Some protesters on Sunday in Jos, Plateau State who marched along Bauchi Road have warned business owners to either support the demonstration by closing their shops today (Monday) or face potential damage to their properties. The protesters who issued the warning criticized President Bola Tinubu’s Sunday broadcast, arguing that it failed to address the nation’s pressing issues. To protect the lives and properties and forestall any breakdown of law and order, the Plateau State Government...

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has said that President Bola Tinubu’s speech was like a page from his party manifesto. Ezekwesili, who disclosed this through her X handle, stressed that Tinubu missed an opportunity to placate citizens with his speech. She wrote, “@officialABAT, As one of millions of Nigerians who were at church when you delivered your late-in-coming Speech to Citizens on the #EndBadGovernancelnNigeria protests, let me loudly say it was terribly underwhelming to read....

President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has decried the loss of lives and wanton destruction of public and government properties by protesters in some parts of the country. President Tinubu stated this on Sunday in Abuja during the live nationwide broadcast in response to the #EndBadGovernance protest which started on August 1, noting that there is no place for ethnic bigotry or such threats in the Nigeria we seek to build. “I am especially pained by the...

The nationwide #EndBadGoverance protests which began on Thursday, August 1 have claimed the lives of several citizens across the country. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 elections has commiserated with the families of those who lost their lives during the protests. Obi on Friday night wrote on his verified X account to mourn those who died and said: “I wish to most sincerely pass my condolences to the...

Protests against bad governance in northern Nigeria turned violent on Thursday, with multiple cities reporting incidents of looting, vandalism, and clashes with security forces. In Kaduna, a police officer was shot by suspected hoodlums during the protest and is receiving treatment at the Nigerian Army Referral Hospital. The state government has denied imposing a 24-hour curfew, despite reports to the contrary. Twenty-five suspected hoodlums were arrested, and several government offices and a residential house were...