ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse By Soney Antai Holding the people accountable Followers of this column would have by now noticed that most of its entries have been on public political and economic issues. These pieces have also been largely critical of our public affairs’ lead players for their avowed selfcentredness and steadfast disregard for…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares#Endbadgovernance peters out on Day 6 The nationwide protests launched by more than two dozen groups in the country may have run out of steam as they entered their sixth day today, 6th August. The Punch cites Channels TV as reporting that there were no protests anywhere in Lagos and Abuja, which became…
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ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Hunger protests: Protesters defy pleas, continue demonstrations in Lagos, Port Harcourt After two days of demonstrations across the country, protesters have again gathered in Lagos and Port Harcourt in Nigeria’s coastal state of Rivers as they continue to push for their demands. The demonstrations which began on August 1 in several cities are…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares #EndbadgovernanceinNigeria protests turn violent Concerns, genuine or not, expressed by those opposed to the EndbadgovernanceinNigeria protests that they could become violent, came true by the close of the first day of the scheduled 10-day event yesterday. The protests, carried out in most parts of the country reportedly witnessed a huge turnout in Abuja,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse Rumble, yes; thunder, no – By Soney Antai Finally, Nigeria has arrived at a pregnant, make-or-mar week, when the President Bola Tinubu government is about to face its toughest leadership test yet. In spite of the ill-advised grandstanding by folks like Messrs. Dave Umahi, Nyesom Wike and Bayo Onanuga,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares • Deaths reported in Kaduna, Niger States •Lagos, Ibadan, Jos peaceful • Uyo, Lokoja missing from action •Abuja, Kaduna, Kano violent The #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria nationwide protests scheduled to begin today and to last through 10 August, in spite of official warnings started off in different states of the country, including Abuja, the Federal Capital…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares• Security agents warn against violence •Planners rebuff appeals to stay action •Govt Security agents on high alert, take over Eagles Square Abuja 46 months after the bloody #EndSARS protests of October 2020, Nigeria, baring any unexpected change, seems set to witness another round of nationwide protests, starting from today. With the hashtag, #EndBadGovernance,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Full text of Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the American Congress on 25 July 2024. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Senator Ben Cardin, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senators, Members of Congress, Distinguished guests, Mr. Speaker, I want to thank you…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse By Soney Antai Is Kenya visiting Nigeria? Henry Kissinger it was, who once said, “Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.” While it’s not too clear what the renowned diplomat and scholar meant, the meaning seems to be that just as aphrodisiac offers a temporary inorganic surge of emotions, power makes its wielder believe…
