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Ondo YPP Campaign Council Demands Immediate Release Of AAC Governorship Candidate, Wizeman, Other Protesters

5 months ago2704 min

The Akinmurele/Obe Governorship Campaign Council, the campaign council of the Young Progressives Party(YPP) in the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election, John Akinmurele, has demanded an immediate and unconditional release of the governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the state, Ajayi Kunle Wizeman by the Nigerian police. The YPP Campaign Council in a statement pn Saturday obtained by SaharaReporters also demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters arrested...

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Take-It-Back Movement Vows To Return With 10million-Man March If Tinubu Fails To Address Demands Of #EndBadGovernance

5 months ago1114 min

The Take It Back movement — one of the organisers of the just concluded 10-day nationwide #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests against hardship on Saturday vowed to return to the streets with a 10-million-person march if President Bola Tinubu fails to address their demands. For the past 10 days, protesters have taken to the streets of Abuja and other major Nigerian cities, demanding the reinstatement of fuel subsidies and reduced electricity tariffs, among other grievances. They...

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Police begin probe into death of hotel worker in Edo

5 months ago1118 min

The Edo State Police Command has announced that an investigation is underway into the mysterious death of Fidelis Osaghae in the Auchi area of Edo State. Fidelis, an employee of Valchi Fast Food and Bar, is reported to have died under questionable circumstances on Monday, 29 July 2024, after allegedly being summoned by his employer, Valentine Oyemike, in the early hours of the morning. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Joel, informed our correspondent...

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#EndBadGovernanceInNigeria: Katsina relaxes curfew

5 months ago6453 min

The Katsina State Government has reviewed the curfew recently imposed throughout the state. PUNCH Online had earlier reported that the curfew restricted movement from 7:00 pm to 7:00 am, which has now been relaxed to 10:00 pm to 5:00 am across the state. The Secretary to the Government of Katsina State, Abdullahi Garba Faskari, announced that the Acting Governor, Mallam Faruk Lawal, was satisfied with the reports on the improvement of the security situation throughout...

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Ondo community, police disagree over disruption of traditional festival

5 months ago1165 min

There was pandemonium in the Ibule Soro Community in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State as some members of the state police command allegedly entered the town and disrupted the annual New Yam Festival celebration. The New Yam Festival is celebrated annually to mark the beginning of the yam-eating season. During the celebration, some policemen allegedly arrived at the venue and began shooting sporadically to disperse the crowd and prevent the continuation of the...

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No protest in Edo as traders, residents shun demonstrations

5 months ago1063 min

The Civil Society Organisations, organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protest in Edo State, did not manage to gather people for a rally on the final day of the protest on Saturday. The organisers, who had chosen Ring Road as their protest venue, withdrew from the protest on the third day, stating that they would review their strategy after listening to President Bola Tinubu’s broadcast. The state capital, Benin, was peaceful on Saturday, with residents going about...

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Gunmen kill humanitarian worker in Benue

5 months ago1053 min

Gunmen were reported to have killed an Executive Director of a non-governmental organisation known as Concerned Youth Development Initiative, Chris Terfa-Ikpu. Terfa-Ikpu was said to have been murdered by gunmen who traced him to his office located around the Logo area, Makurdi, Benue State capital, on Friday. The murdered humanitarian worker was said to have been out of town for a while but returned during the week and decided to go to his office on...

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Army busts oil thieves, recovers 200,000 litres stolen crude in Rivers, Bayelsa

5 months ago1055 min

The Nigerian Army 6 Division said its troops uncovered massive dumps where illegally refined products worth over 200,000 litres across various locations were stored in Bayelsa and Rivers States. This came 24 hours after the Army destroyed several illegal oil refining sites and recovered products in Members, Bayelsa State and Odagwa in Etche local government area of the Rivers State. On the latest discovery, the Army said it was made at Dasaba Creek in Bayelsa...

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Nigerian Policemen, Soldiers Mount Roadblocks, Harass Abuja Residents Over ‘One-Million Man’ Protests

5 months ago1115 min

Armed policemen and soldiers on Saturday mounted roadblocks within and outside Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) subjecting residents and passersby to untold harassment and humiliation. Nigerians had vowed to stage a one-million man protest Saturday to mark the end of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests scheduled between August 1st-10th. The protests have been sustained despite the clampdown and killings of harmless protesters by the security agents in many part of the country under the watch of President...

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Police nab two Beninois over car theft in Lagos

5 months ago1114 min

The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested two citizens of the Benin Republic over alleged car theft. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday. Hundeyin said that the suspects, Kosoko Rafiu and Nunayo Sunayo, were arrested in an attempt to escape with the vehicle along Mile 2/Badagry Expressway on Tuesday. He said that the suspects, after hijacking the vehicle, were on top speed to...

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