Hunger protests: Protesters defy plea, continue demonstrations in Lagos, Port Harcourt

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…

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EndbadgovernanceinNigeria

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,…

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Hunger protests kick off in Nigeria

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…

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#EndBadGovernance protests Nigeria on edge

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,…

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Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu dead

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe president general of the pan-Igbo social cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, is dead. The Frontier online newspaper quotes his son, Jude, as making this information known in a statement. Publisher of Champion, the late business mogul was a chieftain of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and a popular face within…

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Urue Offong/Oruko Youth Democratic Vanguard demands Ward 6 chairmanship slot

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Urue Offong/Oruko Youth Democratic Vanguard has addressed the issue of zoning the chairmanship position in the upcoming local government elections in Urue Offong/Oruko LGA, calling for the consideration of Ward 6 for the position. The group led by Comrade Alyn Anwana, Mr. Henshaw Asuama, and Comrade Iniekung Uweh, expressed concern over the longstanding…

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Biden Bows out, quits presidential race

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident Joe Biden of the United States has bowed out from the November 5 presidential election after weeks of pressure. Biden, 81, served as deputy of Barack Obama, during his two terms as America’s number one citizen. Like Obama and other Democrats, Biden lined up behind Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential election won…

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