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Court Stops Sale Of Nigeria Air To Ethiopian Airlines

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The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday has declared null and void the sale of Nigeria Air Ltd to Ethiopian Airlines Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa in his judgment stopping the sale, ordered that the proposed establishment of a national carrier-Nigeria Air, by the Federal Government, should not be carried out. The judge made the order while granting the reliefs sought...

DSS Arrests Activist Calling For Continued Protests After Tinubu’s Address

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One of the leaders of the ongoing Endbadgovernance protests in Abuja, Micheal Lenin, has been arrested by the operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS. Lenin was picked up around 2 am on Monday at his residence in the Apo area of the FCT. Disclosing this to newsmen, Director of Mobilisation, Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola, said Lenin’s house...

Rwanda Shuts Down 4,000 Churches For Flouting Safety Regulations

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Rwandan authorities have closed down over 4,000 churches over their alleged refusal to adhere to health and safety regulations, including not being properly soundproofed, official announced on Friday. "This is not being done to prevent people from praying but to ensure the safety and tranquillity of worshipers," Minister of Local Government Jean Claude Musabyimana told state media. Affected by the decision...

Ndigbo Demonstrating Wisdom By Shunning Protest — Ohanaeze Youths

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The Ohanaeze Youth Council(OYC) has heaped praises on Igbo citizens for not participating in the nationwide strike. In a statement, the National President General, Comrade Igboayaka O Igboayaka, said the South-East tribe is beginning to let the lessons of history on national politics form the basis for its actions. He said, “The Nationwide protest tagged ” Days of Rage” has shown...

Protest Day 3: PDP Carpets Tinubu Over Failure To Address Nigerians

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"Intervene In Rivers Crisis" – APC Chieftain Urges Tinubu

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has slammed President Bola Tinubu for his failure to address Nigerians despite the crippling nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja, on Saturday, the party demanded that the President immediately address Nigerians on urgent steps being taken to reduce the price of petroleum products. It also...

Again, Police Fire Teargas At FCT Protesters In Berger Roundabout

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A detachment of fully armed men of the Nigerian Police on Friday morning forcefully dispersed a group of protesters at around the Berger bridge in Abuja. Some passers-by and motorists who were caught off-guard could be heard accusing the police of high-handedness. This is the second time in a row that police in FCT are dispersing protesters with teargas in the...

Nationwide Protest: Anambra Streets Deserted, Appears Like Monday Sit-At-Home

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Anambra State is just like a typical Monday sit at home usually organized by the Biafra agitators as all the major cities are deserted. Most business houses, including banks, filling stations, government offices and markets were under lock. Police men were sighted at strategic places, although they merely sat and conversed among themselves. Some people who spoke said although the situation in...

Stay Away From Niger Delta, Asari-Dokubo Warns Hardship Protesters

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Mujahid Asari-Dokubo has warned those behind the planned nationwide protest against hardship to forget about extending it to the Niger Delta. The former Niger Delta freedom fighter said this on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital at the Niger Delta Sensitisation Conference for Ethnic Nationalities, Youths, and Women’ with the theme ‘Come let us build together. Asari-Dokubo said the agenda...

Katsina Govt Inaugurates Committee To Distribute FG’s Palliative

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The acting governor of Katsina State, Malam Farouk Lawal Jobe, has inaugurated an ad-hoc committee to oversee the distribution of rice allocated to the state by the federal government. According to a statement by Dr Bala Salisu Zango, the Commissioner for Information and Culture, the committee will be led by Barrister Abdullahi Garba Faskari, the Secretary to the Government of...

No Hunger Protest Under Buhari Govt, Those Demonstrating Against Tinubu Have Sinister Motive — Fayose

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Fayose Dumps PDP After Tinubu’s Victory

Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has faulted a planned #EndBadGovernance protest against the President Bola Tinubu administration alleging that the organisers of the rally have sinister motives. Fayose, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday, claimed the planned August hardship protest has political dimensions. He said Tinubu’s predecessor Muhammadu Buhari was in power for eight...

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