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Irate Benue Youths Block Abuja-Makurdi Highway in Protest

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Irate Benue Youths Block Abuja-Makurdi Highway in Protest

Irate Youths in Benue, on Sunday filed out to the streets in protest and blocked the Abuja-Makurdi highway, expressing outrage over the continued spare of killings and perceived ethnic cleansing in the state. The demonstrators, dressed in black attires and carrying palm fronds and placards with various inscriptions, barricaded the ever-busy road, disrupting vehicular movement…

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Activists and Activism

Masquerades Lead Protesters Over IBEDC’s Atrocious Electricity Bills in Kwara Community ( see video)

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Masquerades Lead Protesters Over IBEDC’s Atrocious Electricity Bills in Kwara Community ( see video)

Masquerades from Omu-Aran community, Irepodun LGA of Kwara state have led protesters over what the community members described as atrocious electricity bills given them by Ibadan Electricity distribution Company, IBEDC. The protesters, mainly youths, rejected and called for the reversal of the community’s migration from Band C to Band A in the billing regime by…

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Defence Minister Flays Amaechi For Asking Nigerians To Protest Hardship

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Defence Minister Flays Amaechi For Asking Nigerians To Protest Hardship

The Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle, has condemned recent statements made by former Transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi, accusing him of inciting violence and unrest among the Nigerian populace. Amaechi had recently said Nigerians should be protesting against the hardship in the country. Matawalle in a statement released by the Director of…

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Police Disperse Protesters, Shoot Hoodlums In Abuja

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Police Disperse Protesters, Shoot Hoodlums In Abuja

Day 2 of the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest became awry as some Nigerians, including journalists who reconvened on Friday for the protest were injured after police made attempts to disperse them in Abuja. It was gathered that when the demonstration began at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, protesters refused to be confined to a spot as directed…

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HUNGER PROTEST: Ilorin Devoid Of Visible Signs Of Protests As Metropolitan Square Venue Empty

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HUNGER PROTEST: Ilorin Devoid Of Visible Signs Of Protests As Metropolitan Square Venue Empty

The city of Ilorin, Kwara State capital, today remain devoid of meaningful signs of a mass protest going on in spite of the palpable tension whipped up by organizers of a nationwide protest proposed to commence today August 1. Rextun City Updates drove past the Ilorin metropolitan square, the approved venue for the protest to…

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FCT: Court Restricts Protesters To National Stadium In Abuja

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FCT: Court Restricts Protesters To National Stadium In Abuja

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has restricted participants in the August 1 hunger protest against the federal government to the MKO Abiola stadium, also known as the National Stadium. Justice Sylvanus Oriji issued the order on Wednesday in Abuja while delivering a ruling in an ex-parte application brought before him by the…

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Justice and Judiciary

Court Restricts Hunger Protest Proceedings To Ilorin Metropolitan Square

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Court Restricts Hunger Protest Proceedings To Ilorin Metropolitan Square

The August 1-10, 2024, nationwide anti-government protests Proceedings in Kwara State has been restricted to the Ilorin Metropolitan square in the state capital by an Ilorin high Court hours before it’s commencement. Granting an ex parte order on Wednesday, the court said it agreed with the Attorney General of the State and Commissioner for Justice,…

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Police In Lagos Deactivate Explosive Device Hours To Commencement Of Protests

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Police In Lagos Deactivate Explosive Device Hours To Commencement Of Protests

Just few hours before the commencement of the anti-government protest, the Lagos State Police Command said its anti-bomb squad had deactivated an improvised explosive device. It was deactivated in the Ikeja area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development to Newsmen. When contacted about the deactivation…

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Rivers Crisis: ALGON Warns Against Planned Protest By Former Chairmen To Forestall Anarchy

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Rivers Crisis: ALGON Warns Against Planned Protest By Former Chairmen To Forestall Anarchy

The Rivers State Chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, has alerted security agencies, the state government, and the public to the potential repercussions of an alleged planned protest by former local government chairmen and former members of the state and National Assembly. In a statement signed by the 23 Local Government…

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Police Issue Red Alert To AIGs, CPs, Warn Citizens Against Violent Protests

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Police Issue Red Alert To AIGs, CPs, Warn Citizens Against Violent Protests

The Nigerian Police Force has warned against planned demonstrations by certain individuals and groups to hold protests in several parts of the country on Democracy Day. The Force also placed its Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police and State Command Commissioners of Police on red alert, directing that they should “collaborate with other security agencies…

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