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Despite President Bola Tinubu’s June announcement suspending import duties and tariffs on essential food items for six months, Nigerian importers claim they are still being forced to pay these fees.   The presidential directive aimed to curb soaring prices of food, raw materials, and manufacturing inputs, and also covered agricultural production inputs like fertilizers and pesticides, pharmaceuticals, poultry feed, flour, and grains.   However, importers say the suspension has not been implemented, contradicting the Executive...

Months after being transferred across Nigeria, police personnel are still awaiting their inconvenience allowance and other entitlements, with many also lacking accommodation, SaharaReporters has learnt.   Female officers are particularly hard hit, struggling to balance work and family responsibilities amid economic hardship.   Sources reveal that promised government palliatives have been withheld, exacerbating the situation.   They warned that the massive police force reorganisation, involving widespread transfers, may have devastating consequences for the affected officers’...

Public demonstrations have been a longstanding feature of Nigeria’s democratic experience, with a rich history dating back to the Aba Women’s Riot of 1929 and the Abeokuta Women’s Revolt led by Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti in 1947.  This tradition of protest has continued into modern times, with notable examples including demonstrations led by political leaders such as President Bola Tinubu, who has used public protests to speak out against perceived injustices.   This legacy of public demonstrations...

My fellow Nigerians,   1. I speak to you today with a heavy heart and a sense of responsibility, aware of the turmoil and violent protests unleashed in some of our states.   2. Notably among the protesters were young Nigerians who desired a better and more progressive country where their dreams, hopes, and personal aspirations would be fulfilled.   3. I am especially pained by the loss of lives in Borno, Jigawa, Kano, Kaduna...

  Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has said that President Bola Tinubu’s nationwide address on Sunday failed to address the attacks on #EndBadGovernance protesters by security agencies. Soyinka made the observation in a statement on Sunday following Tinubu’s address to the nation. The #EndBadGovernance protests continued on Sunday, marking their fourth day, as demonstrators voiced their frustrations over the country’s deepening economic hardship, escalating poverty, and ineffective governance.   Soyinka said, “I set my alarm...

Ayoola Babalola was released around 3 pm on Sunday.   A journalist, Ayoola Babalola who was arrested by policemen during the nationwide #EndBadGovernence protests against poor governance in Abuja has been released.    Ayoola Babalola was released around 3 pm on Sunday.   “Yes, I have been released. I was released around 3 pm on today (Sunday). The detention lasted for over 24 hours, but I’m home now,” he told SaharaReporters. “I am grateful to...

Lenin was reportedly arrested by the DSS at around 2 a.m. on Monday in his home in the Apo area of the FCT. The operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested Michael Lenin, one of the key leaders of #EndBadGovernance protests in the Federal Capital Territory.   Lenin was reportedly arrested by the DSS at around 2 a.m. on Monday in his home in the Apo area of the FCT.   Damilare...

A coalition of 55 civil society organisations in Nigeria has issued a joint statement condemning the violence and looting associated with the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests.   The CSOs blamed the situation on the attitude of political leaders at all levels of government. They noted that restricting citizens’ right to protest is undemocratic and emphasised that peaceful protest is a legitimate form of expression protected by international human rights instruments and Nigeria’s Constitution.   The statement...

No fewer than 13 people, including women and children, have been confirmed dead in Kano State as unharmed protesters were attacked by security operatives on Saturday amid the ongoing nationwide protests.  It was learnt that the violence erupted in Rijiyar Lemo, Kurna to Bachirawa areas in Fagge Local Government, Kofar Nassarawa in Kano municipal and Unguwa Uku area of Tarauni Local Government of the state. In a video seen by SaharaReporters, thousands of peaceful protesters...