Tag: Protesters

Zamfara: Residents set Emir’s palace ablaze over insecurity, terrorist attacks

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Zamfara residents burn Emir’s palace

Residents of Maru, in Zamfara State, have set fire to the palace of the Emir, while protesting against escalating terrorists’ attacks, and what they see as the Government’s failure to provide adequate security. The unrest, it was gathered, began yesterday after security forces dispersed a peaceful protest staged by residents angered by the recent abduction of 10 community members. According to local sources, terrorists invaded the town around 2 a.m. on Wednesday, firing gunshots to instill fear among the population. During the attack, the assailants kidnapped the Chief Imam of…

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Insecurity: Zamfara youths protest at DSS HQ over bandits’ attacks

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Zamfara youths protest

Scores of women and youths from Zamfara State, on Tuesday, protested at the headquarters of tge Department of Security Services (DSS) in Abuja against bandits’ activities in the State. The demonstrators, who arrived in about 12 buses at about 10.30 am, were however restricted by the operatives from getting close to the premises. The protest came one month after the Zamfara State chapter of the All-Progressives Congress, (APC) called on the federal government to declare a state of emergency to allow the fight against banditry to succeed. Armed with several…

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Protesters storm N’Assembly, demand Kyari’s sacking

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Protesters at NASS on Kyari

A group, the Nigerian Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has called for immediate investigations into alleged sabotage against the plan to turn around the petroleum refineries in the country. This is just as the group demanded the immediate removal from office of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL), noting that his management of the oil industry has done more to the local refineries than good. In a protest rally at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, yesterday, the coalition of CSOs said policies…

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Abuja residents protest, demand Wike’s removal as FCT Minister

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Abuja residents protest Wike2

…Seek Tinubu’s intervention Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday took to the streets, protesting against the actions of Minister Nyesom Wike. The residents are decrying the alleged land-grabbing policies of the minister, which are said to be targeting poor communities. Human rights activists joined the demonstration, condemning the FCT administration’s actions under Wike’s leadership. The protesters urged President Bola Tinubu to step in to stop Wike’s “wicked policies”, which have allegedly displaced hundreds from their homes. They demanded for the removal of the former Rivers State governor as…

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Tinubu orders immediate release of detained #EndBadGovernance protest minors

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Tinubu orders

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate release of all minors arrested and detained in connection with the #EndBadGovernance protest. The announcement was made by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, during a briefing with State House correspondents yesterday. Idris stated that the President has instructed the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, to begin the process of securing the release of the minors immediately. The Minister said, “The President has directed that all minors be released and reunited with their families anywhere they are in…

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EndBadGovernance: “Halt ‘sham’ treason trial of hunger protesters by the Police” -  ACF asks FG 

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EndBadGovernance protesters

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has called on the Federal Government to halt the treason trial of #EndBadGovernance protesters. The ACF, while reacting to the trial of minors at a Federal High Court, Abuja, by the Nigerian Police over allegations of treason, and other offences, arising from their participation in the August 2024 protests, described the trial as a show of shame. The statement, signed by the ACF National Publicity Secretary, Professor Tukur Muhammad-Baba, further described the trial of minors as a demonstration of needless official high-handedness at its worst.…

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SERAP gives Tinubu 48hrs to release ‘hungry, malnourished’ children

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SERAP to Tinubu

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, to take urgent steps to ensure the immediate and unconditional release of all the #EndBadGovernance protesters, including “hungry and malnourished children”. SERAP urged him “to direct the AGF and appropriate law enforcement agencies to promptly investigate the circumstances surrounding the grave violations of the human rights of the children and other protesters in detention, and to identify and bring to justice those responsible, and…

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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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Nigeria@64: “Oct. 1 protest will hold at Eagle Square” – Organisers tell Police

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Oct.1 protest organisers

Organisers of the #FearlessOctober1 protest have declared that the Police, Department of State Services (DSS), and the military would not stop them from embarking on the demonstration as planned. The organisers have also written to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to request security during the demonstration, noting that protest is a fundamental right which they would not submit to any State agent. The nation will celebrate its 64th independence on Tuesday, October 1, the day some Nigerian youths have taken to protest the hardship occasioned by the removal…

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Video showing Police officers screaming: ‘Hold them, kill them, collect’ as they open fire on Abuja protesters sparks outrage

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NIGERIA CRIME POLICE DEMO

A video released on tge social media yesterday has sparked widespread outrage, showing a high-ranking police officer issuing orders to kill protesters in Jikwoyi, Abuja. The footage reveals a chaotic and distressing scene as officers, equipped with bulletproof vests, initially used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators before resorting to live ammunition. The video captures the harrowing moment when officers, advancing through fleeing civilians, received orders to “kill them” as they opened fire on unarmed protesters. The chaos is evident as gunshots ring out, halting vehicular traffic and sending people…

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