Day: November 3, 2024

Renewed Kaduna Restoration Group slams trial of #EndBadGovernance young northern protesters by IGP

Aminu Imam
#EndBadGovernance protesters

..Urges Tinubu’s fatherly intervention The Renewed Kaduna Restoration Group, (RKRG), has condemned the detention and reported mistreatment of minors involved in the #EndBadGovernance protests. The Group made the call in an interview with the Chairman, Voice of Liberty, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, yesterday, in Abuja.   The RKRG called on President Bola Tinubu to halt the trial of the hunger-stricken protesters, who are mostly minors. The Group added that the trial by the Nigerian Police constitutes negative publicity, highly detrimental to the image and reputation and brought disrepute to his administration,…

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LIBERTY TV EDITORIAL 

Aminu Imam
#EndBadGovernance editorial

There is palpable outrage and condemnation currently in Nigeria and around the world arising from the pitiable pictures of drained, emaciated, hungry and traumatized children dragging their feet in a courtroom after being arraigned and charged for alleged treason. The dehumanizing scenario was, to say the least, an outrage, a sickening reflection of a nation with a dying conscience. A nation gradually losing its humanity. Those minors and juveniles, 32 of them, are aged between 14 and 17. What were they doing in the dock charged for treason? Treason, for…

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‘33m Nigerians may face food crisis in 2025’ – Report

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Report on food crisis

Nigeria faces one of its worst hunger crises with more than 30 million people expected to be food insecure next year, a one-third jump from this year due to economic hardship, a joint report by the Government and United Nations (UN) said on Friday. The analysis conducted twice a year in 26 States and the federal capital, (FCT), projected that 33.1 million people would be food insecure by August next year. That compares with 24.8 million by the end of this year. “Several factors are driving this trend, but most…

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Kaduna: Gov. warns against rising extremism in tertiary institutions

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Kaduna State governor, Senator Uba Sani, has described Nigeria’s institutions of higher learning as veritable recruitment grounds for extremist groups and criminal organisations. He made this observation on Friday while serving as a guest lecturer at the 9th convocation ceremony of the Federal University, Dutsinma, (FUDMA), Katsina State. Sani, who was represented by the Commissioner of Education, Kaduna State, Prof. Muhammad Sani Bello, noted that the issue of radicalisation by extremist ideologies on campus is exacerbated by unemployment, poverty, and lack of opportunities for many students, citing that recently, a…

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EndBadGovernance protesters: Women Affairs Minister visits detained minors

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Womens Minister visits

Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has visited the minors detained for allegedly participating in the #EndBadGovernance protests. According to a statement issued yesterday, the Minister made the visit at midnight. The minors are among 72 defendants facing charges of treason. Sulaiman-Ibrahim said the children’s rights and well-being would be safeguarded while justice is administered.

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EndBadGovernance protest: ‘NCoS not in custody of suspects’ – Spokesperson

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NCoS on suspects

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has refuted claims that it has been in the custody of suspects arrested during the #EndBadGovernance protest in August this year. Recall that on Friday, 76 suspects, made up of mostly minors who appeared malnourished, were arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja. Spokesperson of NCoS, Umar Abubakar, however, said the suspects were rejected for lack of space in the custodial centres to accommodate them. He described as misleading reports making the rounds in some sections of the media purporting that the suspects who…

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Afenifere chides Tinubu over lopsided appointments in favour of Yoruba

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Afenifere chides Tinubu

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has distanced itself from what it described as President Bola Tinubu’s bias for the Yoruba in federal appointments. Afenifere shared its reservations in a statement by its leader and the National Publicity Secretary, Ayo Adebanjo, and Justice Faleye, respectively, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Friday. The group insisted that they do not support Tinubu for appointing Yorubas as Heads of all arms of the criminal justice system and other sectors. They insisted that the development threatened the age-long inter-ethnic relationship and peaceful co-existence…

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‘Int’l Day to End Impunity Against Media Practitioners’: BoN calls for protection of journalists

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BoN on protection of journalists

The Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BoN) has urged the Federal Government and security agencies to recognise journalists as crucial partners in promoting accountability and good governance, as mandated by the Constitution.  According to a press statement to mark the ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists’, issued yesterday by the  BON’s Executive Secretary Dr. Yemisi Bamgbose,  BON emphasised the need for re-orientation of security forces and other state actors to respect the essential role of the media. BON highlighted the troubling issues of harassment, unlawful arrests, violence, and other forms…

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