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36 CSOs condemn ‘intentional’ internet disruption in letter to FG
A group of 36 civil society organisations condemned on Friday what they described as an intentional disruption of the internet amid the ongoing nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests. “This action constitutes an unacceptable breach of established norms and standards under regional and international human rights instruments to which Nigeria is a State party and must be halted forthwith,” the groups wrote in…
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Nigerians raise N1.8m for protester whose son dreams of becoming programmer
Nigerians have raised N1.8m for a protester whose son dreams of becoming a programmer. Ogwu Chijioke was one of the hundreds of protesters who trooped to the streets in Lagos State on Thursday to join the nationwide #EndBadGovernance demonstrations over the country’s harsh economic conditions. The protester who was interviewed by Channels Television at the Ojota protest ground, narrated his…
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Police teargas protesters, journalists in Abuja
Policemen on Friday morning, fired teargas canisters at protesters of #EndBadGovernment assembling at Berger roundabout in Abuja. Journalists covering the protest were also tear-gassed at a separate location where they had gathered. Recall that an Abuja high court had earlier granted an injunction seeking to confine protesters to MKO Abiola National Stadium. Also, FCT Minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, on Thursday…
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Security agencies clash with hunger protesters in Gwagwalada
Security agencies have clashed with hunger protesters in the Gwagwalada area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The protesters had barricaded the main Lokoja – Abuja Expressway preventing vehicular movement in the area. Some motorists had their cars smashed, with the main road blocked around Dagiri, Wazobia Park, and SDP Junction all along the main Expressway. The situation forced…
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Hunger Protest: PDP asks Tinubu to review economic policy
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to address Nigerians about the economic crisis facing the country. The party also asked the President to urgently review its policies that are negatively impacting the lives of Nigerians. In a press statement released Thursday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP highlighted the growing unrest…
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FCSC Chairman, Olaopa charges CIPM on new orientations, innovations
The Chairman of Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), Prof. Tunji Olaopa, has called on the Charted Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) to rethink Human Resources functions from multiple perspectives. Olaopa acknowledged the changing demographics of employees and workers, adding that contemporary workplace demand new orientations and innovation that take into consideration the new normal and emergency of the Gen Z…
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Despite gunshots, teargas, protesters march on major road in Asokoro
A large number of protesters rallied on a major road in Kugbo, Asokoro in Abuja Municipal Council Area (AMAC). The protesters who were in hundreds have refused to retreat despite gunshots and teargas fired by security operatives. A Federal High Court in Abuja had restricted protesters to Moshood Abiola Stadium. But while some of them proceeded to the stadium, others…
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CSO slams police for tear-gassing protesters, says 3 fainted in Abuja
Organised Civil Society on Thursday knocked the Nigeria Police Force for tear-gassing “defenceless protesters” in Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna, Bauchi, and other states in the country. In a statement, the United Action Front of Civil Society said three peaceful protesters tear-gassed by the police fainted in Abuja with many others injured. The CSO leader Olawale Okunniyi alleged that pro-government protesters forced…
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BREAKING: Kano Govt imposes 24hrs curfew
The Kano State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew in the state. It would be recalled that the hunger protest in the State has turned violent and hoodlums looted the Nigerian communications Commission (NCC) office. Meanwhile, the Borno Police command had already declared 24hrs curfew so as to curtail the situation.
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Police fire teargas at protesters in Kano, Lagos, Abuja
Nigerian police fired tear gas on Thursday to break up several hundred protesters in the northern city of Kano and in the capital Abuja where demonstrators had joined in nationwide rallies against the high cost of living. Africa’s most populous country is struggling with soaring inflation and a sharply devalued naira after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ended a costly fuel subsidy…
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