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BREAKING: Military’ll Intervene In #EndBadGovernance If Protest Escalates — Chief Of Defence Staff

5 months ago924 min

The Chief of Defence Staff’s warning is in line with the earlier threats made by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday. The Nigerian Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has warned that the military will take over if the ongoing nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests persist violently.   The warning was given on Friday by Gen Christopher Musa, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) while speaking in reaction to the vandalisation and looting of properties that characterised...

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BREAKING: Nigerian Police Chief Says Military Will Intervene If #EndBadGovernance Protest ‘Gets Out Of Hand’

5 months ago1104 min

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has disclosed that there are plans to involve the Armed Forces if things get out of control during the planned nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests.   Egbetokun disclosed this while hosting a Zoom meeting with concerned prominent human rights lawyers Femi Falana (SAN) and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), Take-It-Back Movement, representatives of the Nigerian Bar Association, and various civil society organisations on Tuesday afternoon, which was monitored by SaharaReporters.  ...

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BREAKING: Police Chief Egbetokun To Hold Zoom Meeting With Falana, Adegboruwa, TIB Movement, NBA, Others Tuesday Over #EndBadGovernance Protests

5 months ago884 min

The Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun will hold a virtual meeting with prominent human rights lawyers Femi Falana (SAN) and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), representatives of the Nigerian Bar Association, and various civil society organisations on Tuesday afternoon.  The meeting, scheduled for 3:30 pm via Zoom, aims to discuss the planned #EndBadGovernance protest.  Earlier on Tuesday, SaharaReporters reported that the Take-It-Back Movement, a pro-democracy group, had proposed a Zoom conference with police authorities to facilitate...

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BREAKING: Nigerian Police Chief, Egbetokun Requests To Meet Take-It-Back Movement Leaders And Their Lawyer, Adegboruwa Tuesday Over #EndBadGovernance Protest

5 months ago778 min

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has requested to meet representatives of the Take-It-Back Movement and their lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. The meeting is over the planned protest against the economic hardship in the country tagged #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria. The letter dated July 29, 2024 with Ref. No CJ: 2400/IGP.SEC/ABJ/VOL.1/10, obtained by SaharaReporters, was addressed to Adegboruwa and signed by the Principal Staff Officer to the...

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BREAKING: Ohanaeze Ndigbo President, Chief Iwuanyanwu Is Dead

5 months ago863 min

The 82-year-old President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu is dead. Born September 1942, the leader of the apex Igbo organisation died on Thursday, 25th July, 2024. Chief Iwuanyanwu was unanimously endorsed as Ohanaeze Ndigbo President General on April 20, 2023 following the death of Prof. George Obiozor, who also died in the office. A family source told SaharaReporters that the octogenarian died in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. He becomes the second...

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BREAKING: Nigeria Police Chief Orders Raid Of Vulcaniser Shops To Seize Tyres, Prevent Burning During #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Protest

5 months ago943 min

The police said the action would ensure that protesters would not get tyres to burn on highways or any other place of importance. Ahead of the nationwide #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest against exacerbating hunger and misgovernance under the administration of President Bola Tinubu, the Inspector General of Police has directed all state commands to raid all vulcaniser shops in their jurisdiction and seize all un-used tyres and dispose them off.   The police said the action would...

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BREAKING: Senate Sacks Ndume As Chief Whip, Asks Him To Resign From APC

5 months ago935 min

Senator Mohamed Ali Ndume (Borno South) has been removed as Chief Whip by the Senate.  The decision was supported by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senate Caucus through a voice vote led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during the plenary session on Wednesday.  Tahir Mungono (Borno North) has been appointed as Ndume’s replacement.  This move follows Ndume’s recent criticisms of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.  In response, the APC’s national leadership, represented by national...

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Naira Abuse: Socialite, Cubana Chief Priest Arrives Lagos Court For Arraignment 

8 months ago892 min

He was alleged to have sprayed the Naira on February 13, 2024, at Eko Hotel. A businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest has arrived at the Federal High Court, Lagos State, for arraignment for allegedly abusing the naira. Cubana Chief Priest, who is already inside the dock, is being arraigned before Justice Kehinde Ogundare on three counts bordering on abuse of naira for allegedly spraying and tampering with the nation’s...

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‘Fake Lawyer’ Claim: Inibehe Effiong Takes Legal Action Against Chief Umeofia, Erisco Foods For Defamation

9 months ago1006 min

  Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has given Chief Eric Umeofia, the Chief Executive Officer of Erisco Foods Limited 14 days to retract and apologise to him for the alleged defamatory statement against his person.   Effiong in a statement issued on Monday, said that in the pre-action notice his counsel, Femi Falana served Chief Umeofia and his company, he is demanding N100 million in damages with an apology letter which must be published in...

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Sowore Slams Nigerian Police Chief Over Planned ‘Police Award Ceremony’ Amid Poor Salaries For Personnel, N1.5Million Gratuity

9 months ago917 min

Human rights activist and convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, has decried the poor salaries and the N1.5 million gratuity being given to police officers and retired police personnel respectively by the Nigerian government.   Sowore, the former candidate the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 presidential elections, said it is disheartening that men and officers of the Nigeria Police Force put their lives on the line for 35 years only to get...

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