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

July 27, 2024July 27, 2024 Aminu Imam

�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…

Northern Youths agree to denounce planned nationwide protest

July 27, 2024July 27, 2024 Aminu Imam

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 communiqu�, 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…

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

July 27, 2024July 27, 2024 Aminu Imam

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…

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

July 27, 2024July 27, 2024 Aminu Imam

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…

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

July 26, 2024July 26, 2024 Aminu Imam

�”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…

“We are not behind planned protest” � NLC

July 25, 2024July 25, 2024 Aminu Imam

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…

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

July 25, 2024July 25, 2024 Aminu Imam

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…

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

July 25, 2024July 25, 2024 Aminu Imam

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�…

Tinubu cautions Nigerians against planned nationwide protests

July 24, 2024July 24, 2024 Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu has called on young Nigerians to refrain from participating in planned protests against the Federal Government�s economic reforms. Recall that some Nigerians, particularly the youth, have planned a nationwide protest from August 1st to 10th to draw the government�s attention to the prevailing hardship in the country. Speaking in Abuja at the National Council of Traditional Rulers meeting, Tinubu, represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), George Akume, cautioned against allowing economic hardship to be exploited by individuals with ulterior motives to incite…

Economic Hardship: ??’Protests likely to be hijacked’ – UN warns��

July 24, 2024July 24, 2024 Aminu Imam

The United Nations (UN) Department of Safety and Security has warned that the planned protests in Nigeria may be hijacked by groups with ulterior motives. Recent reports indicate that various Nigerian groups are planning a nationwide protest from August 1 to 10, dubbed: ‘10 days of rage’, to address the country�s soaring cost of living and economic hardship. In a threat and risk assessment finding dated July 19, the UN expressed concerns about the possibility of violence, citing past instances where similar protests in Nigeria escalated. The threat and risk…