President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja, the nation’s capital, on Monday for a trip to Paris, France, his spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, said in a statement on Sunday night. It would be the president’s first time aboard a new presidential jet. Mr Ngelale did not disclose how long Mr Tinubu would stay in France or what … Read more
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja has extended its order restricting participants in the #EndBadGovernance protest to the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja, also known as the National Stadium. The judge, Sylvanus Oriji, gave the order following an application by by Ogwu Onoja, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), the lawyer representing … Read more
The Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 presidential election, Omoyele Sowore, said on Friday that the Nigerian authorities have continued to detain one of the leaders of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest, Michael Adaramoye, popularly called “Michael Lenin” simply because of his nickname. Mr Adaramoye’s nickname, Lenin, is the last name of … Read more
Today is Day 1 of the #EndBadGovernance protest, which organisers aim to run nationwide for 10 days. The protest begins Thursday amid concerns of many Nigerians who are still gripped by the memories of the violent outcomes of the 2020 anti-police brutality #EndSARS demonstrations. Many have taken precautionary measures to stay away from work, while … Read more
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has accused the candidates who lost out in the 2023 presidential election of sponsoring the planned nationwide protest. Mr Akpabio spoke on Monday at the State House, Abuja, after he witnessed President Bola Tinubu’s signing of the new minimum wage bill into law. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), … Read more
Young Nigerians are planning nationwide protests from 1 August to demand economic and political reforms, but the government is using all its resources to suppress them. The young Nigerians have been mobilising and organising on social media and many have temporarily adopted the #EndBadGovernance slogan. However, the government has been using several schemes, including meetings … Read more
A group of Islamic clerics have appealed to young Nigerians to shelve the planned protest schedule for August, saying it won’t yield any positive result. The clerics said this following their meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Thursday. The president held separate meetings on Thursday with APC governors, traditional rulers from around the country, and … Read more
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, has spoken on why he deleted video clips which he earlier uploaded on social media showing a burning village purportedly from reprisal by Nigerian soldiers against Okuama Community in Delta State. The Nigerian military was accused of carrying out the reported … Read more
Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, is set to depart for the United States today (Friday), marking his first travel out Nigeria since his legal troubles with the federal government started in August 2019. Mr Sowore announced his travel plan in a statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Friday. In the statement, Mr Sowore, a two-time … Read more
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out the treasonable felony charges filed against Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, who were both charged over their August 2019 #RevolutionNow protest against then President Muhammadu Buhari. The court struck out the charges following the application of notice of discontinuance filed by the … Read more
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