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Group decries planned demolition in Lagos community

5 months ago995 min

A coalition of victims of the demolished buildings in the Oworoshoki area of Lagos State has called on the government to stop further planned demolition in the area. On Thursday, officials of the Lagos State Environmental Task Force invaded the Mosafejo community, a slum settlement at Oworonshoki, in the Kosofe Local Government Area of the state. The invasion was unprecedented as the dwellers were taken unawares when the armed officials ordered them to vacate the...

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BREAKING: Nigeria’s Secret Police, DSS Cracks Down On Take-It-Back Movement, Orders UBA To Freeze Account Over Planned Protest

5 months ago1097 min

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) has frozen the account of human rights organisation, Take It Back Movement over its call for #EndBadGovernance in Nigeria protests. According to TIB Movement, its account was frozen on the instructions of Nigeria’s secret police, Department of State Services, also known as State Security Service. The organisation has vowed to take legal action against UBA for the unlawful action if the account is not unfrozen with 24 hours. “It...

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BREAKING: Lagos Government Postpones Exclusive Meeting With Activists To Bribe, Undermine Planned Protest After SaharaReporters’ Story

5 months ago5273 min

The Lagos State Government has postponed its meeting with human rights activists indefinitely after SaharaReporters exposed that its plan was to bribe the activists at the meeting. SaharaReporters reported on Thursday that the true intention behind the meeting was to offer bribes and persuade them to help disrupt the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest scheduled to begin on August 1. The Lagos State government, led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday invited activists for an exclusive meeting. However,...

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Arewa Youths Tell Tinubu Govt: No Going Back On Planned Protest On #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria

5 months ago904 min

The Arewa Youth Ambassadors, a northern group, has vowed to continue with the planned protest scheduled to commence on August 1, aimed at expressing its dissatisfaction with President Bola Tinubu’s anti-people policies. The group also debunked the rumours making the rounds that it had shelved the mass action saying the information was false and misleading just as it called on Nigerians to ignore it. This was disclosed in a statement signed...

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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...