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  • ‘Anybody that is confident should come out on Thursday to protest’ – Lagos thugs to residents

    ‘Anybody that is confident should come out on Thursday to protest’ – Lagos thugs to residents

    A video capturing the moment some sponsored anti-protest thugs threatened Lagos State residents not to come out for the planned hunger protest slated for August has surfaced on social media.

    In a viral clip on social media on Tuesday, a yet-to-be-identified group of young men were seen in a popular Lagos market, issuing stern warnings to the market men and women to desist from the planned protest.

    According to the thugs, the planned protest might lead to more destruction than that witnessed in the #EndSARS protest.

    The men were heard saying, “Anybody that is confident should come out on Thursday to protest. Are you the only one hungry?

    “If you dare come out for the protest, you will be mercilessly dealt with.”

     

  • Osun govt shut all schools ahead of hunger protest

    Osun govt shut all schools ahead of hunger protest

    The Governor Ademola Adeleke-led administration has closed all schools and academic activities in the state ahead of the hunger protest slated to begin in August.

    The state’s Ministry of Education, signed by the permanent secretary, MK Jimoh, on Monday, announced the development, disclosing the action as a security measure.

    The memo, while directing parents, guardians, and school owners to stop all academic activities for children in the state until the third term, reassured them that this was a temporary measure.

    Jimoh said the decision was essential to ensure the safety of the state’s students, teachers and public infrastructures from being targets of hoodlums.

    “This is to inform the general public, particularly parents, guardians, and heads of both public and private schools in the state that due to the planned nationwide protest, all schools are directed to proceed on the third-term vacation from Wednesday, 31st July 2024,” the memo read.

  • REVEALED: Details of what Tinubu told Traditional Rulers in their meeting on hunger protest

    REVEALED: Details of what Tinubu told Traditional Rulers in their meeting on hunger protest

    President Bola Ahmed Tinubu encouraged Nigerians dissatisfied with his administration to consider voting him out in the 2027 presidential election, according to Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife.

    The monarch claims that in light of the hardship protests scheduled for August 1–10, 2024, President Tinubu made this statement on Thursday during an emergency meeting with Traditional Rulers chaired by the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III.

    Ooni of Ife pointed out that Tinubu reiterated his determination to put an end to the nation’s economic suffering while urging communication.

    The President has said, ‘Any leader that you don’t like, wait (until 2027) and vote him out.’ He is open to dialogue. We know that Nigeria faces many challenges. But are we going to destroy our nation by ourselves? Is that what we are all after?

    “It is very difficult to build, but it is the easiest to destroy. We are all stakeholders in this country and are stronger as a nation than individually,” the Ooni of Ife said.