Tag: August 1 Protest

EndBadGovernance: “Stop the protest, come for dialogue” Tinubu tells organisers

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Tinubu 2 organisers

President Bola Tinubu yesterday urged protesters in the on-going #EndBadGovernace protests to stop the demonstrations and create room for dialogue. The President, who stated this in a nationwide broadcast to the nation, said Under the circumstances, I hereby enjoin protesters and the organisers to suspend any further protest and create room for dialogue, which I have always acceded to at the slightest opportunity. Recall that protests broke out across the nation on August 1 to draw attention to growing hunger and sufferings in the land. The protests turned violent…

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Hardship Protests: Sultan appeals for calm, prayers, more restraint, cautions Nigerians

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Sultan of Sokoto

As the #EndBadGovernance protests snowballed into arson and crisis across the country yesterday,the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), His Eminence, Muhammad Saad Abubakar, has appealed to the protest conveners, their covert and overt benefactors, as well asother critical stakeholders to sheath their swords. The Sultan, who is equally President General of Jamaatu Nasril Islam (JNI), urged the protesters to urgently come to the table for dialogue. Speaking in a statement signed by the JNI Secretary-General, Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, the Sultan said, We genuinely feared escalation to an uncontrollable…

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Nationwide Protests Day 1: Nigerias economy loses over N500bn in single day

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Despite the stern warnings, threats and appeals by the Federal Government, National Assembly, State governments, Security agencies and some Organised Private Sector (OPS) groups on the planned nationwide protests to be shifted, several business activities were undoubtedly affected and stalled by the organised #EndBadGovernance protesters in major cities across the country, as they remained under lock and keys for fears of reprisal attacks by protesters. According to reports, many businesses did not open for operations as fears grip business owners, mostly MSMEs, manufacturing companies, ICT centres, Petrol stations outlets and…

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Day 1 Protests: Gov. Uba Sani denies imposing curfew in Kaduna

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Gov. Sani denies

Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, has refuted reports of curfew imposition on the State following the looting of government properties in the State capital yesterday by hoodlums during the nationwide protests against hardship and hunger in the State. Governor Sani, who took to the of official Facebook page of the State governor yesterday afternoon, noted that the situation was under control. The Governor posted: No curfew has been imposed in Kaduna as we speak. Everything is under control. It was gathered that hoodlums who allegedly infiltrated the hardship protesters yesterday,…

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#EndBadGovernance: Christians guard Muslims during prayer amidst joint protest

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Christians guard Muslims

In a remarkable display of unity, Christians were seen forming a protective circle around their Muslim counterparts yesterday, as they observed Zuhr prayer at a protest ground in Jos, the Plateau State capital. This unprecedented act of solidarity highlights the growing sense of camaraderie between the two religious communities amidst a widespread protestagainst bad governance. Eyewitnesses, who spoke to newsmen, described the atmosphere as one of mutual respect and understanding, with Christians and Muslims standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the face of common challenges. According to one of the eyewitnesses,  who spoke…

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Northern Elders, Stakeholders lay 7 demands before Tinubu

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Back #EndBadGovernance in Nigeria protest Some elders and stakeholders in Northern Nigeria have announced their full support for the planned nationwide hunger protest, tagged: #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria scheduled to hold from August 1 to 10. The elders and the stakeholders made their position known in an issued statement signed by Prof. Usman Yusuf; ?Hajia Naja’atu Muhammad; Dr. Salihu Lukman; and ?Dr. Umar Ar?o, also made seven demands to the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government. In the statement obtained by VoL on Wednesday, the Northern elders and stakeholders said that Nigeria had long…

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“Well be eating while you protest”, Akpabio tells Nigerians

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Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has charged aggrieved Nigerians willing to protest to go ahead but let us be there eating. Akpabio made the comments at an event organised by the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC) on Tuesday in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Recall that a nationwide protest against ballooning inflation, and Nigerias worst cost of living crisis in decades, has been slated for August 1. This just as some chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and a coterie of politicians in the South-West have described the planned…

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‘Its time to review Renewed Hope policy’ Tinubu/Shettima Movement

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The Tinubu Shettima Movement, (TSM), has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to review his ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda in order to ease the suffering of Nigerians. Leader of the group and National Coordinator, Miss Salma M .Tukur, who made the call when she interacted with newsmen, said, Presently, rather than to inject the Nigerian people with some hope capsules that will change their life for better, the administration of President Bola Tinubu has made Nigerians to become hopeless on the ability of the agenda to change their life to better.…

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Hardship Protest: “Kill, arrest, maim protesters, we’ll demand Tinubus resignation” – Organisers warn security agencies

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#EndBadGovt. protest logo

Organisers of the upcoming nationwide #EndBadGovt protest have warned security agencies that there will be consequences if any of the protesters is attacked. According to the protesters, they will demand the resignation of President Bola Tinubu and his entire cabinet, if any of them is attacked in any part of the country. Recall  that the Nigeria Police, Nigerian Army, Department of Security Service (DSS) and other security agencies have been threatening protesters against going ahead with the exercise. The security operatives hinged their warning on the deaths and destruction that…

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Oba of Benin backs Tinubu, encourages Nigerians to endure hunger, shelve protest

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Oba of Benin backs Tinubu

Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has lent his voice to the Bola Tinubu administrations appeal to the youth to shelve the planned nationwide #EndBadGovt protest slated for August 1. The monarchs Chief Press Secretary, Osaigbovo Iguobaro, made the plea in a public announcement dated July 24, 2024. He pleaded with the youth to persevere through the rough period by giving the government time to allow its policies against hunger and economic hardship in the land to yield the desired results. He wrote, This palace public announcement is issued on…

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