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Khalid was arrested on Thursday morning for allegedly mobilising for the forthcoming #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest in Kaduna State. The Department of State Services (DSS) has freed a Nigerian youth identified as Engineer Khalid Aminu.    Khalid was arrested on Thursday morning for allegedly mobilising for the forthcoming #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest in Kaduna State.   The news about his freedom was disclosed by human rights activist and Convener of #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore.    Sowore said, “We are happy to...

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...

Poor hostel condition reason for our protest – FCE students

Students of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Lagos State have countered the claims by the Provost, Dr Wahab Azeez, they were being instigated by staff members eyeing his position in the ongoing protest rocking the institution. The students had on Monday and Tuesday stormed roads in Akoka and environs protesting poor conditions and dilapidating infrastructure on their campus. But Azeez, in an interview with PUNCH Metro on Tuesday, claimed that the protesting students...

Protesting FCE students incited by disgruntled employees – Provost

The Provost of the Federal College of Education (Technical), in Akoka, Lagos State, Dr Wahab Azeez, has said that protesting students of the college are being instigated by staff members eyeing his position. The students had on Monday and Tuesday stormed roads in Akoka and environs protesting poor conditions and dilapidating infrastructure on their campus. PUNCH Metro gathered that the students of the college which is affiliated to the University of Benin, Edo State, had...

Human rights activist and Convener of #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, disclosed information about Sanusi’s arrest in a post on his X platform (formerly Twitter). Operatives of the lawless Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested another Nigerian youth, Aliyu Sanusi, in Sokoto State for allegedly printing and distributing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest materials.  Human rights activist and Convener of #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, disclosed information about Sanusi’s arrest in a post on his X platform (formerly Twitter)....

Don’t protest in FCT, CP urges residents

The FCT Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, has called on residents and indigenes not to partake in the nationwide protest. Some groups and citizens had scheduled a nationwide protest for August 1 in response to the economic hardship in the country. However, the FCT CP, while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Monday, urged residents to shun the protest.He stated that the police have made significant efforts to ensure security in the FCT, adding that...

  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...

  Two Nigerian citizens in a widely circulated video that has stirred public outcry have passionately voiced their dismay over the escalating prices of essential food items and the failures of political leadership.   The video seen by SaharaReporters captures the frustration of two men who lament, “I bought a wrap of eba for N300 and a base of garri for N4,000.”  These sentiments underscore the harsh economic realities faced by ordinary Nigerians struggling to...

Members of the sect trooped out in their number shortly after the Juma’at prayer at the National Mosque defied the presence of the heavily armed security agents who had surrounded the mosque to prevent the sect from embarking on the rally.         A massive protest is currently going on in Abuja the nation’s capital by the Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shi’ites to mark the International...