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Police disperse protesters with teargas at Lekki tollgate
Protesters have scampered for safety at the Lekki toll-gate area of Lagos state. The protest is taking place amid tight security presence. Battle-ready security operatives comprising men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Nigerian Army, and others, are in strategic positions at the toll-gate. Addressing the protesters, a security operative directed them to join other protesters at the designated locations.…
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BREAKING: Borno Police declares 24hrs curfew
The Borno Police Command has declared 24hrs curfew in the State. According to the Spokesman for the Command, Nahum Kenneth Daso, the curfew is bases on the security chais in the State. Daso said the curfew is wiith immediate effect.
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We’ll continue unless Tinubu meets our demands- Abuja hunger protesters
Protesters have said the protests would continue unless President Bola Tinubu meets their demands. They called on the president to do the needful and the protests would be immediately called off. Addressing journalists in Abuja, the Director of Mobilisation, Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola, lamented that the oppression under the president’s leadership had lasted too long. He said, “The…
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Lagos: Hunger protesters walk to Alausa from Ikeja underbridge
Some hunger protesters have moved from the Ikeja underbridge in Lagos towards Alausa Secretariat. They were singing and dancing and expected to march from there to the confined locations.
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PHOTO NEWS: Heavy security at Lekki tollgate as hunger protest set to begin
There is a heavy presence of police officers at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos as Nigerians get set to hit the street to protest against bad governance.
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Court restricts protesters in Abuja to MKO Abiola stadium
Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has restricted protesters in the August 1 demonstration to the MKO Abiola Stadium in the nation’s capital. Justice Oriji issued the order on Wednesday while delivering a ruling in an ex-parte application brought before him by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike. In the…
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Police discover bomb near PMF 23 barracks in Ikeja
A suspicious object, identified as an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), was discovered at the perimeter fence of the Nigeria Customs Service’s Federal Operations Unit (FOU), in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday. The discovery comes on the eve of a planned nationwide protest against economic hardship, scheduled to take place from August 1 to August 10, 2024. According to eyewitnesses, the IED…
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Adegboruwa asks protesters to reduce protest days to one day
Lawyer to some of the organisers of the planned hardship protest, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has appealed to the protesters to reduce the protest to one day or a maximum of three days. The #EndBadGovernance protests which is gaining momentum on social media is slated to be held from August 1 to 10. In a statement on Wednesday, hours to the eve…
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NASS passes Bill to raise percentage of Ways And Means loans
The Senate and the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to increase the percentage of Ways and Means loans the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) can give to the Federal Government. The upper chamber of the Nigerian legislature raised the credit facility obtainable by the Federal Government from the apex bank from 5% to 10%. Known as the…
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Abiodun launches electric motorcycles to address transportation costs
The Ogun State Government on Wednesday launched its e-bikes and tricycles under the Ogun State E-Mobility Programme. The programme, which aims to reduce the cost of transportation in the state, would also ensure a cleaner environment by reducing carbon emissions. Speaking at the launch of the first phase of 2,000 electric motorcycles held at the Arcade Ground, Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan,…
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