News as it breaks
The National Youth Service Corps has announced the schedule for the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream II Orientation Course. The announcement was contained in a circular dated August 7, 2023, and titled “2024 Batch “B” Orientation Course”. It was signed by the Director, PRS, Ahmed Ikaka, for the Director General of…
Nigerian youths under the aegis of Ethnic Youth Leaders’ Forum (EYLF) have condemned in strong terms the dissolution of the House of Representatives ad-hoc Joint Downstream and Midstream Committee by the Honourable Speaker of the House of Reps, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas. In a press statement signed by EYLF’s National…
The #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria protesters have reportedly stormed the residence of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to demonstrate against the hike in the cost of living in the country. The protesters, seen in large numbers in a viral video on Tuesday, were chanting and carrying placards with…
President Bola Tinubu has called for dialogue and an immediate end to the nationwide protests that have rocked the nation since Thursday. Tinubu, who said his administration is ready to listen to and address the concerns of protesters, affirmed that he has heard their calls “loud and clear”. “I hereby…
The Nigerian military on Friday said it may intervene in controlling the looting crisis and identify its sponsors in the ongoing nationwide hunger protest, tagged #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria. The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, said this during a press conference in Abuja on Friday. Musa said, “We are supporting the…
The Police Command in Yobe has announced the arrest of 18 suspects in connection with Thursday’s violent protest and vandalism in Nguru, Potiskum, and Gashua towns. The command’s spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Damaturu. He stated that…
As protests kicked off nationwide on Thursday, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, was spotted at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday afternoon. Our correspondent spotted the former Rivers State governor alighting from a black Toyota Prado Sports Utility Vehicle and was ushered into the President’s…
The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, commended protesters in the nation’s capital for being non-violent and peaceful, noting that if Abuja was lost to violence, the nation was also lost. Wike made the comment during his address at the presentation of the Staff of Office to four newly graded…
Nigerian police fired tear gas on Thursday to break up several hundred protesters in the northern city of Kano and in the capital Abuja where demonstrators had joined in nationwide rallies against the high cost of living. Africa’s most populous country is struggling with soaring inflation and a sharply devalued…
The Nigerian Bar Association has offered free legal support services for protesters whose fundamental human rights may be violated during the ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest. The association’s President, Yakubu Maikyau, in a statement on Thursday, August 1, through the NBA National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Lawal, disclosed that directives have been sent…
