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The second day of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) annual conference in Enugu was disrupted on Monday as protesters staged a demonstration demanding the release of Labour Party lawmaker, Bright Ngene. Ngene, who represents Enugu South Urban Constituency in the state House of Assembly, is currently serving a seven-year prison…
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday ruled out the return of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) famously known as petrol. During a broadcast to over 200 million Nigerians after three days of unbroken nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests economic hardship, the President said the removal of subsidy on petrol was a painful…
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…
