The Nigerian government has designated all 256 correctional facilities across the country as “red zones” ahead of the planned nationwide protests on Thursday, 1st August. Controller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS, Haliru Nababa, made the declaration in a statement yesterday, warning individuals and groups to stay away from the facilities. Nababa said the designation was to prevent the breakdown of law and order and exacerbate insecurity in the country. “In view of the...

The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) has told the Urhobo nation to shun the proposed nationwide strike. The group expressed concern over the possibility of hijack by unruly elements. In a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Olorogun Luke Obemiguren Djebah, the UPU implored religious leaders and monarchs from the 24 kingdoms within the Urhobo nation to intervene by urging their subjects to refrain from engaging in the slated nationwide strike. Djebah said, “The repercussions of...

Aliyu Musa, the Katsina State Police Commissioner has stated that, so far, no individual or groups have applied for clearance from the police to participate in the protest which is scheduled to commence from 1st August. Musa stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting convened by the state Acting Governor, Faruk Jobe, attended by members of the State Executive Council, members of the State House of Assembly and heads of security agencies in Katsina on Monday....