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Hunger Protest: CSOs Set Up Situation Room, Launch Emergency Hotlines

As the nationwide hunger protest set for August 1 approaches, the Organised Civil Society has issued a set of guidelines aimed at ensuring the peaceful and effective execution of the demonstration against rising hunger and hardship in the country. According to a statement released on Wednesday by Olawale Okunniyi, Head of the Coordinating Secretariat for […]

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Zamfara Govt Orders Immediate Closure of All Schools Amid Protest

The Zamfara State Government has announced the immediate closure of all schools across the state, effective Wednesday, August 1, 2024. The decision was approved by Mallam Wadatau Madawaki, the Honourable Commissioner of the State Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, as a precautionary measure in light of potential security threats linked to a planned nationwide […]

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FG Warns of Potential Hijack of Hunger Protest by Bandits, Insurgents

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, expressed concerns on Wednesday about the planned hunger protests scheduled for August 1-10, cautioning that these demonstrations could be hijacked by bandits and insurgents. Speaking at a briefing with journalists and media executives at the Radio House in Abuja, Akume urged Nigerians to […]

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Full List: Measures Taken by the FG to Prevent Tomorrows’ Hunger Protest

With just 24 hours remaining before the planned 10-day hunger protest, the Federal Government has implemented several measures aimed at quelling the demonstration. The protest, organized by the Take It Back movement, is set to occur nationwide from August 1 to 10 under the banner “Days of Rage,” intended to highlight issues of hunger and […]

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Katsina Govt Directs All Schools to Close with Immediate Effect

The Katsina State Government has mandated the closure of all schools across the state, effective Wednesday. The announcement was made on Tuesday by Sani Danjuma-Suleiman, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education. “This is to inform the public, particularly parents and guardians, that all schools will close tomorrow, Wednesday, marking the beginning […]

Opinion

Protest And the Danger of Single Story, By Auwal Dankano

The long silent of believing in a single story was first broke by a famous born Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie in a long eassy in one of the series programs organised by TED. An average reader believes what he first read or heard from the first source, without getting the other side of the story […]

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BREAKING: Lagos Court Issues Restraining Order on Hunger Protests

A Lagos High Court has issued an order limiting the movement of organizers and participants of a planned hunger protest in Lagos. The protest, set to begin on August 1, 2024, is aimed at opposing the policies and programs of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Presided over by Justice Emmanuel Ogundare, the court ruled that organizers […]

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BREAKING: Organizers Unveil Venues for Nationwide Hunger Protest

This morning, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, the organizers of the Hunger Protest, slated to occur from August 1 to 10, unveiled the venues for the planned demonstrations. The details were disclosed in a letter penned by Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, who serves as the attorney for the organizers. The letter, addressed to the Inspector-General of Police, […]

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Protests: FG Declares Prisons ‘Red Zones’, Issues Warning Against Unlawful Entry

In anticipation of the nationwide protests against bad governance set to begin on August 1, the Federal Government has declared all 256 custodial centers across the country as “red zones,” whose sanctity must not be violated. Controller General of Corrections (CGC), Hailey Nababa, issued this warning in a statement released Tuesday in Abuja. “In view […]

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JUST IN: Police Withdraw Security Details Attached to VIPs Amid Protest

The Nigeria Police Force has redeployed 30 inspectors and rank-and-file personnel assigned to Very Important Personalities, VIPs, to enhance its operational capacity ahead of the forthcoming #EndBadGovernance protests. A memo issued by SP Anas Mohammed from the Department of Operations, SHQ Owerri, on July 29, 2024, with reference number AB: 4087/IMS/DOPS/SO/VOL.1/443, stated that this move […]