that another loaded tanker…
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Igbos ready for referendum- IPOB
The leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra has lashed out at the facilitators and purveyors of the “IgboMustGo” campaign in the South-Western part of the country, saying it was high time they convoked a referendum for the Igbo to exit. It said it was laughable that the authorities in the South-West were treating the “IgboMustGo” campaign and its proponents…
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Russia dissociates self from Nigerians waving its flag during protest
Russian has dissociated itself from Nigerian protesters waving its flag during the ongoing protest against what they termed bad governance. Some protesters in parts of the North chanted the praises of Russian President Vladimir Putin and waved the flag of Russian. In a statement on Monday, the Russian Embassy in Nigeria said it has noted the reports in Nigerian media…
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Shi’ite sect fingered behind Kano Russian flags
By Okunade Adekunle As children masquerading as protesters carrying Russian flags filed out in Kano, the dreaded Shi’ite Islamic sect and some Northern opposition politicians have been fingered behind the flags. These opposition politicians are said to be bent on using the protest to create unrest and possibly violence, which, in their thinking, will help unseat President Bola Tinubu. The…
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Police arrest producer of Russian flags, 30 protesters in Kano, other States
Police have arrested no fewer than 30 #EndBadGovernance protesters with Russian flags in Kano and other states. Also, one of the flag producers, identified as Ahmed Bello, was arrested with a large quantity of flags in Kano. The Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in Abuja on Monday at the Strategic Communications Interagency Policy Committee joint press briefing.…
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BREAKING: Reps dissolve Committee investigating importation of adulterated petroleum products
The House of Representatives has dissolved the current ad-hoc Joint Downstream and Midstream Committee investigating the importation of adulterated petroleum products, the non-availability of crude oil for domestic refineries, and other energy security issues. A statement by the House Spokesman, Rep. Akin Rotimi said the decision was taken at the committee’s inauguration penultimate Monday. According to Akin, the ad-hoc committee…
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BREAKING: Court stops sale of Nigeria Air to Ethiopian Airlines
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday has declared null and void the sale of Nigeria Air Ltd to Ethiopian Airlines Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa in his judgment stopping the sale, ordered that the proposed establishment of a national carrier-Nigeria Air, by the Federal Government, should not be carried out. The judge made the order while granting the reliefs…
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