Tag: Planned protest

Planned Protest: FCT Police deploys 4,200 personnel

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FCT Police on protest

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Command, has deployed 4,200 personnel across Abuja to manage the protests and prevent unrest, in response to a planned nationwide protest by human rights activists and youths over hunger and hardship in Nigeria. According to a  statement issued from the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, the Commissioner of Police for FCT, Benneth  Igweh, emphasised that while residents have the right to peaceful protest, the Police are committed to preventing violence and protecting public and private property. He assured that the Force would…

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Nationwide Protest: INC warns Police, security agencies against high-handed tactics

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INC warns Police

The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has advised the Federal Government and security agencies to exercise caution in their responses to the nationwide protest planned to hold Aug.1- Aug.10. The INC president ,  Prof. Benjamin Okaba, gave the advice in Abuja yesterday, during a news conference, tagged: “State of the Nation: What the Federal Government Should Do”. Okaba said Federal Government should guide against inflammatory rhetoric and heavy-handed tactics, which could exacerbate tensions and plunge the nation into chaos. “As our nation teeters on the brink of a proposed protest amidst…

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“Foreign mercenaries involved in planned protest” – IGP Egbetokun raises alarm

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IGP Egbetokun

…Asks protesters to submit names, addresses to Police The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has said the Police have “credible intelligence” that foreign mercenaries are involved in the planned nationwide protest. Egbetokun raised the alarm in Abuja yesterday, at a press conference, urged all Nigerians to exercise caution and think twice before joining any protest group. He said, “We have been monitoring development surrounding protest threats. While some groups call for violent protests, emulating Kenya’s recent events, others advocate for peaceful demonstrations. “However, some individuals promote peaceful protests with…

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Northern Youths agree to denounce planned nationwide protest

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Northern Youths agree

The Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, in partnership with ‘Arewa Think Tank’, have organised a one-day conference “Youth Assembly” on the nationwide planned protest by aggrieved youths against the Government of President Bola Ahmad Tinubu over socio-economic hardship in the country. According to the communiqué, issued and read after the meeting by its Convener, Muhammad Alhaji Yakubu, held at Ahmadu Bello Memorial Lecture Hall in Kaduna, noted that the conference theme: “Fuel Your Creativity: Choosing Entrepreneurship for Progress”, resonated well with the Northern youths and held significant potential for the…

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Aug.1 protest: CAN urges protesters to consider alternative means

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CAN urges

The national leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has advised Nigerians, especially those who will be involved in the scheduled August 1 nationwide protest to consider an alternative means of expressing their grievances. It recommended that Nigerians should give the government more time to address pressings concerns. According to a statement issued yesterday, signed by CAN president, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, “This period should be used to explore other legal avenues that will not easily give hoodlums the opportunity to hijack the exercise to destroy our national assets or…

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Planned Nationwide Protest: “Show your faces” – FG challenges organisers

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FG challenges protesters

Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has challenged the organisers of the nationwide protest scheduled for August 1 to 10, to reveal who they are. Matawalle asked Nigerians to ignore the protests, which he suggested was being planned to cause violence in the country. The Minister’s comment was contained in a statement by the Director of Information, Ministry of Defence, Henshaw Ogubike, he called on Nigerians to remain calm and ignore the planned national protest scheduled for next week. The statement quoted Matawalle as saying: “The persons behind the…

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DSS identifies sponsors of Aug. 1 protest, warns against action

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DSS Army warns2

…”We won’t condone anarchy in guise of protest” – Army The Department of State Services (DSS) has warned against the planned nationwide protest against hardship in the country. In a press statement signed by the Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Dr. Peter Afunanya, made available to newsmen yesterday, the agency said it had already identified the sponsors of the planned protest and warned them not to proceed with it as it is not in Nigeria’s interest. The security outfit warned that it had intelligence that the planned protest…

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“We are not behind planned protest” – NLC

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NLC denies protest

The Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), says it is not behind any planned nationwide protest over the current economic hardship in the country. This is against the backdrop of reports that some youths are planning a nationwide protest between August 1 and 15 against the rising cost of living and economic hardship in the country. President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, in a statement personally signed by him yesterday, denied reports that it had withdrawn from the protest. According to him, the union “cannot withdraw from a protest that it did…

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Nationwide Planned Protest: “Give Tinubu more time” – Northern, Southern elders appeal to youths

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Northern, Southern elders appeal

Certain concerned elders from the North and Southern parts of the country, under the aegis of Citizens Network for Peace and Development in Nigeria (CNPDN), have appealed to masterminds of the planned youths protest to shelve the plan. The faceless groups behind the nationwide protest operating under the hashtag: #EndBadGovernance, have fixed the action for August 1. But National Coordinator of the CNPDN, Ralpheal Okorie, in an issued statement yesterday, urged the youth to concede to the appeal of President Tinubu over the much anticipated nationwide protest. The leaders noted…

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“We’ll handle planned anti-hunger protest as a family matter” – FG

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Minister Idris

In response to the escalating hardship in the country and rising calls for a nationwide protest slated for August 1 against President Bola Tinubu-led administration, the Federal Government has urged Nigerians to remain patient, assuring them that efforts were being made to address their concerns. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, emphasised that the government was fully engaged and working diligently to resolve the issues at hand. Speaking after a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, Idris described the planned protests as a “family matter”…

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