Tag: Protest
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Protest: Bishop cautions against ethnic profiling
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most. Rev. Adewale Martins, on Saturday cautioned against ethnic profiling as the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest continues.
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I’ve heard you loud and clear – Tinubu to protesters
President Bola Tinubu said he has heard Nigerians protesting against hunger and hardship across the country “loud and clear”.
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FULL SPEECH: Broadcast by President Tinubu on nationwide protest
I speak to you today with a heavy heart and a sense of responsibility, aware of the turmoil and violent protests unleashed in some of our states.
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Organisers promised peaceful protest but I’m pained by what happened – President Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has said he is pained by the wanton looting of supermarkets and shops, contrary to the promise of organisers that the protest would be peaceful across the country.
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Police fault Amnesty’s claims on protest casualties
The Nigeria Police has dismissed as “untrue”, a claim by Amnesty International that 13 people had died since the commencement of the nationwide protest. Force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, recalled that Amnesty had, in its report, alleged that 13 individuals had lost their lives since the commencement…
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CDS warns journalists against giving publicity to protesters
General Christopher Musa, the Chief of Defence of Staff (CDS), has urged the media to stop giving undue publicity to the protests by some groups.
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Protests, Counter-protests and allied Matters – Hope Eghagha
So it was that some Nigerians, exasperated, dissatisfied and angry with the existing socio-economic conditions in the country, gave a long notice to the Nigerian state that there would be a ‘day of rage’ come 1st of August, a day when Nigerians would take to the streets and express their umbrage about living conditions in…
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BREAKING: Tinubu to address protesters on Sunday
Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Sunday address Nigerians protesting against hardship across the nation.
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95% of Borno protesters underaged – Zulum
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has alleged that 95 per cent of the youths that participated in Thursday’s violent protests in Maiduguri were children under 14 years. Zulum made this known in a broadcast to the people of Borno where he also declared the lifting of the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state.
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Protests: No life lost in Katsina – Police
T he Police Command in Katsina State said there was no loss of life recorded in the state during the nationwide hunger protests. ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, the command’s spokesman, made this known in a statement issued in Katsina on Saturday.